ants ▁include ▁uncertainty ▁about ▁the ▁balance ▁of ▁power , ▁oppon ent ' s ▁resolve ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁policy ▁dis similar ities ▁between ▁compet ing ▁states . ▁ ▁Inter ests ▁are ▁important ▁determin ants ▁of ▁whether ▁conflict ▁occurs . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁G art z ke ▁& ▁H ew itt ▁( 2 0 1 0 ), ▁prom oting ▁dem ocr atic ▁interests , ▁or ▁even ▁impos ing ▁them ▁for ▁peace , ▁is ▁not ▁likely ▁to ▁reduce ▁conflict ▁“ it ▁may ▁even ▁lead ▁to ▁a ▁weak ening ▁of ▁the ▁actual ▁determin ants ▁of ▁liberal ▁peace ”, ▁thereby ▁increasing ▁inter state ▁t ensions . ▁Contempor ary ▁research ▁demonstr ates ▁that ▁prom oting ▁free ▁mark ets ▁and ▁economic ▁development ▁helps ▁mit ig ate ▁conflict ▁and ▁promote ▁peace ▁ ▁Capital ist ▁peace ▁ ▁The ▁capital ist ▁peace ▁th esis ▁suggests ▁that ▁free ▁mark ets ▁and ▁economic ▁development ▁contribute ▁to ▁a ▁reduction ▁in ▁inter state ▁conflict . ▁ ▁Research ▁on ▁the ▁capital ist ▁peace ▁has ▁chosen ▁to ▁purs ue ▁the ▁liberal ▁political ▁economy ▁school , ▁with ▁a ▁particular ▁focus ▁on ▁Kant ' s ▁Per pet ual ▁Peace . ▁ ▁The ▁same ▁set ▁of ▁theoretical ▁frameworks ▁that ▁evol ved ▁in ▁dem ocr atic ▁peace ▁research ▁now ▁as ser ts ▁itself ▁in ▁the ▁capital ist ▁peace ▁( G art z ke ▁& ▁H ew itt ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁p .   1 2 1 ). ▁ ▁The ▁capital ist ▁peace ▁sees ▁capital ism ▁as ▁creating ▁conditions ▁to ▁make ▁war ▁more ▁cost ly ▁and ▁therefore ▁und es irable ▁by