better off having a predatory state than contesting each other. The theory has important empirical and policy implications …

The commercial peace theory maintains that trade fosters peace because trade makes conflict more costly. However … promotes peace because those states may reduce trade with the challenger following military interventions, punish it by …

association between capital openness and peace. Exploratory analysis of our cases identifies potential scope conditions, clarifies …

. Crucially, not all democracies are alike when it comes to these institutions, meaning that the “democratic peace” may not …

Previous research proposes that peace is more likely to become durable if all rebel groups are included in the … a destabilizing effect on the actors that have signed an agreement. This article argues that all-inclusive peace deals … - signed by the government and all rebel groups - are not the panacea for peace that many seem to believe. Given that the …

DEMOCRATIC PEACE THEORY - which postulates that democratic states do not wage wars against one another - has developed … the democratic peace theory the status of a historical law; others only endorse its validity for the con­temporary era … unqualified support for it.2 This article scrutinizes the democratic peace from the perspective of the relationship between …

Previous research proposes that peace is more likely to become durable if all rebel groups are included in the … a destabilizing effect on the actors that have signed an agreement. This article argues that all-inclusive peace deals … - signed by the government and all rebel groups - are not the panacea for peace that many seem to believe. Given that the …