いよいよ韓国消滅へカウントダウン！

> Paul Kennedy, professor of international history at
> Yale and the author of a recent book on the UN, ...
> believes Mr Ban has the benefit in his new job of
> enjoying the backing of both the US, with its tenden-
> cy to push for intervention, and China, which is re-
> luctant to interfere in the internal affairs of mem-
> ber states. "If anyone is going to try to bridge the
> gap between them then it would be somebody like this
> guy whom they both trust partly because he is not
> dramatic."

の部分は、それくらいしか役に立たん（期待できない）という意味でしょ？