Yeah. I actually mentioned it in passing.
"In Europe, I think the leading cause for no repeated big wars is European cooperation and the lack of other political systems than the democratic one."
Other than that I don't think democratic peace theory really holds water when the involved nations are not committed to peace (like Europe is). Russia, a democratic nation (though exactly how non-corrupt it is can be discussed), is currently intervening in Ukraine and so is the USA.
>Not even USA starts wars with (or intervene in) stable democracies.
I'm not sure I really follow. They seem to have a great time intervening in non-NATO countries.
>In short -- don't mix up packs of thieves stealing countries with the countries themselves. Or with democratic governments
I've not said that either of these nations have a clean plate, nor have I said that they're a good influence. I've argued that I dislike all interventionism, and since the article /was/ about the USA, I criticised them.
India and China sure as hell have a cleaner plate than USA though.
>Why would globalization necessarily be handled in a good way? We could get the military empire building back; Russia and China have started.
I don't think it is being handled in a good way. That's the god damned point. No nation should have global military police forces.