The Politics Of Military Coalitions

Author : Scott Wolford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Combined operations (Military science)
ISBN : 1316375811

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The Politics of Military Coalitions by Scott Wolford Pdf

Military coalitions are ubiquitous. The United States builds them regularly, yet they are associated with the largest, most destructive, and consequential wars in history. When do states build them, and what partners do they choose? Are coalitions a recipe for war, or can they facilitate peace? Finally, when do coalitions affect the expansion of conflict beyond its original participants? The Politics of Military Coalitions introduces newly collected data designed to answer these very questions, showing that coalitions - expensive to build but attractive from a military standpoint - are very often more (if sometimes less) than the sum of their parts, at times encouraging war while discouraging it at others, at times touching off wider wars while at others keeping their targets isolated. The combination of new data, new formal theories, and new quantitative analysis will be of interest to scholars, students, and policymakers alike.

Author : Scott Wolford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107100657

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The Politics of Military Coalitions by Scott Wolford Pdf

This book explains how military coalitions form, as well as their implications for war, peace, and the spread of conflicts.

Author : Peter R. Mansoor,Williamson Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107136021

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Grand Strategy and Military Alliances by Peter R. Mansoor,Williamson Murray Pdf

A broad-ranging study of the relationship between alliances and the conduct of grand strategy, examined through historical case studies.

Author : Kathleen J. McInnis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319788340

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How and Why States Defect from Contemporary Military Coalitions by Kathleen J. McInnis Pdf

This book identifies contemporary military coalition defections, builds a theoretical framework for understanding why coalition defection occurs and assesses its utility for both the scholarly and policy practitioner communities. Drawing upon the author’s own experiences managing the Afghanistan coalition for the Pentagon, the volume builds a relevant policy and practical understanding of some of the key aspects of contemporary coalition warfare. Ultimately, it concludes that coalition defection is prompted by heightened perceptions of political and military risk. Yet the choice of how to defect— whether to completely withdraw forces or instead find another, less risky way to participate—is largely a function of international and alliance pressures to remain engaged.

Author : Nora Bensahel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Combined operations (Military science)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023751261

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The Coalition Paradox by Nora Bensahel Pdf

Author : Gordon Alexander Craig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Combined operations (Military science)
ISBN : UIUC:30112106658765

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Problems of Coalition Warfare by Gordon Alexander Craig Pdf

Author : Jennifer Kavanagh,Samuel Absher,Nathan Chandler,Ariane M. Tabatabai,Jeffrey Martini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1977406564

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Building Military Coalitions by Jennifer Kavanagh,Samuel Absher,Nathan Chandler,Ariane M. Tabatabai,Jeffrey Martini Pdf

This report describes factors that seem to be associated with U.S. decisions to use coalitions for military interventions, factors that drive partner states to join such coalitions, and factors that shape the success of military coalitions.

Author : Scott Wolford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108426015

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The Politics of the First World War by Scott Wolford Pdf

This analytical history of World War I offers a rigorous yet accessible training in game theory, and a survey of modern political science research.

Author : Keith Neilson,Roy Arnold Prete
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889201651

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Coalition Warfare by Keith Neilson,Roy Arnold Prete Pdf

Essays presented at the Eighth Military History Symposium held at the Royal Military College of Canada, Mar. 26-27, 1981.

Author : Daniel F. Baltrusaitis
Publisher : Firstforumpress
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Coalitions
ISBN : 1935049151

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Coalition Politics and the Iraq War by Daniel F. Baltrusaitis Pdf

Why do states join ad hoc military coalitions? What motivated South Korea to contribute significantly to the Iraq War 'coalition of the willing', while such steadfast allies as Turkey and Germany resisted US pressure to become burden-sharing partners? Drawing on his extensive examination of South Korean, German, and Turkish politics in the approach to and during the Iraq War, Daniel Baltrusaitis offers an in-depth analysis of how domestic political dynamics critically influence a state's level of material and diplomatic support to 'coalitions of choice'.

Author : Marina E. Henke
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501739705

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Constructing Allied Cooperation by Marina E. Henke Pdf

How do states overcome problems of collective action in the face of human atrocities, terrorism and the threat of weapons of mass destruction? How does international burden-sharing in this context look like: between the rich and the poor; the big and the small? These are the questions Marina E. Henke addresses in her new book Constructing Allied Cooperation. Through qualitative and quantitative analysis of 80 multilateral military coalitions, Henke demonstrates that coalitions do not emerge naturally. Rather, pivotal states deliberately build them. They develop operational plans and bargain suitable third parties into the coalition, purposefully using their bilateral and multilateral diplomatic connections—what Henke terms diplomatic embeddedness—as a resource. As Constructing Allied Cooperation shows, these ties constitute an invaluable state capability to engage others in collective action: they are tools to construct cooperation. Pulling apart the strategy behind multilateral military coalition-building, Henke looks at the ramifications and side effects as well. As she notes, via these ties, pivotal states have access to private information on the deployment preferences of potential coalition participants. Moreover, they facilitate issue-linkages and side-payments and allow states to overcome problems of credible commitments. Finally, pivotal states can use common institutional contacts (IO officials) as cooperation brokers, and they can convert common institutional venues into fora for negotiating coalitions. The theory and evidence presented by Henke force us to revisit the conventional wisdom on how cooperation in multilateral military operations comes about. The author generates new insights with respect to who is most likely to join a given multilateral intervention, what factors influence the strength and capacity of individual coalitions, and what diplomacy and diplomatic ties are good for. Moreover, as the Trump administration promotes an "America First" policy and withdraws from international agreements and the United Kingdom completes Brexit, Constructing Allied Cooperation is an important reminder that international security cannot be delinked from more mundane forms of cooperation; multilateral military coalitions thrive or fail depending on the breadth and depth of existing social and diplomatic networks.

Author : Olivier Schmitt
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626165489

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Allies That Count by Olivier Schmitt Pdf

What qualities make an ally useful in coalition warfare, and when is an ally more trouble than it’s worth? Allies That Count analyzes the utility of junior partners in coalition warfare and reaches surprising conclusions. In this volume, Olivier Schmitt presents detailed case-study analysis of several US allies in the Gulf War, the Kosovo campaign, the Iraq War, and the war in Afghanistan. He also includes a broader comparative analysis of 204 junior partners in various interventions since the end of the Cold War. This analysis bridges a gap in previous studies about coalition warfare, while also contributing to policy debates about a recurring defense dilemma. Previous works about coalition warfare have focused on explaining how coalitions are formed, but little attention has been given to the issue of their effectiveness. Simultaneously, policy debates, have framed the issue of junior partners in multinational military operations in terms of a trade-off between the legitimacy that is allegedly gained from a large number of coalition states vs. the decrease in military effectiveness associated with the inherent difficulties of coalition warfare. Schmitt determines which political and military variables are more likely to create utility, and he challenges the conventional wisdom about the supposed benefit of having as many states as possible in a coalition. Allies That Count will be of interest to students and scholars of security studies and international relations as well as military practitioners and policymakers.

Author : Melissa Yeager,Charles Carter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786739636

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Pacts and Alliances in History by Melissa Yeager,Charles Carter Pdf

Agreements between nations constitute the fundamental framework for the ordering of international affairs; and their successes and failures have led to some of the great turning points in modern history. The result of a unique collaboration by historians and political scientists, this book delineates, defines and assesses the idea of pacts and alliances as a key model of political organisation. Anchored by leading academics in the field, it presents numerous case studies covering a broad chronological sweep. Through theoretical and empirical methodology, the contributors address pacts and alliances from the fifteenth century onwards including, among others, the Korean-American and Moscow-Cairo alliances, the Sevres Pact, Turkey's accession to NATO and US alliances around the world. Through a close reading of these historical diplomatic relationships, fundamental yet relatively unaddressed research questions are developed and explored. First, what are the common denominators shared by successful alliances? Second, why do pacts and alliances disintegrate? Third, is the eventual demise of pacts and alliances inevitable? Finally, what are the implications of these issues on pact and alliance making today? This is the first volume to address this wide range of issues, and to bring together researchers and theorists from the historical and political disciplines to provide original and groundbreaking theories of diplomacy. Together, these case studies explore why alliances succeed, why they fail and why it matters. Pacts and Alliances in History is therefore not only important reading for the next generation of policymakers, but will also help frame scholars' enquiries as they try to understand key events in international relations and history.

Author : Sarah E. Kreps
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199842337

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Coalitions of Convenience by Sarah E. Kreps Pdf

Why does the United States sometimes seek multilateral support for its military interventions? When does it instead sidestep international institutions and intervene unilaterally? In Coalitions of Convenience, a comprehensive study of US military interventions in the post-Cold War era, Sarah Kreps shows that contrary to conventional wisdom, even superpowers have strong incentives to intervene multilaterally: coalitions confer legitimacy and provide ways to share the costly burdens of war. Despite these advantages, multilateralism comes with costs: multilateral responses are often diplomatic battles of attrition in which reluctant allies hold out for side payments in exchange for their consent. A powerful state's willingness to work multilaterally, then, depends on its time horizons--how it values the future versus the present. States with long-term--those that do not face immediate threats--see multilateralism as a power-conserving strategy over time. States with shorter-term horizons will find the expediency of unilateralism more attractive. A systematic account of how multilateral coalitions function, Coalitions of Convenience also considers the broader effects of power on international institutions and what the rise of China may mean for international cooperation and conflict.

Author : Patricia A. Weitsman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804788946

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Waging War by Patricia A. Weitsman Pdf

Military alliances provide constraints and opportunities for states seeking to advance their interests around the globe. War, from the Western perspective, is not a solitary endeavor. Partnerships of all types serve as a foundation for the projection of power and the employment of force. These relationships among states provide the foundation upon which hegemony is built. Waging War argues that these institutions of interstate violence—not just the technology, capability, and level of professionalism and training of armed forces—serve as ready mechanisms to employ force. However, these institutions are not always well designed, and do not always augment fighting effectiveness as they could. They sometimes serve as drags on state capacity. At the same time, the net benefit of having this web of partnerships, agreements, and alliances is remarkable. It makes rapid response to crisis possible, and facilitates countering threats wherever they emerge. This book lays out which institutional arrangements lubricate states' abilities to advance their agendas and prevail in wartime, and which components of institutional arrangements undermine effectiveness and cohesion, and increase costs to states. Patricia Weitsman outlines what she calls a realist institutionalist agenda: one that understands institutions as conduits of capability. She demonstrates and tests the argument in five empirical chapters, examining the cases of the first Gulf War, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. Each case has distinct lessons as well as important generalizations for contemporary multilateral warfighting.