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<p>Fair burden-sharing within the Alliance has always been a divisive issue and disagreements between the allies over this problem have been regular occurrences. The paper presents various ways in which the allies approach burden-sharing in NATO, stressing the differences between »input« and »output« measures, and the fact that it is very difficult to establish an appropriate formula and method for fair burden-sharing between the states. Too much emphasis is still being placed on »investment parameters« or input measures, while other forms of contributions by allies are not given enough weight. The paper focuses on the presentation of national military contributions as output.</p>
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Fair burden-sharing within the Alliance has always been a divisive issue and disagreements between the allies over this problem have been regular occurrences. The paper presents various ways in which the allies approach burden-sharing in NATO, stressing the differences between »input« and »output« measures, and the fact that it is very difficult to establish an appropriate formula and method for fair burden-sharing between the states. Too much emphasis is still being placed on »investment parameters« or input measures, while other forms of contributions by allies are not given enough weight. The paper focuses on the presentation of national military contributions as output.

Military Burden-Sharing Within the Alliance

CONTEMPORARY MILITARY CHALLENGES

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Fair burden-sharing within the Alliance has always been a divisive issue and disagreements between the allies over this problem have been regular occurrences....

Military Burden-Sharing Within the Alliance

Published Online: Dec 07, 2022

Page range: 15 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33179/bsv.99.svi.11.cmc.24.4.1

Keywords
Alliance, collective defence, burden-sharing, international missions and operations, military contribution

© 2022 Špela Boc, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Military Burden-Sharing Within the Alliance

Published Online: Dec 07, 2022

Page range: 15 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33179/bsv.99.svi.11.cmc.24.4.1

KeywordsAlliance, collective defence, burden-sharing, international missions and operations, military contribution

© 2022 Špela Boc, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Alliance, collective defence, burden-sharing, international missions and operations, military contribution