Alliance Participation, Treaty Depth, and Military Spending.
How does alliance participation affect military spending? Some argue that alliance membership increases military expenditures, while others contend that it produces spending cuts. I argue that deep formal defense cooperation modifies the impact of alliance participation on military expenditures and...
| Published in: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 929 - 944 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2021
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