What technical and theoretical criticisms are made of democratic peace theory?

What will be an ideal response?


Criticism of democratic peace theory tends to fall into two categories. First, there is debate over technical issues, like the definitions of democracy and war, and how valid the statistical correlation between them is. Second, there is disagreement over the theoretical factors that explain this correlation (if it exists).

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