The Burden-Sharing Dilemma: Coercive Diplomacy in Us Alliance Politics Blankenship Brian D.
The Burden-Sharing Dilemma: Coercive Diplomacy in Us Alliance Politics Blankenship Brian D. The Burden-Sharing Dilemma examines the conditions under which the United States is willing and able to…
Specifikacia The Burden-Sharing Dilemma: Coercive Diplomacy in Us Alliance Politics Blankenship Brian D.
The Burden-Sharing Dilemma: Coercive Diplomacy in Us Alliance Politics Blankenship Brian D.
The Burden-Sharing Dilemma examines the conditions under which the United States is willing and able to pressure its allies to assume more responsibility for their own defense. This variation, Brian D. The US has a mixed track record of encouraging allied burden-sharing--while it has succeeded or failed in some cases, it has declined to do so at all in others.
Although burden-sharing enables great power patrons like the US to lower alliance costs, it also empowers allies to resist patron influence.Blankenship identifies three factors that determine the severity of this burden-sharing dilemma and how it is managed: allies' latent military power, the shared Blankenship argues, is because the United States tailors its burden-sharing pressure in accordance with two competing priorities: preserving influence in its alliances and conserving its own resources.