The expectation that democracies will try to deal with their international disputes by applying the ...

The expectation that democracies will try to deal with their international disputes by applying the same norms they apply to domestic political conflicts is the foundation of a __________________ explanation of the democratic peace.
 
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The existence of checks and balances is an example of the dispersion of political power emphasized in _____________ versions of democratic peace theory.
 
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The assumption that people in democratic countries will oppose war because they are unwilling to shoulder its human and economic costs is central to the _______________ explanation of democratic peace.
 
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____________________predicted more than 200 years ago that democracies/republics would eventually form a separate peace.
 
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Liberals tend to argue that the peace among democracies is unlikely to survive the next 50 years.
 
  a. True
  b. False