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The Burden-Sharing Dilemma

Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)

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The Burden-Sharing Dilemma

By: Brian D. Blankenship
Narrated by: Ray Montecalvo
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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. The United States 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. This variation, Brian D. Blankenship argues, is because the United States tailors its burden-sharing pressure in accordance with two competing priorities: conserving its own resources and preserving influence in its alliances. Although burden-sharing enables great power patrons like the United States 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: the latent military power of allies, the shared external threat environment, and the level of a patron's resource constraints. Through case studies of US alliances formed during the Cold War, he shows that a patron can mitigate the dilemma by combining assurances of protection with threats of abandonment and by exercising discretion in its burden-sharing pressure.

The book is published by Cornell University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

©2023 Brian D. Blankenship (P)2023 Redwood Audiobooks
Arms Control Diplomacy Military National & International Security National Security United States Imperialism War American Foreign Policy Cold War
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"Indispensable for understanding military alliances and American foreign policy." (Alexander Lanoszka, University of Waterloo)

"An insightful study...helps us to understand the strengths and limits of the current US-led security order." (Brett Ashley Leeds, Rice University)

"Provides an important strategic perspective on debates over burden-sharing and broader alliance politics." (Tongfi Kim, Brussels School of Governance)

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