Democratic Peace Theory - Belief that democracies are naturally peaceful and tyranny is the primary cause of war!
•In general, democracies have not been notably successful at avoiding war.
•In fact, democracies engage in military action about as often as other types of government.
•Democracies states rarely, if ever, fight one another.
•Expectations of war between democracies are reduced by the presence of a common political culture, mutual identity and sympathy, communication and perceptions etc.