Liberal theory on war and peace
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- Liberal theory on WAR and PEACE
- E.g. DELL theory of Conflict Prevention (Friedman).
- Trade to maintain a strong economy.
- International institutions prevent conflict.
- E.g. UN/IMF/EU
- Liberals believe that war arises from 3 sets of avoidable circumstances
- Liberals want anarchy to be replaced by an international rule of law, such as supranational bodies (EU).
- War is often linked to economic nationalism and autarky.
- Thus, states should trade to prevent war
- Quests for economic self-sufficiency actually leads to bringing states into violent conflict against each other.
- Thus, states should trade to prevent war
- This means war would be economically impossible
- Global governance, such as the IMF and WTO, promotes this.
- Quests for economic self-sufficiency actually leads to bringing states into violent conflict against each other.
- This means war would be economically impossible
- This means war would be economically impossible
- Quests for economic self-sufficiency actually leads to bringing states into violent conflict against each other.
- The state's position in war depends on the constitutional character.
- The more authoritarian states are, the more militaristic they are going to be.
- The more democratic, lead to no war as it is naturally linked with peace.
- The more authoritarian states are, the more militaristic they are going to be.
- Liberal theory implies that military power is redundant.
- Instead of being the key source of international politics, its defence budgets shows it is redundant.
- US: $569 billion
- China: $190 billion.
- UK: $66.5 billion
- Instead of being the key source of international politics, its defence budgets shows it is redundant.
- E.g. DELL theory of Conflict Prevention (Friedman).
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