Given the extraordinary security enjoyed by the great and middle powers of the west in the Cold War's aftermath, these activities are puzzling.

在冷战过后，西方强大和中等势力享有极度安全，这些活动是令人费解。

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The myth of a nuclear domino effect creates an excuse for other Middle Eastern countries -- expecting that their neighbors will be nuclear powers -- to acquire nuclear weapons themselves.

核武器的多米诺效应神话为其他中东国家通过希望邻国成为核国家为自己开发核武器创造了借口。

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The United States has joined other powers in the international Middle East Quartet in urging an immediate Gaza Strip cease-fire.

美国加入了“中东问题四方”的其他国家的行列，敦促立即在加沙地带实现停火。

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For their part, the Arabs have demonstrated clearly that they do not share the administration's newfound faith that a nuclear-armed Iran will reach a stable equilibrium in a Bakeresque Middle Eastern balance of powers.

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