The Burden-Sharing Dilemma - Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics

Examines the conditions under which the United States is willing and able to pressure its allies to assume more responsibility for their own defense. Blankenship argues this is because the United States tries to conserve its own resources whilst also preserving influence in its alliances. Blankenship's findings dismantle assumptions that burden-sharing is always desirable but difficult to obtain.