Survival politics: Regime security and alliance institutionalization

• Main Authors: KIM, Inwook, WOODS, Jackson
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: alliance institutionalization; civil-military relations; asymmetric alliance; alliance design; Korean Peninsula; Asian Studies; International Relations; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3577; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4835/viewcontent/SurvivalPolitics_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

What determines states’ willingness to institutionalize alliances? Contrary to conventional emphasis on system-level conditions, we argue that states pay close attention to the domestic political consequences of institutionalizing alliances. This is particularly true for unequal allies. Client regim...