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“The Empire Will Compensate You”: The Structural Dynamics of the U.S. Overseas Basing Network

Perspectives on politics, 2013-12, Vol.11 (4), p.1034-1050 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © American Political Science Association 2013 ;American Political Science Association 2013 ;ISSN: 1537-5927 ;EISSN: 1541-0986 ;DOI: 10.1017/S1537592713002818

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  • Title:
    “The Empire Will Compensate You”: The Structural Dynamics of the U.S. Overseas Basing Network
  • Author: Cooley, Alexander ; Nexon, Daniel H.
  • Subjects: Bilateralism ; Center and Periphery ; Difference ; Dynamics ; Empires ; Geopolitics ; Globalization ; Hegemony ; Host country ; Hypocrisy ; International agreements ; International relations-US ; Iraq ; Legitimation ; Military alliances ; Military bases ; Military strategy ; Multilateralism ; Negotiation ; Networks ; Political security ; Postcommunist Societies ; Rules and Practice ; Sofas ; U.S.A ; United States of America
  • Is Part Of: Perspectives on politics, 2013-12, Vol.11 (4), p.1034-1050
  • Description: Many commentators refer to the U.S. overseas network of military installations as an “empire,” yet very few have examined the theoretical and practical significance of such an analogy. This article explores the similarities and differences between the basing network and imperial systems. We argue that American basing practices and relations combine elements of liberal multilateralism with “neo-imperial” hegemony. Much, but far from all, of the network shares with ideal-typical empires a hub-and-spoke system of unequal relations among the United States and its base-host country “peripheries.” But Washington rarely exercises rule over host-country leaders and their constituents. Historical examples suggest that this combination of imperial and non-imperial elements has rendered the United States vulnerable to political cross-pressures, intermediary exits, and periodic bargaining failures when dealing with overseas base hosts. Moreover, globalizing processes, especially increasing information flows and the transnational networking of anti-base movements, further erode U.S. capacity to maintain multivocal legitimation strategies and keep the terms of its individual basing bargains isolated from one another. Case studies of the rapid contestation of the terms of the U.S. basing presence in post-Soviet Central Asia and post-2003 Iraq illustrate some of these dynamics.
  • Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1537-5927
    EISSN: 1541-0986
    DOI: 10.1017/S1537592713002818
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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