The Democratic Peace Theory and Its Problems

This essay discusses the democratic peace theory from the prespective of both its proponents and opponents. The puzzle of the democratic peace theory has long been debated methodologically and empirically. Both have a strong argument to support their views, however. This essay highlights the debate...

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Autor principal:	Munafrizal Manan
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Publicado:	Parahyangan Centre for International Studies, Parahyangan Catholic University 2015
Materias:	International relations JZ2-6530
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0bc869f7ce974695861000f16c8d77f62021-11-09T17:35:35ZThe Democratic Peace Theory and Its Problems2614-25622406-874810.26593/jihi.v10i2.1315.%phttps://doaj.org/article/0bc869f7ce974695861000f16c8d77f62015-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.unpar.ac.id/index.php/JurnalIlmiahHubunganInternasiona/article/view/1315https://doaj.org/toc/2614-2562https://doaj.org/toc/2406-8748This essay discusses the democratic peace theory from the prespective of both its proponents and opponents. The puzzle of the democratic peace theory has long been debated methodologically and empirically. Both have a strong argument to support their views, however. This essay highlights the debate by focusing on three problems of the democratic peace theory. First, the differences of the definitions of democracy, war, and peace that demonstrates the lack of robustness in the democratic peace theory. Second, democracy by force has often failed to establish peace whether international or domestic peace and therefore the promotion of democarcy around the world have been seen as a justification of democratic intervention to other sovereign states. Third, the democratic peace theory does not always apply in new emerging democratic countries. As a result, it raises a question whether the democratic peace theory or an ideology.Munafrizal MananParahyangan Centre for International Studies, Parahyangan Catholic UniversityarticleInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENIDJurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2015)
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