Definite articles of Perpetual peace Seminar questions: Week 4 Democracy International Organizations Peace Economic Interdependence 1) Every state should have a republican constitution 2) The right of nations should be based on a federation of free states 3) Cosmopolitan right shall be limited to conditions of universal hospitality 1. Has international history been progressive? If so, in what way? 2. Discuss the three definite articles and the three elements of the Kantian triangle. To what extent have they been fulfilled globally? Has their progress reduced conflict? If not, why not? 3. Should liberal states promote their values abroad? Is force a legitimate instrument in securing this goal? 4. Are voters more peaceful than leaders? In other words, if voters influence foreign policy through periodic elections, does it ensure more peaceful outcomes than decisions by authoritarian governments? 5. Is it democracy that has prevented liberal democracies from going to war against each other thus far? Or something else (e.g. other elements from the Kantian triangle)? Or has it happened by chance? 6. Will Brexit increase the likelihood of war between the UK and other European countries?