War and economic crisis have always augmented the powers of the White House, and for the foreseeable future Mr Obama will continue to enjoy the dubious "benefits" of both.

战争和经济危机总是会增加白宫的权力，而在可见的未来，欧巴马将会继续的从这两件事情上得到含糊的帮助。

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Warfare is no longer an unavoidable option in many regional settlements. The longstanding pursuit for a peaceful and humane world further reduces the possibility of a war between major powers.

战争已不再是许多区域解决争端问题的不二选择了，对和平友好世界的不懈追求也降低了大国之间发生战争的可能性。

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The insight of “power-transition theory” is that satisfied powers, such as post-war Germany and Japan, do not challenge the world order when they rise.

从“权力过渡理论”的角度看，踌躇满志的崛起势力——比如战后的德国和日本——是不会去挑战世界秩序的。

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He said: I think the Constitution gives the commander in chief special powers under the laws of war.

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The pilot's son, Francis Gary Powers Jr., is director of the Cold War Museum in Arlington,Virginia.

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First of all, what we are saying is that this -- our current actions in Libya or in this mission do not fall under the War Powers resolution because they do not meet the threshold of hostilities as envisioned by the War Powers resolution.

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The hearing on Congress' war powers was chaired by a longtime opponent of the Iraq war, Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold.

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In 1920, the Treaty of Sevres was signed between Turkey and the Allied powers after World War One, relieving Turkey of much of the land ruled by the Ottoman Empire.

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