U.S. Presence and the Incidence of Conflict

by Stephen Watts, Jennifer Kavanagh, Matthew Lane, et al.

There is an ongoing debate about whether U.S. military presence brings stability or an increased likelihood of conflict to a region. The authors of this report analyze historical data to assess how U.S. military presence-in particular, U.S. troop presence and military assistance-is associated with the interstate and intrastate conflict behavior of states and nonstate actors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833097970
• ISBN13: 9780833097972
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 152 Pages