Citation

Allen MA, Flynn ME, VanDusky-Allen J. Int. Interact. 2017; 43(3): 397-423.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/03050629.2016.1191482

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

Language: en

Keywords

United States; security; Basing; defense burdens; defense spending; deployments; hierarchy; regions; spatial modeling; troops