Causes of the Long Peace in Europe: Western Security Institutions and the Management of Rivalries in Western Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean

By comparing the French-German & Greek-Turkish relationship, this article argues that inter-democratic institutions, due to their specific form, contribute substantively to peace. They constitute the missing link in the causal chain of the Democratic Peace; & they provide a solution to the p...

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Published in:Die Friedenswarte 2009-01, Vol.84 (4), p.113-134
Main Author: Dembinski, Matthias
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Democratic Peace Theory
European Union
Management
NATO
Security
Western Europe
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Summary:By comparing the French-German & Greek-Turkish relationship, this article argues that inter-democratic institutions, due to their specific form, contribute substantively to peace. They constitute the missing link in the causal chain of the Democratic Peace; & they provide a solution to the puzzle, why some institutions create peace while others fail spectacularly. In Western Europe, NATO & the EU, in combination with the democratic order of its member states, developed strong trans-national & trans-governmental networks. These networks facilitated the exchange of credible information, necessary for the peaceful management of a strategic rivalry. In the Eastern Mediterranean, NATO regressed into a purely intergovernmental organization & proved unable to mitigate the security dilemma. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0340-0255