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@article{ART002898733},
author={Choi, Hyung Ik},
title={Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential},
journal={Analyses & Alternatives},
issn={2508-822X},
year={2022},
volume={6},
number={3},
pages={121-161},
doi={10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.004}

TY - JOUR
AU - Choi, Hyung Ik
TI - Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential
JO - Analyses & Alternatives
PY - 2022
VL - 6
IS - 3
PB - Korea Consensus Institute
SP - 121
EP - 161
SN - 2508-822X
AB - On the academy of international politics, the theory linking democracy and foreign policy is called “the Democratic Peace.” To summarize the main argument of that theory, it claims that the countries adopting a democratic political system do not go to war each other and maintain peace. In other words, if a war breaks out, it has the implication that it will only be possible between democratic countries and anti-democratic or non-democratic countries. The United States is a representative country that has led the post-war international order based on the “the Democratic Peace.” In the process of reorganizing the international order after World War II, the United States faced the need to blockade the communist camp centered on the Soviet Union and unite the Western camp. In addition, a new foreign policy that could intervene in global affairs was required by abandoning the isolationist ideology that had long supported US foreign policy. This was called the Internationalist diplomatic line as a new foreign policy. One of the core ideologies that underpin the internationalist foreign policy of the United States is the “the Democratic Peace.” The Republic of Korea is in a desperate position to prepare a new political foundation, at the same time, implementing a strategy for international relations and diplomacy based on democracy. Two options are possible here. Will we reject the “the Democratic Peace” as a Cold War ideology, or will we preserve its core values and modify and supplement it in a more innovative form to suit with our national interests and changing international circumstances? This article seeks to explore the evolutionary potential of “the Democratic Peace” through the discussion of John Rawls’ Law of Peoples while critically exploring the political implications of “the Democratic Peace” from the latter point of view by comparing it with Kant’s ‘Perpetual Peace.’
KW - Democratic Peace;Perpetual Peace;Non-recognition;separate peace;Internationalism;Realism;Law of Peoples
DO - 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.004
ER -

Choi, Hyung Ik. (2022). Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential. Analyses & Alternatives, 6(3), 121-161.

Choi, Hyung Ik. 2022, "Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential", Analyses & Alternatives, vol.6, no.3 pp.121-161. Available from: doi:10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.004

Choi, Hyung Ik "Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential" Analyses & Alternatives 6.3 pp.121-161 (2022) : 121.

Choi, Hyung Ik. Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential. 2022; 6(3), 121-161. Available from: doi:10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.004

Choi, Hyung Ik. "Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential" Analyses & Alternatives 6, no.3 (2022) : 121-161.doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.004

Choi, Hyung Ik. Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential. Analyses & Alternatives, 6(3), 121-161. doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.004

Choi, Hyung Ik. Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential. Analyses & Alternatives. 2022; 6(3) 121-161. doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.004

Choi, Hyung Ik. Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential. 2022; 6(3), 121-161. Available from: doi:10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.004

Choi, Hyung Ik. "Political Implications of “the Democratic Peace” and Its Evolutionary Potential" Analyses & Alternatives 6, no.3 (2022) : 121-161.doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.004