US alliances were successfully tested in 2001. Finally, Middle East scenarios deserve more analysis even though they are less connected to other alliances systems. To be sure, faced with the prospect of their protector getting involved in a distant contingency, they could welcome the effective exercise of security guarantees since it would validate in their eyes the one they benefit from. Yet the same allies could also serve as a restraining factor, fearing that their own regional interests would then be less protected (a classic case being Europeans concerned about Vietnam).112Allies can also play a restraining role on enlargement, as demonstrated by the French and German refusals to offer a NATO Membership Action Plan to Georgia and Ukraine in 2008 and more recently in 2022 with Turkeys opposition to Finland and Swedens accession to NATO. Ash Jain, Matthew Kroenig, and Jonas Parello-Plesner. Reassurance is also instrumental in reducing the risk of a renationalization of defense policies. Nor was it a given, more generally, that US alliances would survive the Obama and Trump eras, when attention given to most allies was less important than it had been in the past. Author Jason W. Davidson examines these alliances to shed light on their nature and what they reveal about the evolution of American power. The same goes for concepts such as an alliance of democracies once promoted by US President Joe Biden.11Joe Biden, Democracy in an Age of Authoritarianism, Remarks by then-Vice President Biden, Copenhagen Democracy Summit, June 22, 2018, https://www.allianceofdemocracies.org/speech-by-joe-biden/. Intra-European defense solidarity was further reinforced by two new bilateral defense clauses: one between Germany and France through the Aachen Treaty of 2019 (which includes a particularly strong mutual commitment), and another between Greece and France through a strategic partnership agreement signed in 2021.35John Psaropoulous, Greece Ratifies Landmark Intra-NATO Defence Pact with France,Al Jazeera(website), October 7, 2021, https://www.aljazeera.com/ news/2021/10/7/greece-ratifies-intra-nato-defence-pact-with-france. Two additional arguments will make this clearer. This author was wrong when he surmised in 2004 that permanent multinational alliances appear increasingly to belong to the past.2Bruno Tertrais, The Changing Nature of Military Alliances,The Washington Quarterly27, no. True, weaker parties cansometimes in good faithmistakenly convey to their publics that contested territories would be protected. MENASource offers the latest news from across the Middle East, combined with commentary by contributors, interviews with emerging players, multi-media content, and independent analysis from fellows and staff. For countries that are members of both the European Union and NATO, Article 42.7 is a sort of backstop in case consensus could not be achieved within the North Atlantic Council (NAC) to trigger Article 5; and the France-Greece agreement is a backstop for Greece in case 42.7 could not be invoked. Rpublique franaise, Dcret n 2012-495 du 16 avril 2012 portant publication de laccord entre le Gouvernement de la Rpublique franaise et le Gouvernement des Emirats arabes unis relatif la coopration en matire de dfense, sign Abou Dabi le 26 mai 2009, et de laccord sous forme dchange de lettres relatif linterprtation de laccord de coopration en matire de dfense, signes Paris le 15 dcembre 2010, Journal officiel de la Rpublique franaise, April 18, 2012. In 2022, the CSTO intervened to help Kazakhstan, which claimed to face a terrorist aggression, suggesting that it may become a sort of Warsaw Pact-light organization. In 2008, Parag Khanna thought that states now operated in a world of alignments, not alliances.4Paragh Khanna,The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order(New York: Random House, 2008). The alliances did not entangle us; either life itself did it, or we did it to ourselves. Collective Security Treaty, Collective Security Treaty Organization. The United States is also reinforcing its defense cooperation with Australia, and both countries now agree that their alliance is also valid for defending against cyberattacks.41US Department of State, Joint Statement on Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2021, Press Release, Office of the Spokesperson, September 16, 2021, https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-australia-u-s-ministerial-consultations-ausmin-2021/; ANZUS 2.0.: Cybersecurity and Australia-US Relations, Special Report, Australian Security Policy Institute, April 2012, https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/161646/SR46_cybersecurity_v2.pdf. dealing with, FOREIGN SERVICE. Finally, there are some lingering uncertainties inherited from the Cold War. 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This pushed Germany into closer alliance with its neighbour, the . UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 (1974) defines it as the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity, or political independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations.93Elizabeth Wilmhurst, Definition of Aggression, General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX) of December 14, 1974, Audiovisual Library of International Law, https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/da/da.html. Breffni ORourke, Russia, Armenia Sign Extended Defense Pact, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, August 19, 2010. 3 (2012): 674, https://www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/9353262/d/Kochenov%20EU%20Law%20in%20 the%20Overseas.pdf. That said, most pre-1990 defense guarantees have overall proven remarkably resilient.24Some legacy defense commitments (e.g., US-Liberia agreements of 1942 and 1943) are not mentioned here. The most egregious cases of U.S. overreach, however, have stemmed not from entangling alliances, but from the penchant of American leaders to define national interests expansively, to overestimate . However, there is little evidence that contemporary allies have shown aggressiveness in their neighborhood without fear of retaliation because they felt protected.107A legitimate question mark could exist for Turkish behavior in recent years, but given the tensions between Ankara and its alliesnotably the United Statesit is unlikely that It played a role. Unlike ad hoc coalitions of the willing, NATO allows for collective decision-making, tested procedures, interoperability, and the use of common assets. True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Bruno Tertrais. Separately, UK forces participate in UN peacekeeping forces on the island. The Roots of World War I and the Risk of US-China Conflict(Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2014). US Reputation and International Politics(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017); and Alex Weisiger and Keren Yarhi-Milo, Revisiting Reputation: How Past Actions Matter in International Politics,International Organization69, no. Contrary to common belief, the phrase "entangling alliances" was turned by Thomas Jefferson , not George Washington . 2023 Atlantic Council . Jefferson said that one of the "essential principles of our government" is that of "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none." Declaration of the Sixteen Nations Relating to the Armistice, July 27, 1953. The Warsaw Pact was disbanded in 1991. The terms of this support are outlined in the alliance document. It was not a given either that the US-Saudi defense relationship would have survived 9/11 and Jamal Khashoggis murder, or that the US-Turkey alliance would survive the acquisition by Ankara of modern Russian air defense systems. This excludes US partnerships with major non-NATO allies, a badly named category of arrangements designed to facilitate security assistance and arms transfers but that does not entail any defense commitment to the designated country.9US Department of State, Major Non-NATO Ally Status, Fact Sheet, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, January 20, 2021, https://www.state.gov/major-nonnato-ally-status/. Also, nations carried on secret diplomatic negotiations that crossed and double crossed purposes. Will this expanding network of alliances create more stability or more instability? Most alliesurged restraint because they worried their security would suffer if the [United States] drained its strength in a peripheral region or escalated a faraway conflict into a global war.113Michael Beckley as quoted by Adam Taylor, Map: The US is Bound by Treaty to Defend a Quarter of Humanity,Washington Post, May 30, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/05/30/map-the-u-s-is-bound-by-treaties-to-defend-a-quarter-of-humanity/. Diplomacy was critically important to the success of the American Revolution (17751783) and the founding and early growth of the Un, Foreign policy, conceptualized most broadly and simply, is the totality of a states external behavior toward other states and nonstate actors (e.g.,, Elitism US Arms Sales Since 9/11,. A second, broader definition includes close defense partnerships which do not include a security guarantee but may nevertheless be interpreted by at least one of the partiesan ally or an adversaryas quasi alliances. This is the case for the US commitment to the South-East Asia Treaty (see below). The causes of World War I have been debated since it endedbut the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was an early catalyst. A problem with this measurement is that its overly narrow definition of entanglement may overlook cases of the phenomenon in the empirical record. The endurance of existing military alliances can be partly explained by mere inertia, vested interests, and sunk costs.72Stephen M. Walt, Why Alliances Endure or Collapse,Survival39, no. Commentary. Mounting tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, and war in Vietnam determined U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s. See Deployments Cyprus, British Army (website), https://www.army.mod.uk/deployments/cyprus/. Economically, it has allowed the United States to set the rules of international trade and finance and, on balance, remain well positioned to reap the advantages of that system. In 2010, Washington instituted an in-depth Extended Deterrence Dialogue with Japan, and in 2016, an Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group with Korea.38US Department of State, United States-Japan Extended Deterrence Dialogue, Press Release, Office of the Spokesperson, April 30, 2021, https://www.state.gov/united-states-japan-extended-deterrence-dialogue/; and Chang Jae-soon, S. The same problem exists with major cyberattacks, which could qualify as armed attacks warranting self-defense only if attribution could be ascertainedsomething which may be extremely difficult. During the presidency of Donald Trump, the number of US troops in Europe increased and NATO welcomed two new members (Montenegro and North Macedonia). 2 (Spring 2004), https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/twq04springtertrais.pdf. There are now separate Australia-Japan-US and Korea-Japan-US defense forums.67US Department of Defense, Australia-Japan-United States Defense Ministers Meeting Joint Statement, July 7, 2020, https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2266901/australia-japan-united-states-defense-ministers-meeting-joint-statement/; and Japanese Ministry of Defense, JapanRepublic of Korea-United States Trilateral Ministers Meeting Joint Press Statement, November 17, 2019, https://www.mod.go.jp/en/d_act/exc/area/docs/2019/20191117_j-kor.html. He understood the necessity of certain alliances in dire emergencies, but his general view of foreign policy . The US-Philippines treatys scope is the metropolitan territory of either of the Parties, or on the island territories under its jurisdiction in the Pacific or on its armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft in the Pacific.92Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines, August 30, 1951, https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/phil001.asp. Just because they are nations that might align with our values doesn't mean we have to be militarily committed to them. Bilal Y. Saab, Syria and Iran Revive an Old Ghost with Defense Pact, Brookings Institution, Op-Ed, July 4, 2006. Following the 2020 Abraham Accords, the latter is now also seeking military ties with Gulf countries.66Dan Williams, Israel Defence Chief Sees Special Security Arrangement with Gulf States, Reuters, March 2, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/article/usisrael-gulf-idUSKCN2AU1PW. More recently, just before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Ukraine are seeking to form a new security and defense partnership.64Matthias Williams and Gabriela Baczynska, Britain, Poland, and Ukraine in Cooperation Talks over Russian Threat, Reuters, February 1, 2022, https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-poland-ukraine-preparing-trilateral-security-pact-kyiv-says-2022-02-01/. Finally, it should be noted that the military culture of the early twentieth century was heavily geared toward what was called the cult of the offensive. We live in a different time. 4 (2021). In 2020, majorities of Americans wanted to either maintain or increase the US military presence in the Asia-Pacific region (78%), Africa (73%), Latin America (73%), Europe (71%), and the Middle East (68%).49Dina Smeltz et al.,A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class: What Americans Think, Results of the 2020 Council Survey of American Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, 2021, https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/ccs2021_fpmc_0.pdf. This refers to situations where allies are dragged into war due to alliance commitments. Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite. Separately, the five Nordic countries set up a common defense cooperation framework (NORDEFCO) in 2009. An alliance is a political, military or economic agreement, negotiated and signed by two or more nations. Another problematic example is the European Union. Tierney, Does Chain-Ganging Cause, 299. 10. 1 (2014), https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article-abstract/39/1/7/12289/The-Lessons-of-1914-for-East-Asia-Today-Missing?redirectedFrom=fulltext; and Richard N. Rosecrance and Steven E. Miller, eds.,The Next Great War? This simple question has no clear answer given the many special statuses of European territories. All this helps explain why alliances endure today. Then there is the canonical Greece-Turkey scenario, which has gained plausibility over the past few years as Ankara has become increasingly assertive in its maritime neighborhood. Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea, October 1, 1953. There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. Four former NATO chiefs gathered at the Atlantic Council to weigh in on the Alliances response to the war in Ukraine, enlargement, and the next plays in its playbook. In 1914, Dominic Tierney argues, the war began, not as a result of chain-ganging, but because of coordinated aggression by Germany and Austria-Hungary. The Balkan peninsula was that of great importance due to its territorial and economic . Updated on January 28, 2020. Bruno Tertrais, The Changing Nature of Military Alliances,, Stephen M. Walt, Alliances in a Unipolar World,, Thomas S. Wilkins, Alignment, not Alliance: The Shifting Paradigm of International Security Cooperation: Toward a Conceptual Taxonomy of Alignment,, See Roger Cohen, Yes, It Could Happen Again,. Branislav Miko, NATO between Exclusivity and Inclusivity: Measuring NATOs Partnerships, Czech Journal of International Relations 56, no. Measured in terms of intensity of relations, in the 2010s Ukraine became the number one NATO partner by a large margin.32Branislav Miko, NATO between Exclusivity and Inclusivity: Measuring NATOs Partnerships, Czech Journal of International Relations 56, no. . In case of a conflict in East Asia, the probability that allies would be directly pulled into combat operations is low (except perhaps for the case of South Korea, due to the aforementioned 1953 commitments by sixteen countries to defend the peace on the peninsula). In addition, the four countries of the Bolivarian Alliance (Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela) announced their withdrawal in the early 2010s, although they never formally went further. Ensuring stability also requires that governments take a closer look at how their burgeoning security partnerships are perceived by potential adversaries. The defensive nature of modern alliances provides stability and predictability in the international system.83To be sure, Russia claims that NATOs role in the ex-Yugoslavia or in Libya is the proof of its offensive nature, but such compellence (i.e., coercive) operations were designed to protect civilians, not, say, to invade a country. However, the date of retrieval is often important. Expert Alexander Lanoszka calls the South-East Asia Treaty a zombified alliance. See Alexander Lanoszka,Military Alliances in the Twenty-First Century(London: Polity Press, 2022), 176. Even in such cases, the United States had many interests at stakes, not just those related with reputation. Decades-old, close military partnershipsquasi alliancesalso continue to exist between China and Pakistan, as well as between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. An alliance system definition is a mutual agreement, outlined in a document, between at least two (or more) countries. Davidson's definition of neoclassical realism is that the theory "argues that in an anarchic international system, states' behavior is driving by the distribution . This was made between Russia, France and Britain to counter the increasing threat from Germany. The comparison of monomeric and dimeric diphtheria toxin (DT) reveals a mode for protein association which we call domain swapping. Kathleen J. McInnis, The Competitive Advantages and Risks of Alliances, Heritage Foundation, October 30, 2019, Michael Beckley, The Myth of Entangling Alliances: Reassessing the Security Risks of US Pacts,. These countries are thus now protected by concentric circles of alliances resembling a set of matryoshka dolls. As suggested above, failure to obtain consensus in the NAC would not paralyze action: collective self-defense would still be possible (though without NATO common assets). They are also less likely in themselves to produce a pushback from other countries (the security dilemma), especially when they adopt unilateral confidence-building measures aimed at reassuring a potential adversary that they have no aggressive designs against it. Still, drawing red linesthe essence of security guaranteesis a form of art.95On the notion of red lines, see Bruno Tertrais, The Diplomacy of Red Lines,Recherches & Documents, no. Since 1945, alliances have lasted fourteen years on average, compared with eight years before then.75Breet Ashley Leeds et al., Reevaluating Alliance Reliability: Specific Threats, Specific Promises,The Journal of Conflict Resolution44, no. The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistancethe Rio Treatywas also invoked in 2001, as well as in 2019 (regarding the situation in Venezuela).26Congressional Research Service, The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance and the Crisis in Venezuela, Insights (series), Version 8, Updated December 11, 2019, https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11116. 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