By James Bingham
e-International Relations (e-IR)
"Democratic peace theory originates from the 1795 essay by Immanuel Kant, ‘On Perpetual Peace’[1]. The premise of Kant’s work is that peace is not a natural condition in world politics and that, through the application of republicanism and liberty, politics should exist to maintain a peaceful order of republican states established through civil constitutions and abiding by international laws. The continuation of Kant’s strain of thought, that the form of government controlling a state influences the tendency of that state to go to war, was continued into the twentieth century." Read the full article here.
Bahman Baktiari
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