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The Geopolitical Benefits of U.S. Alliances The Geopolitical Benefits of U.S. Alliances
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Alliances as War-Prevention Mechanisms Alliances as War-Prevention Mechanisms
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Alliances as Containment Tools Alliances as Containment Tools
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Alliances as Balancing Tools Alliances as Balancing Tools
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Alliances as Status Quo Preservers Alliances as Status Quo Preservers
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The Military Benefits of Alliances The Military Benefits of Alliances
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Alliances as Capability Aggregators Alliances as Capability Aggregators
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Alliances as Power Projection Tools Alliances as Power Projection Tools
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The Geo-Economic Benefits of Alliances The Geo-Economic Benefits of Alliances
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Net Assessment Net Assessment
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5 The Benefits of Alliances
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Published:August 2017
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Abstract
This chapter assesses the benefits of frontier alliances for the United States both historically and today. The most important benefit that the United States derives from alliances is through their use as tools of geopolitical management that enhance its ability to compete against other states. For the United States as a maritime power of global reach, using forward-deployed alliances in the rimlands of Eurasia is a cost-effective tool for managing the international system that is preferable to the strategic alternatives now being presented for U.S. foreign policy. From this emerges the main imperative of U.S. grand strategy: to prevent the emergence of a power or combination of powers within the Eurasian landmass that could invade or economically dominate the United States. America has three basic options for how it does so: direct containment, retreat and reentry, and alliances.
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