Burdensharing and Its Discontents: Understanding and Optimizing Allied Contributions to the Collective Defense

by Gene Germanovich, King Mallory, Jonathan W. Welburn

The perennial debate about whether U.S. allies are contributing sufficiently to the collective defense of the post-World War II liberal international order has resurfaced in recent years. In this report, RAND researchers describe the Burdensharing Index that they constructed to aid in measuring and analyzing allied contributions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977413269
• ISBN13: 9781977413260
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"