So how has Europe, with its vital security interests at stake, responded to these developments?

那么，到目前欧洲是如何在这个与自身利益攸关的安全问题上做出反应的呢？

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

If the EU and the US want democratic India to act according to its stated moral values and not its vital national interests when these appear to conflict, they had better be prepared to do the same.

如果欧盟和美国希望民主的印度在两者发生冲突时根据它所宣称的道德价值观而不是它的重大国家利益行事，它们最好自己也先这么做。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

It is vital that Europe join in this “great game” for influence and draw Kazakhstan’s political orientation westwards.

因此，欧洲加入这一获得影响力的“大棋局”并且把哈萨克斯坦的政治取向向西方转移极为重要。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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if the Party in which he has his centre of vital interests cannot be determined, or if he has not a permanent home available to him in either Party, he shall be deemed to be a resident only of the Party in which he has an habitual abode;

如无法断定该人在哪一方有重要利益中心，或该人在任何一方均没有可供他使用的永久性住所，则该人须当作只是他的惯常居所所在的一方的居民；

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 03.10.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 03.10.2011

And habit, to my thinking, is more vital than any occasional excitement.

我觉得习惯是比任何偶尔的兴奋都重要的。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

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However, over-reliance on Russia for a strategically vital commodity widens the divergence of interests between members, like Germany, that share a privileged partnership with Russia, and those, like Poland, that consider the Kremlin a threat.

但是，过分依赖俄国提供具有重要战略意义的商品扩大了各成员国之间的利益分歧，比如与俄国享有优先伙伴关系的德国，和把克里姆林看作一种巨大威胁的波兰。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

Within just a few weeks, this trio will be called on to make a vital decision on the future of the EU.

在短短几个星期里，人们将会呼吁这三位领导人对欧盟的前途作出重大的决定。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010