Abstract This article revisits in today’s global setting the debate among international relations scholars over the so-called Kantian or democratic peace. In particular, it argues that findings made by S. M. Mitchell in a seminal 2002 article in the American Journal of Political Science regarding the diffusion of norms via third party conflict resolution relied upon a questionable methodology and now require belated revision. An alternative measure of norm diffusion would rely upon the proportion of democratic states, particularly contiguous states, in a given region. Moreover, a more detailed look at such diffusion after 1945 suggests important differences over the viability of democratic peace, especially regarding state behavior outside the Western Hemisphere.

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重新思考康德和平：来自规范扩散的自由、温和和保守措施的证据

摘要 本文回顾了当今全球背景下国际关系学者对所谓康德和平或民主和平的争论。特别是，它认为 SM Mitchell 在 2002 年发表在《美国政治科学杂志》上的一篇开创性文章中，关于通过第三方冲突解决来传播规范的研究结果依赖于一种有问题的方法论，现在需要迟来的修订。规范扩散的另一种衡量标准将取决于特定地区中民主国家的比例，特别是毗连国家的比例。此外，更详细地观察 1945 年之后的这种扩散表明，在民主和平的可行性方面存在重要差异，尤其是在西半球以外的国家行为方面。