| ID | 188196 |
| Title Proper | Estimating Alliance Costs |
| Other Title Information | an Exchange |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cooley, Alexander |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In their ambitious article, Joshua Alley and Matthew Fuhrmann ask how “alliance commitments affect US military spending.” Their answer: each alliance, on average, adds $11–$22 billion to the annual defense budget. Given the number of US defense pacts, that would mean formal alliances accounted for over $735 billion of the 2019 defense budget.1 This finding, if true, suggests that Donald Trump was right to claim that alliances are “much too costly for the US.”2 |
| `In' analytical Note | Security Studies Vol. 31, No.3; Jun-Jul 2022: p.510-532 |
| Journal Source | Security Studies Vol: 31 No 3 |
| Key Words | US Military Spending |