尽管2011年民主、共和两党就提高美国债务上限展开的政治博弈暂时以妥协方式得到化解，但两党在提高债务上限问题上的争执损害了美国国家信用，暴露了其国内政治的深层次问题。提高债务上限额度引发的政治危机使奥巴马政府的执政能力受到质疑，国际社会对美国解决国内问题的信心受挫，而与此相关的财政问题近期内也将深刻地影响美国干预国际事务的能力和方式。
The dispute on debt ceiling increase between the Republican and the Democratic parties was settled temporarily with compromise in 2011. However, the political game between the two parties has reduced U.S. national credit and exposed its deep-rooted problems in domestic politics. The political crisis triggered by the debt ceiling increase induced suspicions on the Obama administration's ability to govern and hit the international community's confidence in the United States' ability to solve its domestic problems. The relevant fiscal problems will also profoundly affect U.S.'s ability and methods to intervene in international affairs.
