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The 16 pages that link to Democratic peace theory, each with the reason it gives.

• Athenian democracyNarrower topic: Athenian warfare complicates later claims that democracy reliably produces peaceful foreign policy.

• DemocracyRelated: It links regime type to a debated pattern in relations between states.

• Balance of powerCompared with: It explains some patterns of peace through regime type rather than distributions of power.

• Realism (international relations)Compared with: Its focus on regime type offers a different explanation for variation in interstate conflict.

• NeoconservatismRelated: Neoconservative arguments often treat the spread of democracy as a route to a more peaceful order.

• Political realismCompared with: It attributes patterns of peace partly to regime type, not only to power and security.

• Liberal internationalismRelated: It supplies a major argument for expanding representative government as a route to interstate peace.

• Samuel P. HuntingtonCompared with: It explains international conflict through regime type rather than Huntington’s cultural blocs.

• Thucydides TrapCompared with: It highlights how political institutions may restrain conflict despite shifts in power.

• Bush DoctrineRelated: The administration linked democratic transformation to a more peaceful international order.

• International relations theoryBroader topic: This specific liberal claim links domestic political institutions to patterns of interstate conflict.

• Offensive realismCompared with: Its emphasis on regime type differs from offensive realism's focus on system structure and relative capabilities.

• World peaceRelated: It raises the question of whether political institutions make lasting peace more likely.

• Idealism in international relationsRelated: It offers a distinct account of how political institutions might limit international conflict.

• RimlandCompared with: It explains international patterns through political regime type rather than geographic position.

• Perpetual warCompared with: It proposes institutional conditions that may limit certain forms of recurring interstate conflict.