Peaceful coexistence principles masked regional distrust and war threats

Evidence

The ‘Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence’ sponsored jointly by China and India, ro be adopted by the Conference as a whole, certainly had a visionary edge, bur in view of the regional realities of mutual suspicion, competition and threats of war, the declaration had the air of an informal undertaking that armies should not soon march against neighbours for acquisition of terrirory. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 1268

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Peaceful coexistence did not stop neighbors from slaughtering each other — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 375; Framing a civil war as foreign defense can legitimize aggression — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 308

Broader Connections

• Peaceful coexistence did not stop neighbors from slaughtering each other #exemplifies (0.95) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 375