POL208Y1 Lecture : Lecture- Jan 11-2011
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11 january 2011: states have to answer in the same manner regarding the condition of anarchy. I t doesn"t matter to kenneth wartz whether the states are democratic or not. What matters is the international system: others argue it is the nature of the regime of the state, for the realist and neorealist, the international system is more important than the regime. Liberalists say that democracies don"t fight each other. Any scenario of an armed conflict between usa and canada is ridiculous. The building of the eu is about enlarging the democratic peace theory: the copenhagen criteria of the eu is the requirement of democracy, philosophical roots of democratic peace proposition (emmanuel cart) 1795. A time when there were very few liberal regime. Perpetual peace is assured when: 1-the constitution must be of a republic where freedoms are guaranteed. 2- liberal nations will bring up peace among themselves (pacific union)
