No.
Being neighbors didn't keep France and England from fighting each other for centuries. A shared culture didn't stop the Danes and Swedes from murderizing each other for control over each other (and Norway). Being neighbors with a semi-shared heritage didn't keep Japan from invading Korea (repeatedly) or the Mongols from literally depopulating the regions of their empire during their reign. Being neighbors didn't stop Manifest Destiny and the forced Americanization of the contiguous continental America. Having the same heritage didn't stop Israel and Judea from declaring war on each other. Being neighbors didn't keep Assyria and Babylon and Egypt and Ethiopia from going war over and over again with each other.
Sharing borders and living closer together doesn't create harmony, nor does it necessarily take it away. It just makes disharmony easier.
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