1. Why Alliances Entangle But Seldom Entrap States.
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Kim, Tongfi
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INTERNATIONAL alliances ,ENTRAPMENT (Criminal law) ,SOUTH Korea-United States relations ,JAPAN-United States relations ,SPAIN-United States relations - Abstract
This paper explains one of the central roles of alliance contracts, the prevention of undesirable military entanglement. The existing literature on alliances argues that entrapment is a major concern for potential and actual alliance partners, but it is difficult to point out clear cases of entrapment. I provide two answers to this puzzle: First, entrapment is a narrower concept than others have realized, and it is rarer than the literature suggests. Second, leaders anticipate entrapment and carefully design alliance agreements before and after states form alliances. I examine the second argument through case studies of us alliance agreements with South Korea, Japan, and Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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