Rational decisions and responses of dictatorships in authoritarian states with veto power

Using the model, this study makes eight policy recommendations for creating a new postwar deterrent world order when the warring parties a re authoritrian dictators hips with veto power and nuclear powe rs . First, as long as the ceasefire condition is the abandonment of a n independent state by a dictators hip and the retention of an independent state by a n inva de d s ta te, cease fire ne gotia tions te nd to be pa ra lle l unless a me dia tor is obta ine d; Se cond, s ince de mocra tic s ta tes require public conse nt before the decis ion to s ta rt the wa r, the obs tacles to the s ta rt of the wa r are this is grea ter tha n in dicta tors hips . Third, the dis ta nce be twee n a dicta tors hip a nd a country de termines the decis ions of its lea ders . The greate r the dis ta nce , the more like ly it is to provide only economic as s is ta nce . The close r a country is to the point whe re it fee ls threa te ne d if the occupa tion is tolera te d, the more milita ry ass is ta nce it will provide . Fourth, whe n a dicta tors hip initia tes a wa r of a ggress ion, ne ighboring countrie s te nd to use economic sa nctions to wea ke n the dicta tors hip's a bility to wa ge war to a void a ma jor-powe r wa r. Fifth, it is essentia l to introduce a s ys tem in which the ve to powe r of a pe rma ne nt member of the UN Se curity Council is s us pe nde d if it viola tes the UN Cha rter or is a wa r pa rty. The s ixth is the es ta blis hment of a pe rma nent UN force tha t ca n inte rve ne in a reas of conflict by a ce rta in le ve l of resolution of the UN Ge ne ra l As sembly. Regis ter with the UN volunteer s oldiers who ca n a ct in the e xe rcise of wa r, so tha t the y can be de ploye d early in the e ve nt of a wa r of a ggress ion by a ma jor power a ga ins t a minor power. Eighth, ma ke wa rtime s ta teme nts by dicta tors a nd lea de rs of inva de d countries in the me dia a nd e lse where binding unde r inte rna tiona l la w