Do Alliances and Partnerships Entangle the United States in Conflict?

Abstract

The Biden administration has made strengthening U.S. alliances and partnerships a core element of its foreign policy. Yet some analysts and policymakers have raised concerns about the costs and risks associated with these relationships. In this report, we consider one aspect of the larger debate about the future of U.S. security relationships: whether they entangle the United States in wars contrary to its direct interests. This report summarizes the existing research on these questions for U.S. policymakers and offers researchers recommendations on where more research is needed to inform this debate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1153788

Entities

People

  • Bryan Rooney
  • Caitlin Mcculloch
  • Miranda Priebe
  • Zachary Burdette

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Civil War
  • Cold War
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Public Policy
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies