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Abstract (English) How can institutional design transform a security dilemma into a stable peace equilibrium? This paper proposes a Kantian mechanism-design framework that maps Kant's Toward Perpetual Peace onto a four-layered architecture: objective function, feasibility constraints, a publicity meta-constraint on the design process itself, and a cosmopolitan dual layer. The framework's central proposition formulates sufficient conditions under which a bilateral Prisoner's Dilemma is transformed into a Harmony Game with peace as the unique Nash equilibrium, contingent on a ten-dimensional institutional weight vector exceeding a critical threshold. One parameter, theta₃ (exit rights), is fully formalized as a proof of concept; the remaining nine form a structured research agenda. The current version updates the framework against recent literature on democratic peace, autocratization, international-organization binding, weaponized interdependence, sanctions, de-escalation, and conflict trends through 2026. The contribution remains architectural: a research program, not a completed theory. Zusammenfassung (Deutsch) Wie kann institutionelles Design ein Sicherheitsdilemma in ein stabiles Friedensgleichgewicht überführen? Dieses Paper schlägt ein kantisches Mechanism-Design-Framework vor, das Kants Zum ewigen Frieden auf eine vierlagige Architektur abbildet: Zielfunktion, Machbarkeitsbedingungen, Publicity-Meta-Constraint des Designprozesses selbst und eine kosmopolitische Doppelschicht. Die zentrale Proposition formuliert hinreichende Bedingungen, unter denen ein bilaterales Prisoner's Dilemma in ein Harmony Game mit Frieden als eindeutigem Nash-Gleichgewicht transformiert wird, abhängig von einem zehn-dimensionalen institutionellen Gewichtsvektor oberhalb einer kritischen Schwelle. Ein Parameter, theta₃ (Ausreiserechte), ist als Proof of Concept vollständig formalisiert; die übrigen neun bilden eine strukturierte Forschungsagenda. Die aktuelle Fassung aktualisiert das Framework anhand neuer Literatur zu Demokratiefrieden, Autokratisierung, internationaler Organisationsbindung, weaponized interdependence, Sanktionen, Deeskalation und Konflikttrends bis 2026. Der Beitrag bleibt architektonisch: ein Forschungsprogramm, keine abgeschlossene Theorie. This is an advanced draft. Major revisions are not excluded. CHANGELOG Changes Version 6. 0 (prepared from local v7, May 2026) Critical: Bibliographic and factual source check updated against DOI, publisher, Crossref and web records. Corrected or finalized entries include Tomz GER de5611b6180824e36f641d35a1a03d66. Changes Version 5. 0 Bibliographic corrections — systematic verification and correction of all references against original publications. Corrections include Levy (1989 to 1988). Changes Version 4. 0 Critical: Optimization problem reformulated as proper feasibility problem Critical: Proposition 1 rewritten with full proof Critical: Federation bonus corrected from defender reward to aggressor cost Critical: Kant correctly positioned as legal philosophy Critical: Model restricted to bilateral game Major: Minimal model ODE with 0, 1 invariance Major: Mearsheimer integration as scope condition Major: Complementarity thesis with falsification criteria Major: Theta₃ fully formalized as proof of concept Minor: Bibliography cleaned, 15 new sources DE/EN: Both versions fully synchronized
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Lukas Geiger
Oldham Council
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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/6a080a29a487c87a6a40c1a5 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20176201