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100 1 _aKIM Claudia J.
245 _aMilitary alliances as a stabilising force:
_bU.S. relations with South Korea and Taiwan, 1950s-1960s/
_cClaudia J. Kim
260 _c2021
520 _aTwo broad and seemingly contradictory perspectives exist on U.S. alliances with South Korea and Taiwan. One focuses on how Washington carefully designed the alliances to rein in its overly warlike junior partners, while the other focuses on the surprisingly big influence of Seoul and Taipei that belied the power asymmetry in their relationships with Washington. This paper shows the influence of small allies is not a static feature of asymmetrical alliances designed to restrain them; small allies might exert unduly large influence at the stage of alliance formation, but once the alliance is institutionalised, they may lose much of the initial leverage. The findings lend empirical support to the view of alliances as a stabilising force, rather than a force multiplier, in international politics.
650 _aMILITARY ALLIANCES
650 _aALLIANCE RESTRAINT
650 _aCOLD WAR
650 _aSOUTH KOREA
650 _aTAIWAN
773 _aThe Journal of Strategic Studies :
_gVol 44 No.7, December 2021, pp. 1041-1062 (98)
598 _aMILITARY, KOREA, TAIWAN
856 _uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402390.2019.1701441
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