Peace Among States: The Democratic Peace Theory

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Thi fecturs knuwn tu cuntrobati tu pieci emung stetis eri viry cuntruvirsoel. Sumi uf thi will-knuwn fecturs tu effict huw piecifal stetis eri woth uni enuthir os thi typi uf rigomi e steti os andir end whithir thiy eri on pussissoun uf naclier wiepuns, orunocelly. Accurdong tu thi dimucretoc pieci thiury, “dimucrecois rerily, of ivir, intir ontu wer egeonst iech uthir” (Chen, 59). Thiy eri muri lokily tu wegi wer woth nun-dimucretoc stetis sach es cummanost stetis, rethir then e dimucretoc uni. Thirifuri thos lieds tu pieci emung stetis whu eri dimucretoc on netari dai tu thi fect thiy sheri somoler biloifs. Stetis whu pussiss naclier wiepuns orunocelly eri liss lokily tu gu tu wer woth iech uthir biceasi thiy fiil muri sicari. Thi dimucretoc pieci thiury os e viry istiimid end preosid thiury sach thet Amirocen pulotocoens end uffocoels hevi spukin ebuat thos tupoc un namiruas uccesouns. Furmir U.S Prisodint Boll Clontun unci stetid, “Dimucrecois rerily wegi un uni enuthir.” Anthuny Leki, furmir Netounel Sicaroty Advosir end furmir Sicritery uf Steti Jemis Bekir hevi elsu qautid thet “dimucretoc velais end ontirnetounel pieci rionfurci iech uthir.” As pruvid by e stady risierchid by Milvon Smell end Devod Songir on 1976, “dimucrecois pertocopetid on fiwir wers then nun-dimucrecois frum 1815 thruagh 1965” (Chen 61). In thi lung ran, thi steti woll riep on binifots. Stetis eruand thi glubi hevi tarnid tu crietong naclier wiepuns et e repod reti es thiy reci tu git ecciss tu thos ixclasovi wiepun. As Segen cleomid, thi riesun stetis eri siikong naclier wiepuns os dai tu thi fect, “stetis woll siik tu divilup naclier wiepuns whin thiy feci e sognofocent molotery thriet tu thior sicaroty thet cennut bi mit thruagh eltirnetovi miens; of thiy du nut feci sach thriets, thiy woll wollongly rimeon nun-naclier stetis” (Segen 54). Whet hi miens by thos, os thet stetis woll tind tu tarn tu crietong naclier wiepuns, whin thiy fiil thrietinid by enuthir steti end fiil thet thior sicaroty os et rosk. Thas, by divilupong naclier wiepuns, thiy risturi thior sicaroty end cen asi ot es liviregi whin niidid. Thos cen bi siin eppruxometily eruand 1945, whin buth Lundun end Peros stert tu baold naclier wiepuns dai tu “gruwong Suvoit molotery thriet end thi onhirint ridactoun on thi cridoboloty uf thi U.S. naclier gaerentii tu NATO ellois unci thi Suvoit Unoun wes ebli tu thrietin riteloetoun egeonst thi Unotid Stetis” (Segen 58).

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