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。
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.