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致下一任總統的信
無論誰入主白宮，來自世界各地的這九位思想家都想寫封信。
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作者：Catherine Ashton、Jason Bordoff、Arancha González、Martin Kimani、Mark Malloch-Brown、Joseph S. Nye Jr.、Danny Quah、Nirupama Rao 和 Joseph E. Stiglitz
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這一傳統始於一頭卡通大象和一些火雞。 1989 年 1 月 20 日，在最後一次離開橢圓形辦公室之前，羅納德·裏根提筆寫下了一些建議，送給他的副總統兼繼任者喬治·H·W·布什。“你會有想要使用這種特殊信紙的時刻，”裏根在一本由兒童讀物作家桑德拉·博因頓繪製的記事本上寫道。標題是什麽？“別讓火雞讓你失望。”與美國政治生活的許多元素一樣，裏根的影響力仍然存在，因為美國總統繼續給繼任者留下手寫信件。最近，喬·拜登將唐納德·特朗普的信描述為“令人震驚的親切”。
拜登是否會在明年 1 月回信，還是會寫信給自己的副手卡馬拉·哈裏斯，這超出了《外交政策》編輯的理解範圍。相反，我們詢問了來自世界各地的九位思想家，他們會在寫給下一任美國總統的信中說些什麽。無論哪位候選人在 11 月的總統大選中獲勝，他或她都將麵臨長期挑戰，這些挑戰源於世界秩序的變化，美國不再是唯一的霸主。由於其國際角色備受爭議，而且這場辯論的影響深遠，我們的一些撰稿人選擇直接向美國人發表講話。這些寫信人可能會不同意彼此的一些建議，但我們希望下一任總統能聽取他們的全部建議。這裏沒有火雞——至少在感恩節之前沒有。
凱瑟琳·阿什頓是威爾遜中心的傑出研究員，曾任歐盟外交和安全政策高級代表。
傑森·博多夫是《外交政策》的專欄作家、哥倫比亞氣候學院的聯合創始人、哥倫比亞大學國際與公共事務學院全球能源政策中心的創始主任、國際和公共事務專業實踐教授，曾任美國國家安全委員會高級主任和前美國總統巴拉克·奧巴馬的特別助理。 X：@JasonBordoff
Letters to the Next President
No matter who wins the White House, these nine thinkers from around the world would like a word.
The tradition started with a cartoon elephant and some turkeys. On Jan. 20, 1989, before leaving the Oval Office for the last time, Ronald Reagan put pen to paper with some advice for his vice president and successor, George H.W. Bush. “You’ll have moments when you want to use this particular stationery,” Reagan wrote on a notepad illustrated by children’s book author Sandra Boynton. The caption? “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.” As with so many elements of political life in the United States, Reagan’s influence is still felt, as U.S. presidents continue to leave their successors handwritten missives. Most recently, Joe Biden described Donald Trump’s as “shockingly gracious.”
Whether Biden returns the favor next January or will be writing to his own deputy Kamala Harris is beyond the ken of FP’s editors. Instead, we asked nine thinkers from around the world what they would say in a letter to the next U.S. president. Whichever candidate is victorious in November’s presidential election, he or she will face long-term challenges stemming from a shifting world order in which the United States is no longer the sole hegemon. With its international role very much up for debate, and the ramifications of that debate far-reaching, some of our contributors chose to address Americans directly. These letter writers would likely disagree with some of each other’s advice, but we hope the next president heeds it all. There are no turkeys here—not until Thanksgiving, anyway.
Catherine Ashton is a distinguished fellow at the Wilson Center and former European Union high representative for foreign affairs and security policy.
Jason Bordoff is a columnist at Foreign Policy, a co-founding dean at the Columbia Climate School, the founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, a professor of professional practice in international and public affairs, and a former senior director on the staff of the U.S. National Security Council and special assistant to former U.S. President Barack Obama. X: @JasonBordoff
Arancha González is the dean of Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs and a former Spanish foreign minister.
Martin Kimani is the executive director of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University and a former Kenyan ambassador to the United Nations.
Mark Malloch-Brown is a former deputy secretary-general of the United Nations. X: @malloch_brown
Joseph S. Nye Jr. is a distinguished service professor emeritus of Harvard University and the author of, most recently, A Life in the American Century. X: @Joe_Nye
Danny Quah is the Li Ka Shing professor in economics and dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. X: @DannyQuah
Nirupama Rao is a former Indian foreign secretary and ambassador to the United States and to China.
Joseph E. Stiglitz is a Nobel laureate in economics and a professor at Columbia University. X: @JosephEStiglitz
