Demokrasi, Otoriterlik, Uluslararası Politika: Entegre Bir Yaklaşım Arayışı
Democracy, Authoritarianism, International Politics: An Integrated Perspective and Ap-proach

Author(s): Ali Resul Usul
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade
Published by: Atatürk Stratejik Araştırmalar Enstitüsü
Keywords: Democracy; Democratization; Authoritarianism; International Relations
Summary/Abstract: The nature of political regimes and their impact on international politics within the context of the Demo-cratic Peace Theory (DPT) is often discussed in the IR literature. e debate between the pro-DPT and anti-DPT circles continues. e DPT is now not only a theoretical approach in the field of IR, but has also become an effective foreign policy strategy. This paper argues that the discipline of IR needs more subtle and sophis-ticated conceptual tools to explain the complexities of the process of democratization and newly emerging hybrid regimes. It also argues that new approaches, concepts and explanations in the field of Democratiza-tion Studies could help the IR discipline to improve its theoretical strength in this regard. e recent debates over the characters of political regimes demonstrate that conceptual advancement in the discipline is a mat-ter of necessity. Thus, the paper recommends greater integration between IR and Democratization Studies.

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