Regional security cooperation against hegemonic threats: Theory and evidence from France and West Germany (1945–65)

IF 2.5 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
J. Byun
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Abstract Why do some regional powers collectively threatened by a potential hegemon eagerly cooperate to ensure their security, while others appear reluctant to do so? I argue that robust security cooperation at the regional level is less likely when an unbalanced distribution of power exists between the prospective security partners. In such situations, regional security cooperation tends to be stunted by foot-dragging and obstructionism on the part of materially inferior states wary of facilitating the strategic expansion of neighbours with larger endowments of power resources, anticipating that much of the coalition's gains in military capabilities are likely to be achieved through an expansion of the materially superior neighbour's force levels and strategic flexibility. Evidence drawn from primary material and the latest historiography of France's postwar foreign policy towards West Germany provides considerable support for this argument. My findings offer important correctives to standard accounts of the origins of Western European security cooperation and suggest the need to rethink the difficulties the United States has encountered in promoting cooperation among local allies in key global regions.
对抗霸权威胁的地区安全合作:来自法国和西德的理论与证据(1945 - 1965)
为什么一些受到潜在霸权威胁的地区大国会积极合作以确保自身安全,而另一些国家则不愿这样做?我认为,当未来的安全伙伴之间存在不平衡的权力分配时,不太可能在区域一级进行强有力的安全合作。在这种情况下,区域安全合作往往会因物质上处于劣势的国家的拖延和阻挠而受到阻碍,这些国家对促进拥有更大力量资源的邻国的战略扩张持谨慎态度,预计联盟在军事能力上的大部分收益很可能是通过物质上处于优势的邻国的军力水平和战略灵活性的扩张来实现的。从原始材料和法国战后对西德外交政策的最新史学中获得的证据为这一论点提供了相当大的支持。我的发现对西欧安全合作起源的标准描述提供了重要的纠正,并建议需要重新思考美国在促进全球关键地区的当地盟友之间的合作方面遇到的困难。
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