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oapen-20.500.12657-622142024-03-27T14:14:48Z Reliability and Alliance Interdependence Henry, Iain D. alliance loyalty, alliance politics, US strategy in asia, US foreign policy, US alliances, alliance reliability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSD Diplomacy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history In Reliability and Alliance Interdependence, Iain D. Henry argues for a more sophisticated approach to alliance politics and ideas of interdependence. It is often assumed that if the United States failed to defend an ally, then this disloyalty would instantly and irrevocably damage US alliances across the globe. Henry proposes that such damage is by no means inevitable and that predictions of disaster are dangerously simplistic. If other allies fear the risks of military escalation more than the consequences of the United States abandoning an ally, then they will welcome, encourage, and even praise such an instance of disloyalty. It is also often assumed that alliance interdependence only constrains US policy options, but Henry shows how the United States can manipulate interdependence to set an example of what constitutes acceptable allied behavior. Using declassified documents, Henry explores five case studies involving US alliances with South Korea, Japan, the Republic of China, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand. Reliability and Alliance Interdependence makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of how America's alliances in Asia function as an interdependent system. 2023-03-29T15:52:21Z 2023-03-29T15:52:21Z 2022 book ONIX_20230329_9781501763052_187 9781501763052 9781501765544 9781501763045 9781501763069 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62214 eng Cornell Studies in Security Affairs application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781501763052.pdf 9781501763069.epub http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501763045/reliability-and-alliance-interdependence Cornell University Press Cornell University Press 06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 cf3e8ecb-a217-434e-9597-98c89a81ad5a 9781501763052 9781501765544 9781501763045 9781501763069 Cornell University Press 258 Ithaca [...] Australian National University ANU open access
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In Reliability and Alliance Interdependence, Iain D. Henry argues for a more sophisticated approach to alliance politics and ideas of interdependence. It is often assumed that if the United States failed to defend an ally, then this disloyalty would instantly and irrevocably damage US alliances across the globe. Henry proposes that such damage is by no means inevitable and that predictions of disaster are dangerously simplistic. If other allies fear the risks of military escalation more than the consequences of the United States abandoning an ally, then they will welcome, encourage, and even praise such an instance of disloyalty. It is also often assumed that alliance interdependence only constrains US policy options, but Henry shows how the United States can manipulate interdependence to set an example of what constitutes acceptable allied behavior. Using declassified documents, Henry explores five case studies involving US alliances with South Korea, Japan, the Republic of China, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand. Reliability and Alliance Interdependence makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of how America's alliances in Asia function as an interdependent system.
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