American President-Election Barack Obama faces a long list of foreign policy issues when he takes office on January twentieth.

1月20日美国选举总统奥巴马将会就职，他将面临一长串的外交政策问题。

Two wars. Nuclear worries over Iran. The threat of terrorism. New tensions with Russia. These are in addition to a financial crisis.

两场战争，伊朗核问题，恐怖主义威胁以及与俄罗斯的紧张局势。这些除金融危机之外的。

On Tuesday, Mister Obama won a solid election victory to become America's forty -fourth president, and first black president.

在星期二，奥巴马先生取得了稳固的选举胜利，成为了美国第44任总统，并且也是第一位黑人总统。

World leaders sent their congratulations, including the president of Iran.

各国领导人纷纷向他祝贺，这其中也包括伊朗总统。

But Russian President Dmitri Medvedev announced plans to put missiles near Poland.

但是俄罗斯总统德米特里?梅德韦杰夫却宣布计划在波兰附近放置导弹。

He said they would be used, if necessary, to neutralize an American missile-defense system proposed in Poland and the Czech Republic.

他说必要的话，这些导弹会用来抵消美国位于波兰和捷克共和国的导弹防御系统。

The Bush administration says the system is needed to defend against missiles from countries like Iran, and is not aimed at Russia.

布什政府说，导弹防御系统是用来防御来自像伊朗这样国家的导弹，而不是针对俄国的。

The State Department's top arms control official expects to discuss new proposals to ease Russian concerns later this month in Moscow.

国务院最高军备控制官员希望本月末在莫斯科讨论出新的计划来减轻俄罗斯忧虑。