Immanuel Kant's Perpetual Peace

It is very rare that you here about two democracies going to war with each other. Major wars in the past Century have not been fought between two democratic nations, for example the wars in both Vietnam and Korea were fought against two communist dictatorships. In 1999 (Rudolph J Rummel), while writing for the magazine Peace argued that a “Democracy is a general cure for political or collective violence of any kind.” He went on further to argue that a key to a Democracy is having regular elections and having multiple political parties that are competitive. With this argument from Rummel it means that during World War One, Germany was not a democracy. The Question very much so depends on how different theories see the matter and how different theorists determine what action a democracy should take instead of going to war.

The idea of ‘Democratic Peace’ is probably ‘The closest thing that we have to a law in international politics.’ Authors such as Levy and Ray made this argument. This argument made by both authors supports the idea that ‘Democratic
Kant argues that ‘There must be a political and an institutional solution to the problem of international anarchy.’ In Kant’s essay ‘Perpetual Peace’ (1795), he outlines how No state shall interfere with the constitution or government of another state.’ Kant is calling out for there to be peace, there is no requirement for fighting. It is the idea that there are solutions to the underlining problems. Potential ways round these problems include discussions between both Governments to try and resolve the underlining issues. An example of this can be seen in Northern Ireland, when both the British and Irish Governments came together to create the Good Friday Agreement. The Good Friday Agreement has led to a civil society being created in Northern Ireland and also led to the IRA to