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impossible to find a clear case of entrapment actually occurring." Abandonment means that allies do not come to the rescue of a fellow ally. Strong commitments to an alliance can reduce the bargaining power of that ally vis-a-vis the other allies. However, an ally whose commitment to the alliance is in doubt has greater bargaining leverage. Weak alliance commitments can make it easier for the ally to realign the alliance if a fellow ally is considered unsatisfactory. Strong alliance commitments may strengthen the adversary's alliance, as the adversary may face a greater threat.
60: 227:'s classic study of alliances, small states frequently free-ride on the large state's contributions to an alliance. Small allies that are militarily vulnerable are less likely to free-ride, whereas strategically important small allies are most likely to free-ride. Alliances may also lead to moral hazard whereby allies behave more aggressively and recklessly if they believe that the alliance will aid them in any conflict. On the whole, alliances do deter aggression on net. 31: 341: 1585: 319:
It was this article of the treaty of the 20 November 1815, rather than the Holy Alliance, that formed the basis of the serious effort made by the great powers, between 1815 and 1822, to govern Europe in concert. In general it proved that an alliance, to be effective, must be clearly defined as to its
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During peace-time, according to a 2019 study, almost all alliances from 1870 to 1916 may have been covert or implied. In other time periods, covert alliances have been rare. The study argues that from 1870 to 1916, the unusual amount of covert alliances was incentivized by other covert alliances. The
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explained the difference by noting that historically, alliances "were designed to advance the respective nationalistic interests of the parties, and provided for joint military action if one of the parties in pursuit of such objectives became involved in war." A collective security arrangement "is
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The failure of a strong ally to come to the rescue of a weaker ally (abandonment) may jeopardize the strong ally's other alliances. However, it may also strengthen the other alliances, as the other allies may sometimes prefer that the strong ally abandons a weak ally if it is likely to raise the
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Within alliances, actors may fear entrapment or abandonment. Entrapment means that allies get dragged into a conflict over one ally's interests that the other allies do not share. Scholars have disputed the prevalence of entrapment, with Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth writing "it is nearly
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called it, though it failed to secure the permanent harmony of the powers, was an effective instrument for peace during the years immediately following the downfall of Napoleon; and it set the precedent for those periodical meetings of the representatives of the powers, for the discussion and
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According to a 2002 dataset of military alliances, there have been 538 alliance treaties from 1815 to 2003. The vast majority of the alliances involve commitments to come to the military support of one ally involved in war. The vast majority are defensive in nature. Since the end of the
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The obvious motivation in states engaging in military alliances is to protect themselves against threats from other countries. However, states have also entered into alliances to improve ties with a particular nation or to manage conflict with a particular nation.
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In the European historical context, a military alliance can be viewed as a league between independent states, defined by treaty, for the purpose of combined action, defensive or offensive, or both. The oldest such alliance in the world today is the
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settlement of questions of international importance, which, though cumbrous and inefficient for constructive work, contributed much to the preservation of the general peace during much of the nineteenth century.
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between Germany, Austria and Italy was ostensibly directed to the preservation of European peace against any possible aggressive action of France or Russia; and this led in turn, some ten years later, to the
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creation of public alliances would signal to the covert ally that the public alliance was more valuable. According to Ronald Krebs, pre-WWII alliances were generally "relatively simple, short-lived affairs."
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The nature of alliances, including their formation and cohesiveness (or lack thereof), is a subject of much academic study past and present. Influential works include those by
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directed against no one; it is directed solely against aggression. It seeks not to influence any shifting 'balance of power' but to strengthen the 'balance of principle'."
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and burden-sharing. Members of an alliance have incentives not to contribute to the alliance while simultaneously benefiting on the
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between the Holy Roman Empire, Holland, England, Spain and Saxony, were both directed against the power of
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signed at Paris on 20 November 1815 – which renewed that of Chaumont and was again renewed, in 1818, at
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Occasionally, however, attempts have been made to give alliances a more general character. Thus the
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objects, and that in the long run the treaty in which these objects are defined must – to quote
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Reliability and Alliance Interdependence: The United States and Its Allies in Asia, 1949–1969
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of 26 September 1815 was an attempt, inspired by the religious idealism of the Emperor
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and his dynasty, and the confining of France within her traditional boundaries. The
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pledged to "perpetual friendship" between the two countries. This remains in action
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Constructing International Security: Alliances, Deterrence, and Moral Hazard
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Ethics and weapons of Mass Destruction: Religious and Secular Perspectives
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Alliance between different states with the purpose to cooperate militarily
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The Burden-Sharing Dilemma: Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics
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systems but can differ in nature. An early 1950s memorandum from the
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Index

Military alliances

World War I
Triple Entente
Triple Alliance

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Cold War
agreement between nations
national security
defense pacts
non-aggression pacts
ententes
Second World War
deterrent
collective security
United States Department of State
Glenn Snyder
Stephen Walt
Kenneth Waltz
Kenneth Waltz
Theory of International Politics
neorealist
balances of power
neoliberalism
political science
realist
E. H. Carr
Hans Morgenthau

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