Critique of Kant's "Perpetual Peace"

When looking at Kant’s notable work, Perpetual Peace, there are many discrepancies as to whether he displays a realist or liberalist doctrine throughout his methodical explanation as to the ways of attaining perpetual peace. In order to properly determine which viewpoint Kant basis the majority of his theories upon, it is imperative that we summarize his argument, identifying both the realist and liberalist aspects of his work, and, from this, determine whether or not his analysis is concurrent with classical liberalism.
In order to clearly find the realist and liberal aspects of Kant’s argument, it is necessary to first summarize the basic concepts of Perpetual Peace. In section one of his work, Kant explains the preliminary articles for attaining perpetual peace. The first of the six articles reveals that the causes for making future wars between nations are eliminated by a treaty of peace. Continuing his argument with the second article, Kant sees states as not pieces of proper...