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This book presents a systematic reassessment of the theoretical and empirical foundations of the democratic peace literature. Three distinct theoretical models

Douglas M. Gibler argues that threats to homeland territories force domestic political centralization within the state. Using an innovative theory of state deve

An evidence-based analysis of governance focusing on the institutional capacities and qualities that reduce the risk of armed conflict.

Conventional wisdom in international relations maintains that democracies are only peaceful when encountering other democracies. Using a variety of social scien