The Supply Side of Security: A Market Theory of Military Alliances

by Tongfi Kim

The Supply Side of Security conceptualizes military alliances as contracts for exchanging goods and services. At the international level, the market for these contracts is shaped by how many countries can supply security.

Tongfi Kim identifies the supply of policy concessions and military commitments as the main factors that explain the bargaining power of a state in a potential or existing alliance. Additionally, three variables...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804796963
• ISBN13: 9780804796965
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"