The Effect of US Troop Deployment on Host States’ Foreign Policy

• Published in: Armed forces and society Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 102 - 123
• Main Authors: Machain, Carla Martinez, Morgan, T. Clifton
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Ltd 01.01.2013; SAGE Publications; Transaction Inc
• Subjects: Armed forces; Disputes; Foreign Policy; Foreign relations; Host countries; Informed Consent; Military deployment; Political Power; Political science; Political stability; Stability; U.S.A; United States; United States Army; United States of America; United States > US; two-good theory; troop deployment; substitutability; foreign policy; MID initiation

Major powers often deploy troops abroad with the consent of host states. The stated aim of these deployments is often both to protect the host state and to foster stability in the region. Drawing from an extension of Palmer and Morgan’s two-good theory of foreign policy, the authors explore some of...