The influence of the democratic regime on the character of interstate relations

Abstract

The article examines the influence of political regimes, in particular democratic ones, on interstate relations. Determined factors that largely caused the emergence of the theory of "democratic world" in the 90s of the XX century. Among these factors is globalization and the growth of the number of democratic countries in the world.
Features of democratic countries that explain their peaceful foreign policy, attempts to avoid military resolution of conflicts with other countries and preference for diplomatic ways of solving problems are defined. Attention is drawn to the fact that peaceful relations are preserved, first of all, in the dyad of liberal-democratic countries.
The main provisions of the theory of the democratic world and its critics are considered. Critics point to the complexity of predicting the behavior of democratic countries and the probabilistic nature of the democratic world in conditions of uncertainty, non-linear development, threats, and risks.
Democratic countries can also be at war. The choice of war as a way to resolve disputed issues with other countries depends both on the features of the democratic regime, its consolidation, resources, and on the nature of existing threats and possible ways of protecting against them. The article examines the political motivation of the government's actions and points out that it can be inherent in countries with both authoritarian and democratic regimes.
Changes in the world security system are considered in the article. It is noted that the number of democratic countries in the world is now decreasing, while the number of autocracies is increasing.
The world is predicted to enter the period of bifurcation. It is noted that the international and regional security systems were unable to prevent the emergence of new wars, which may turn into a world war, and therefore require changes and reforms.