Democratic Peace Theory

INTRODUCTION: The President of the United States has set a goal to build good relations with foreign countries and further improve existing relationships with allies during the term of office. Some people think that this is to prevent conflict between these countries but others believe this is the United States threat assessment to choose their friends and enemies. The conflict between two democracies practicing democracy is called democratic peace theory. However, research is beginning to show that democratic peace theory is ineffective and needs to be finished as a model of how international relations are formed or destroyed.

The theory of democratic peace is very divisive among political scientists. It is rooted in the idealistic, classical liberal tradition and the realism theory which was once dominant. However, the theory of democratic peace is more widely accepted, and in some democracies the policy change has been achieved. In the United States, the presidents of the two major parties have expressed support for this theory. Democratic party member Bill Clinton said in a 1994 congress speech as follows: Republican George W. Bush said: "I am very strong, democracy is democracy, I do not plan to fight each other.

The theory of democratic peace is the theory which shows the essence of democracy, democracy never fights each other. The reason is that democracies externize their norms and fight only for justice. Each country can be categorized according to whether it accepts the current situation or accepts the revisionist. I mean, I want to change it. The revisionist country tried to fundamentally change the rules and practices of international relations and felt the current situation is disadvantageous. They believe that international systems are primarily Western creatures and will help to strengthen the present reality. Since maintaining the current situation is now beneficial, Japan is an example of a country that has changed from revisionist countries to maintaining the status quo.

Although war may aid the construction of the country before the transition to peace and security democracy, war is a serious obstacle to democratization. The consent of democratic peace theory argues that democracy appeared before peace, but historical evidence is contrary. In most cases, peace is before democracy. There are few people who support the assumption that democracy brings peace, but strong evidence of the opposite assumption that peace brings democracy. Christian Wellsel 's human rights empowerment theory argues that existing - security security will lead to cultural values ​​of liberation and support for democratic political organizations. This is consistent with the theory based on evolutionary psychology. The so-called equality theory finds that people have psychological preferences for strong leadership and form of authoritarian government when there is war and collective danger.