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
Subjects
Alliances
Armed forces
Basing
Conflict
defense burdens
defense spending
Deployment
deployments
Dyadic relationships
Foreign policy
Hierarchies
hierarchy
Military deployment
National security
Regional security
regions
security
spatial modeling
troops
United States
United States > US
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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