Answer to Question #302887 in History for Janine

Question

What is republicanism?

Describe briefly Kant’s “Perpetual Peace” argument?

Is democracy a better system of government and should it be promoted by peaceful and forceful means?

Are critics of the democratic peace right to argue that no adequate explanation has been given for the absence of war among democracies?

What is meant by an illiberal nation?

What were the real motivations for the Gulf War of 1990-1, where the USA led a collective international force?

Should democracy be prompted by both peaceful and forceful means?

Who benefits from democratic peace-building in post-conflict societies? Contrast short and long-term beneficiaries.

Answer 1

a) Republicanism

This is a system of governance where the government in place endeavors to protect her citizen's liberty by incorporating a rule of law that cannot be ignored by government of the day.

b) Kant argued that trade and democracy that is gained through peaceful means tend to keep the Union perpetual and counted on the combined power of the Union to deter the Axis from war.

c) Democracy is the best form of government because the government in place is more more account on how her activities are run on a daily basis and it should be promoted by a peaceful means because the system itself is peaceful.

d) The probability of occurrence of a war between any two democratic states is considerably low, the absence of war among liberal democracies across a wide range of different historical, economic, and political factors suggests that there is a strong predisposition against the use of military violence between democratic states. This democratic peace proposition not only challenges the validity of other political systems, but also the prevailing realist account of international relations, which emphasizes balance-of-power calculations and common strategic interests in order to explain the peace and stability that characterizes relations between liberal democracies.

e) An illiberal nation is a country where the citizens are not involved in the activities that are undertaken by the government.

f) The aggression of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

g) No. Democracy should only be promoted by peaceful means because the system itself is considered as peaceful.

h)Everybody. Locally, democratic governance is believed to be the most appropriate form of sustainable development. Globally, as we have seen, the assumption is that democratic rule leads to a peaceful international community of states.