What happened in Yugoslavia, an ill-conceived product of Wilsonian diplomacy, could happen in the more cynical imperial creations in the Middle East. What Sigmund Freud defined as “the narcissism of minor differences” caused Yugoslavia to split into seven small states (including Kosovo), following the bloodiest fighting in Europe since World War II.
南斯拉夫——威尔逊主义外交政策的拙劣产物——所发生的事情可能中东更加互相怀疑的诸帝国间重演。弗洛伊德所谓的“差异细微的自我陶醉”导致南斯拉夫分裂为七个小国（包括科索沃），在此期间还经历了二战以来欧洲最严重的流血。阿拉伯国家可以避免类似的命运吗？