Some of the greatest tensions in the world – say India and Pakistan, or North and South Korea – should be defused as part of region-wide strengthening. As the EU shows, ancient enmities and battle lines can be turned into mutually beneficial cooperation if a region looks forward, to resolving its long-term needs, rather than backward, to its long-standing rivalries and conflicts.
其他区域也将发现美国实力的衰退增加了各邻国进行更紧密合作的紧迫性。某些世界上最紧张的对立关系——比如印度和巴基斯坦，朝鲜和韩国——都应该被作为区域强化的一部份而得到解决。正如欧盟所体现的那样，只要一个区域能把目光面向未来着手处理其长远需要，而不是倒退到长期存在的对立和冲突，历史上的敌意和战线是可以转化为互利合作的。