Editing World peace (section)

===Democratic peace theory===
Proponents of [[democratic peace theory]], developed mainly in the 1960s but relying in part on eighteenth century [[Kantianism|Kantian]] theory, and frequently espoused by Western politicians, claim that strong empirical evidence exists that democracies never or rarely wage war against each other.<ref>{{Citation |title=Does democracy cause peace? |journal=Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci. |date=1998 |first1=James Lee |last1=Ray  |volume=1 |pages=27–46 |url=http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ray.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217032515/http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ray.htm |place=US |publisher=M Tholyoke International Relations |doi=10.1146/annurev.polisci.1.1.27 |archive-date=17 February 2008 }}.</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Smith |title=Politics |url=http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/faculty/smith/dempeace.PDF |contribution=Democracy & peace |place=USA |publisher=New York University}}.</ref><ref>{{cite conference |author=Müller, Harald and Jonas Wolff |date=September 2004 |title=Dyadic Democratic Peace Strikes Back |url=https://www.academia.edu/2486355 |access-date=31 July 2013 |book-title=5th Pan-European International Relations ConferenceThe Hague}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Owen |first=John M IV |title=Fareview essay |date=1 November 2005 |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20051101fareviewessay84611/john-m-owen-iv/iraq-and-the-democratic-peace.html |work=ForeignAffairs.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051221155722/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20051101fareviewessay84611/john-m-owen-iv/iraq-and-the-democratic-peace.html |id=Iraq and the democratic peace |archive-date=21 December 2005 }}.</ref> However, several [[List of wars between democracies|wars between democracies]] have taken place, historically, such as the [[Kargil War]] and the [[Cenepa War]]. Relevant issues of debate include whether sufficient data is available to statistically prove the theory and whether peace results in democracy ([[territorial peace theory]]) or vice versa.