There is nothing sacrosanct in the continued existence of multi-ethnic and multi-religious states if their constitutive groups do not wish to live together. On the contrary, there are lessons to be learned from the demise of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and even – perhaps especially – Czechoslovakia, which negotiated its break-up without violence.
如果相关各方都不愿做强扭的瓜，那么多民族、多宗教国家的存在就没有什么神圣的必要了。相反，从苏联、南斯拉夫，甚至—或许尤其是—捷克斯洛伐克的剧变中还能汲取经验教训。它们都是通过和平谈判的方式实现了分而治之。