Thoughts on Democratic Peace Theroy

The link below has an interesting post from the DuckofMinerva blog concerning India-Pakistan relationship in light of the proposed sale of F-16 fighters to these countries. I think that these assumptions seem to be slightly way off the mark considering the 'historical roots' of the conflict between these two countries.

http://duckofminerva.blogspot.com/2005/06/would-you-rather-have-big-macor-f-16.html

The fact that the confrontation between the two countries has been averted during the recent buildup of armed forces by India, can be explained in light of the 'nuclear shadow' hanging over the Indian subcontinet. Thus any assumptions like these sound way off the mark and the refernce to the Democratic Peace Theory, doesn't explain the potential causes of conflict between the two countries as Pakistan can't be considered a 'democracy' by any standards.

International Relations Blogs

This consists of the various interesting blogs that cover International Relations/Politics.

http://oxblog.blogspot.com/

http://duckofminerva.blogspot.com/

International law blog

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/internationallaw/

this is the link of the blog on international law, wto law and EU-China relationship that can serve as a reference for the latest facts.....