With Friends Like These: The Impact of US Troop Deployments on Economic Sanctions Busting (opens in new tab)

AbstractThe deployment of US troops and the maintenance of US bases abroad is a manifestation of the commitments of both the United States and its partners to their security alliance. Does security cooperation lead to greater compliance with US sanctions regimes? Our research explores trade-based sanctions busting from 1990 to 2018 to understand whether the magnitude of the US military’s presence impacts the propensity of a host nation to bust US sanctions and the magnitude of sanctions-busti...