Conclusion: What works?

Abstract

The liberal democratic peace is best described as a confluence of behaviour, attitudes and structural factors that encourage a particular type of peace and peacemaking. It can be identified through its possession of five core elements:

• ● means or methodology;

• ● core components (distinctive forms of liberalism and democracy);

• ● nature of its principal actors and sponsors;

• ● ideological perspective;

• ● type of peace effected.