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8 entriesAbandonment Fear
The worry within an alliance that one's partner will fail to honor its…
Ad Hoc Coalition
A temporary, mission-specific grouping of states that cooperate on a single…
Alliance Dilemma
The trade-off allied states face between the risks of entrapment in a partner's…
Alliance Formation
The process by which states enter into formal agreements to cooperate for…
Alliance Restraint
The use of an alliance relationship to limit, constrain, or veto the risky or…
Article 5 (NATO)
The collective defense clause of the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty under which an…
Asia rebalance
A US foreign policy reorientation under the Obama administration shifting…
AUKUS
A 2021 trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom,…