A SECURITY REGIME AMONG DEMOCRACIES - COOPERATION AMONG IROQUOIS NATIONS

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CRAWFORD, NC [1 ]
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[1] BROWN UNIV,THOMAS J WATSON JR INST INT STUDIES,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912
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10.1017/S002081830002823X
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D81 [国际关系];
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In precolonial and colonial North America five Iroquois nations, which previously had fought for generations, stopped wars among themselves and lived in peace for about 325 years. This history raises several questions: why did the Iroquois nations stop fighting each other; did the fact that each nation was a democracy have anything to do with the end of war among them; and what are the lessons of this peace for international relations scholars? A security regime formed by the Iroquois in 1450, known as the Iroquois League, accounts for the peace. Comparing the Iroquois League with the Concert of Europe indicates an important role for norms and institutionalization in ameliorating the security dilemma. Further, the five democratic nations that formed the Iroquois League exemplify Immanuel Kant's idea of a system for ''perpetual peace.'' Finally, the history of the Iroquois League challenges realist claims of cross-cultural and timeless validity.
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