Reassessing the fulfillment of alliance commitments in war
Leeds et al. (2000) report that military alliance commitments are honored in war around 75% of the time. We update and extend data on alliance reliability from 1816 to 2003. Our analysis reveals a lower compliance rate overall: 50%. We find a sharp disparity in alliance reliability before and after...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Research & Politics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168018779697 |