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Peace dividends of military alliances go farther than you'd think

  • Written by Skyler Cranmer, Carter Phillips and Sue Henry Associate Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
imageArmed forces in Iraq, January 2017.

In life, we often find the friend of a friend likable.

In a recent study, our interdisciplinary team of researchers found that this logic applies to military alliances as well. The study – produced by a team of researchers with combined expertise in political science, statistics, mathematics, physics and...

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