Does the U.S. Economy Benefit from U.S. Alliances and Forward Military Presence?

The authors evaluate claims about the potential economic benefits of U.S. military engagement and find evidence that U.S. alliances increase bilateral trade in manufactured goods, which has a modest but positive effect on overall U.S. economic welfare.

• | Author: Bryan Rooney, Grant Johnson, Tobias Sytsma, Miranda Priebe
• | Publisher: RAND Corporation
• | Publication Date: Oct 15, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 88 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1977410049
• | ISBN-13: 9781977410047