When multilateralism is dysfunctional, globalization can be a Tower of Babel, with competing national interests colliding to the benefit of none.

如果多边体系无法发挥作用，全球化可能会成为一座“巴别塔”，各国相互竞争，出现利益冲突，最终谁也无法受益。

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Why Did the Tower of Babel Fail?

为什么巴比伦塔会失败？

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They think Mike's plan is the tower of Babel.

他们认为迈克的计划是空想。

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We may as well be climbing the tower of Babel to shoot arrows at the sky.

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IBM's Internet division, says that what has been built is the computing equivalent of the Tower of Babel.

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And in this Tower of Babel, we lose the sound of God's voice.

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