Doyle and the dilemmas: on the return to colonialism in a middle-ground peace
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Michael Doyle, Liberal Peace, ColonialismAbstract
The theory that democracies do not fight each other, called Liberal Peace, came to be considered the closest thing to an empirical law in International Relations. Critical readings demonstrate, however, that this thesis is anchored in what Inayatullah calls “return to colonialism”: justifying interventions against formerly colonized states through the potential benefits of external interference. Even so, the expansion of liberal democracies continues to be defended as the most viable solution to current political problems. How does liberalism return in such triumphalistic terms? This article suggests the work of Michael Doyle as a starting point to explore this question. Doyle is one of the main formulators of the Liberal Peace, but he elaborates it not as an empirical law, but as a dilemma. Therefore, this article uses a Derridian reading to understand how Doyle's dilemmas inform the author's relationship with the return to colonialism. Such an analysis intends to elucidate how apparently moderate positions open the way to versions of themselves that would be, in principle, extreme. Thus, the article proposes that Doyle's claims depend on a pragmatic return to colonialism: delegitimizing non-white experiences to avoid questions about the Liberal Peace as the only adequate alternative to the international reality.
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