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The Liberal Peace Revisited: The Role of Democracy, Dependence, and Development in Militarized Interstate Dispute Initiation, 1950--1999

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  • Mark Souva
  • Brandon Prins

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We test a model of the liberal peace by examining the initiation of militarized interstate disputes at the monadic level of analysis from 1950--1999. Liberal peace theory contends that both economic dependence and democratic political systems reduce conflict propensities. Extant empirical analyses of the monadic liberal peace, however, are under-specified. First, the concept of economic dependence not only includes trade, but also foreign investment. Second, existing models do not control for the influence of economic development. Previous research on the monadic liberal peace has also failed to distinguish between the initiation of conflict and participation in conflict. We find evidence for a liberal peace: trade dependence, foreign investment, and democracy reduce a state’s propensity to initiate militarized disputes.

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  • Mark Souva & Brandon Prins, 2006. "The Liberal Peace Revisited: The Role of Democracy, Dependence, and Development in Militarized Interstate Dispute Initiation, 1950--1999," International Interactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(2), pages 183-200, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ginixx:v:32:y:2006:i:2:p:183-200
    DOI: 10.1080/03050620600719361
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    1. Charles R. Boehmer, 2008. "A Reassessment of Democratic Pacifism at the Monadic Level of Analysis," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 25(1), pages 81-94, February.
    2. Coyne,Christopher J., 2020. "Defense, Peace, and War Economics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781108724036.
    3. Sidita Kushi & Monica Duffy Toft, 2023. "Introducing the Military Intervention Project: A New Dataset on US Military Interventions, 1776–2019," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 67(4), pages 752-779, April.
    4. Stephen L. Quackenbush & Michael Rudy, 2009. "Evaluating the Monadic Democratic Peace," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 26(3), pages 268-285, July.
    5. Christopher J. Coyne & Anne R. Bradley, 2019. "Ludwig von Mises on war and the economy," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 32(3), pages 215-228, September.
    6. Erich Weede, 2011. "The Capitalist Peace," Chapters, in: Christopher J. Coyne & Rachel L. Mathers (ed.), The Handbook on the Political Economy of War, chapter 14, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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