POLS 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Freeriding, Anzus, Hegemony
10 Mar 2016
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Alliance politics: don"t call something and alliance if it. Isn"t one an alliance is a formal treaty economic deals, trade deals etc do not make states allies (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) The term in defense or military must have a treaty. Can be important for deterrence (stop them from attacking you or friends) Security consumer countries aggregate resources together (canada with usa) Allows periphery states to have more status or appear to have more status if aligned with core states (such as lithuania joining nato) Binding; reputation would be bad if you renege; therefore it has a reassurance function. Easier logistically to plan on how to respond to regional crisis. Legitimacy; how multilateralism is perceived versus unilateral. Several allies get together in form of treaty to signal that any attempt at hegemony will be countered. Don"t necessarily need to use hard power capabilities to balance other states, can be achieved through non material means (coalition building ie naming and shaming)
