Question

discuss the role that liberal internationalism envisages for the ideal of democracy within societies, and, efforts undertaken in that direction.

Answer 1

introduction

by Michael W. Doyle1

Peace and democracy are just two sides of the same coin, it has often been said. In a speech before the British parliament in June of 1982, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed that governments founded on a respect for individual liberty exercise “restraint” and “peaceful intentions” in their foreign policy. He then, perhaps unaware of the contrast, announced a “crusade for freedom” and a “campaign for democratic development.”2