Title:
Trading for peace : India and Pakistan
Authors:
Mamoon, D.
,
Murshed, S.M.
Year:
2007
Serial number:
5
Journal:
The Broker
Pages:
16
-
18
ISSN:
1874-2033
Language:
eng
Subject:
Culture, Society and Religion
Keywords:
peacebuilding
,
economic development
,
political conditions
Abstract:
The democratic peace hypothesis is compared with the liberal peace hypothesis, using the case of India and Pakistan. Econometric analysis suggests that trade between the two countries increases the chance of peace. Economic progress, combined with greater openness to international trade in general are more significant drivers of peace between nations like India and Pakistan, than are the independent contributions of a common democratic polity. So economic interdependence rather than politics is more likely to contribute to peaceful relations between India and Pakistan in the future.
Organization:
The Broker
Country:
India
,
Pakistan
Region:
South Asia
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2007 IDP. This article has been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported license.
Document type:
E-article
File:
137935.pdf