Diplomacy & Politics Glossary

A temporary stoppage of hostilities between conflicting parties to allow negotiations or humanitarian aid.

An act by a party in a conflict that breaches an agreed temporary halt to hostilities, undermining peace efforts.

The theory that democracies are less likely to engage in armed conflict with one another.

The hypothesis that democracies are less likely to engage in armed conflict with one another due to shared norms and institutional constraints.

Periods of relative stability and lack of major war between dominant global powers due to mutual interests or deterrence.

The idea that liberal democracies are more peaceful toward each other due to shared norms, trade, and institutions.

A liberal theory concept that peace is maintained through democracy, economic interdependence, and international institutions.

International organization founded after World War I to promote peace and cooperation but failed to prevent World War II.

A strategy of political protest seeking social change through peaceful methods without physical force.

A group of states among which war is considered unlikely because of shared norms, values, and mutual trust.

A region where states commit to peaceful resolution of disputes and prohibit the use or threat of force.

A region designated by treaty or agreement where states commit to peace, non-aggression, and neutrality obligations.