Regions of Hierarchy and Security: US Troop Deployments, Spatial Relations, and Defense Burdens

Recent work has begun exploring the effects of foreign military deployments on host-state foreign policies. However, research mostly focuses on dyadic relationships between major powers and host-states, ignoring the broader regional security environment of host-states. We develop a theory of spatial...

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Published inInternational interactions Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 397 - 423
Main Authors Allen, Michael A., Flynn, Michael E., VanDusky-Allen, Julie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 04.05.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Summary:Recent work has begun exploring the effects of foreign military deployments on host-state foreign policies. However, research mostly focuses on dyadic relationships between major powers and host-states, ignoring the broader regional security environment of host-states. We develop a theory of spatial hierarchies to understand how security relationships throughout the region surrounding the host-state affect host-state foreign policy. Using data on US military deployments from 1950-2005, we show that regional security considerations condition how host-states respond to the deployment of military forces to their territory. Consequently, regional analyses are fundamental in understanding monadic and dyadic decisions about security, alliance behavior, and conflict.
ISSN:0305-0629
1547-7444
DOI:10.1080/03050629.2016.1191482