U.S.-GERMAN DEFENSE BURDEN-SHARING SINCE 2014: COLLECTIVE DEFENSE OR FREE RIDER?
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Authors
Hood, Lauren M.
Subjects
United States
Germany
burden
sharing
shifting
foreign
policy
military
Bundeswehr
bureaucratic
politics
behavior
U.S.
America
German
NATO
defense
2014
collective
free
ride
rider
Trump
Obama
Germany
burden
sharing
shifting
foreign
policy
military
Bundeswehr
bureaucratic
politics
behavior
U.S.
America
German
NATO
defense
2014
collective
free
ride
rider
Trump
Obama
Advisors
Abenheim, Donald
Date of Issue
2019-09
Date
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Why does the United States continue to threaten NATO cohesion while pressuring the Federal Republic of Germany to increase its military strength and capabilities? Discord is highly evident among U.S. policy, words, and actions in what appears to be a burden-shifting problem. This thesis attempts to achieve three goals: (1) to assess whether the president fits best against the rational actor, bureaucratic politics, or organizational process theory; (2) whether the president is burden-sharing, burden-shifting, or potentially even free-riding; and (3) how the president's rhetoric, actions, and policy differences impact foreign policy execution. Hypothesis testing compares and contrasts competing models of foreign policy behavior and applies them to the real-life behavior of the United States between January 2014 and August 2019.
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Thesis
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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