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Region, Conflict, War, and the Robustness of the Liberal Peace
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Region, Conflict, War, and the Robustness of the Liberal Peace
Benjamin E. Goldsmith
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
National University of Singapore
Singapore 117570
## email not listed ##
Tel: (o) 65 6874 1539, (m) 65 9273 2965
Abstract This paper assesses the robustness of the liberal peace proposition by challenging two common practices: pooling data for different geographic regions, and using conflict at any level as a proxy for interstate war. The findings indicate that there are statistically significant differences between regions, and that conflict and war have somewhat different relationships to key variables overall and regionally. Expectations based on some prominent arguments about regionally-specific dynamics appear to be fairly well supported by the results. While I do not argue that these results undermine the general liberal peace proposition, they do represent powerful qualifications that provide insight into its theoretical foundation. They also point to the continuing importance of concepts such as security communities and norms as liberal factors distinct from democracy, economic interdependence, or international organizations. Acknowledgements Yusaku Horiuchi deserves special thanks for his advice regarding research design and statistical analysis. I thank Bruce Russett and John Oneal for making their data from Triangulating Peace publicly available.
Paper prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, March 2004.
Comments welcome!
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Region, Conflict, War, and the Robustness of the Liberal Peace
Benjamin E. Goldsmith
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
National University of Singapore
Singapore 117570
## email not listed ##
Tel: (o) 65 6874 1539, (m) 65 9273 2965
Abstract
This paper assesses the robustness of the liberal peace proposition by challenging two
common practices: pooling data for different geographic regions, and using conflict at
any level as a proxy for interstate war. The findings indicate that there are statistically
significant differences between regions, and that conflict and war have somewhat
different relationships to key variables overall and regionally. Expectations based on
some prominent arguments about regionally-specific dynamics appear to be fairly well
supported by the results. While I do not argue that these results undermine the general
liberal peace proposition, they do represent powerful qualifications that provide insight
into its theoretical foundation. They also point to the continuing importance of concepts
such as security communities and norms as liberal factors distinct from democracy,
economic interdependence, or international organizations.
Acknowledgements
Yusaku Horiuchi deserves special thanks for his advice regarding research design and
statistical analysis. I thank Bruce Russett and John Oneal for making their data from
Triangulating Peace publicly available.
Paper prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Studies
Association, Montreal, March 2004.
Comments welcome!
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