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Are wars and alliances driven by interests rather than ideology or faith?

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This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (2)Evidence (2)PositionsSame themeDo Pakistan's leaders act as statesmen or as self-serving politicians?Does military power secure peace and influence, or provoke conflict?Should freedom of speech have limits?
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Examiners want: realism versus ideology, religious framing of wars, shifting alliances, Pakistan's foreign policy examples, both sides

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Nations have no permanent friends and enemies, they have only permanent interests.

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ADB describes Pakistan as providing some of the closest sea access to Afghanistan, Central Asia and western China.ADBCAREC connects Pakistan roads with regional corridors linking China, Afghanistan and Central Asia to Arabian Sea.ADB

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