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Developed from the work of Immanuel Kant the theory of democratic peace simply states that
"democracies do not fight with each other" and was first presented in the book Perpetual
Peace written in 1795.
The idea was that most people would not go to war unless it is in self-defense -- and
if all nations were republics, it would end war because there would be no aggressors.
There are three theories of Democratic Peace... First, the Monadic theory argues that democracies
are more peaceful, and less likely to go to war with any type of state.
The second and most commonly accepted is the dyadic theory which argues that democracies
are peaceful with one another, but likely to fight with other non-democracies.
lastly the Systemic theory holds that the international system becomes more peaceful
with the increase of democratic states.
The normative argument of democratic peace theorizes that democracies trust each other
because they share social and cultural norms.
In institutional logic Leaders of a democracy are believed to respond to the general public
and will only go to war when they can win.
Finally, the argument of Interdependence hypothesizes that democratic states tend to adopt free
market-economies leading to more international trade. This trade would make nations more
dependent on each other which would make it less likely for them to declare war because
war would make everyone worse off.