{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1975936828","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00124","title":"Military Primacy Doesn't Pay (Nearly As Much As You Think)","display_name":"Military Primacy Doesn't Pay (Nearly As Much As You Think)","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1975936828","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00124","mag":"1975936828"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1162/isec_a_00124","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00124","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00124","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S99767407","display_name":"International Security","issn_l":"0162-2889","issn":["0162-2889","1531-4804"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315718","host_organization_name":"The MIT Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315718","https://openalex.org/P4310316440"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["The MIT Press","Massachusetts Institute of Technology"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Security","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5045786646","display_name":"Daniel W. Drezner","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6347-309X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6347-309X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I121934306","display_name":"Tufts University","ror":"https://ror.org/05wvpxv85","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I121934306"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Daniel W. Drezner","raw_affiliation_strings":["Daniel W. Drezner is Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Daniel W. Drezner is Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I121934306"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5045786646"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I121934306"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":27.6064,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":52,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99305089,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"38","issue":"1","first_page":"52","last_page":"79"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10053","display_name":"International Relations and Foreign Policy","score":0.8227999806404114,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10053","display_name":"International Relations and Foreign Policy","score":0.8227999806404114,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12825","display_name":"Defense, Military, and Policy Studies","score":0.17350000143051147,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14086","display_name":"Military and Defense Studies","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/military-hegemony","display_name":"military hegemony","score":0.9269999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-goods","display_name":"public goods","score":0.6600000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hegemonic-stability-theory","display_name":"hegemonic stability","score":0.9620000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bipolarity","display_name":"bipolarity","score":0.7099999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/unipolarity","display_name":"unipolarity","score":0.9900000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/us-grand-strategy","display_name":"US grand strategy","score":0.7089999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/us-fiscal-policy","display_name":"United States fiscal policy","score":0.671999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/private-investment-attraction","display_name":"private capital attraction","score":0.44999998807907104}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C135121143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182034","display_name":"Hegemony","level":3,"score":0.7536830902099609},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138921699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47555","display_name":"Political economy","level":1,"score":0.5982381701469421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780219775","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1489259","display_name":"Superpower","level":3,"score":0.5466610789299011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.5196874737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201960208","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159385","display_name":"Geopolitics","level":3,"score":0.5151358842849731},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.4809271991252899},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C528167355","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258307","display_name":"National security","level":2,"score":0.45055460929870605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47768531","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1127188","display_name":"Development economics","level":1,"score":0.4319063723087311},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162222271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92779871","display_name":"Public good","level":2,"score":0.4280939996242523},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.20147943496704102},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133425853","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60571","display_name":"Neoclassical economics","level":1,"score":0.14146265387535095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.12849992513656616}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1162/isec_a_00124","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00124","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00124","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S99767407","display_name":"International Security","issn_l":"0162-2889","issn":["0162-2889","1531-4804"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315718","host_organization_name":"The MIT Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315718","https://openalex.org/P4310316440"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["The MIT Press","Massachusetts Institute of Technology"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Security","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:muse.jhu.edu:/article/511625","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://muse.jhu.edu/article/511625","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196299","display_name":"Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I145311948","host_organization_name":"Johns Hopkins University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145311948"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":127,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W86070344","https://openalex.org/W238066774","https://openalex.org/W259925226","https://openalex.org/W284836563","https://openalex.org/W298841827","https://openalex.org/W352849837","https://openalex.org/W574061243","https://openalex.org/W600023234","https://openalex.org/W606801370","https://openalex.org/W611448145","https://openalex.org/W619245769","https://openalex.org/W639605075","https://openalex.org/W657042350","https://openalex.org/W1479955984","https://openalex.org/W1483776844","https://openalex.org/W1488316667","https://openalex.org/W1488742359","https://openalex.org/W1489606575","https://openalex.org/W1489901752","https://openalex.org/W1490370333","https://openalex.org/W1491196532","https://openalex.org/W1491727690","https://openalex.org/W1496235660","https://openalex.org/W1498842964","https://openalex.org/W1501469241","https://openalex.org/W1508296537","https://openalex.org/W1509128374","https://openalex.org/W1535643370","https://openalex.org/W1536313159","https://openalex.org/W1548050653","https://openalex.org/W1557169708","https://openalex.org/W1562908641","https://openalex.org/W1567250459","https://openalex.org/W1567322620","https://openalex.org/W1590935167","https://openalex.org/W1592681708","https://openalex.org/W1603006268","https://openalex.org/W1806776393","https://openalex.org/W1967632854","https://openalex.org/W1969067278","https://openalex.org/W1969416905","https://openalex.org/W1975591820","https://openalex.org/W1982334535","https://openalex.org/W1987485499","https://openalex.org/W1988596537","https://openalex.org/W1993262183","https://openalex.org/W1999781350","https://openalex.org/W2006756446","https://openalex.org/W2007579599","https://openalex.org/W2012812075","https://openalex.org/W2013694140","https://openalex.org/W2018506929","https://openalex.org/W2018519046","https://openalex.org/W2028144091","https://openalex.org/W2038008175","https://openalex.org/W2038249903","https://openalex.org/W2038910834","https://openalex.org/W2042832385","https://openalex.org/W2048381364","https://openalex.org/W2048753927","https://openalex.org/W2050838010","https://openalex.org/W2052693367","https://openalex.org/W2055042300","https://openalex.org/W2058591798","https://openalex.org/W2060028916","https://openalex.org/W2060948512","https://openalex.org/W2071632600","https://openalex.org/W2074886860","https://openalex.org/W2076362971","https://openalex.org/W2079313516","https://openalex.org/W2081566619","https://openalex.org/W2082504112","https://openalex.org/W2085363074","https://openalex.org/W2087835061","https://openalex.org/W2091113971","https://openalex.org/W2097443334","https://openalex.org/W2097503105","https://openalex.org/W2097978788","https://openalex.org/W2098117397","https://openalex.org/W2098250991","https://openalex.org/W2102950687","https://openalex.org/W2107836062","https://openalex.org/W2110931344","https://openalex.org/W2112332950","https://openalex.org/W2113499752","https://openalex.org/W2114871756","https://openalex.org/W2115704139","https://openalex.org/W2117381684","https://openalex.org/W2122290189","https://openalex.org/W2123761503","https://openalex.org/W2130207467","https://openalex.org/W2130230532","https://openalex.org/W2132381973","https://openalex.org/W2134514670","https://openalex.org/W2135311804","https://openalex.org/W2136042137","https://openalex.org/W2139404643","https://openalex.org/W2139437648","https://openalex.org/W2140917618","https://openalex.org/W2144034339","https://openalex.org/W2146476927","https://openalex.org/W2148084882","https://openalex.org/W2148567667","https://openalex.org/W2149243478","https://openalex.org/W2150261734","https://openalex.org/W2150515448","https://openalex.org/W2154186125","https://openalex.org/W2162722402","https://openalex.org/W2163346583","https://openalex.org/W2163350489","https://openalex.org/W2165016756","https://openalex.org/W2165524036","https://openalex.org/W2236193304","https://openalex.org/W2325293142","https://openalex.org/W2325484628","https://openalex.org/W2502877720","https://openalex.org/W2545097507","https://openalex.org/W2571313764","https://openalex.org/W2794329333","https://openalex.org/W2798877118","https://openalex.org/W2964510282","https://openalex.org/W3097589392","https://openalex.org/W3122894759","https://openalex.org/W3125022924","https://openalex.org/W3141475501","https://openalex.org/W4249773485","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W70199187","https://openalex.org/W76684486","https://openalex.org/W2955767567","https://openalex.org/W1996719810","https://openalex.org/W4281894082","https://openalex.org/W3119368797","https://openalex.org/W2223036265","https://openalex.org/W2607289561","https://openalex.org/W7125929480","https://openalex.org/W2951357441"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Acommon":[0],"argument":[1],"among":[2],"scholars":[3],"and":[4,11,23,83,117,212,221],"policymakers":[5],"is":[6,60,163,179],"that":[7,122,137,174,185],"America's":[8],"military":[9,30,58,71,105,138,166,190,210],"preeminence":[10],"deep":[12],"international":[13],"engagement":[14],"yield":[15,64],"significant":[16,201],"economic":[17,38,65,187],"benefits":[18,121,162,188],"to":[19,63,85,91,110],"the":[20,24,27,53,70,80,100,104,113,118,181,186,207,225],"United":[21],"States":[22],"rest":[25],"of":[26,43,103,115,130,153,189,209],"world.":[28],"Ostensibly,":[29],"primacy,":[31],"beyond":[32],"reducing":[33],"security":[34,82,101],"tensions,":[35],"also":[36],"encourages":[37],"returns":[39],"through":[40,56],"a":[41,170],"variety":[42],"loosely":[44],"articulated":[45],"causal":[46,54,132],"mechanisms.":[47],"A":[48,127],"deeper":[49],"analytical":[50],"look":[51],"reveals":[52,134],"pathways":[55],"which":[57,92],"primacy":[59,139],"most":[61],"likely":[62],"returns:":[66],"geoeconomic":[67],"favoritism,":[68,89],"whereby":[69],"hegemon":[72],"attracts":[73,140],"private":[74,141],"capital":[75],"in":[76,95,173,195],"return":[77,96],"for":[78,97,145,159,203,224],"providing":[79],"greatest":[81],"safety":[84],"investors;":[86],"direct":[87],"geopolitical":[88,146],"according":[90],"sovereign":[93],"states,":[94],"living":[98],"under":[99],"umbrella":[102],"superpower,":[106],"voluntarily":[107],"transfer":[108],"resources":[109],"help":[111],"subsidize":[112],"costs":[114],"hegemony;":[116],"public":[119,160],"goods":[120,161],"flow":[123],"from":[124],"hegemonic":[125],"stability.":[126],"closer":[128],"investigation":[129],"these":[131],"mechanisms":[133],"little":[135],"evidence":[136,144,158,183],"capital.":[142],"The":[143,157],"favoritism":[147],"seems":[148],"more":[149],"robust":[150],"during":[151],"periods":[152],"bipolarity":[154],"than":[155],"unipolarity.":[156],"strongest,":[164],"but":[165],"predominance":[167],"plays":[168],"only":[169],"supporting":[171],"role":[172],"logic.":[175],"While":[176],"further":[177],"research":[178],"needed,":[180],"aggregate":[182],"suggests":[184],"hegemony":[191],"have":[192,200],"been":[193],"exaggerated":[194],"policy":[196],"circles.":[197],"These":[198],"findings":[199],"implications":[202],"theoretical":[204],"debates":[205],"about":[206],"fungibility":[208],"power":[211],"should":[213],"be":[214],"considered":[215],"when":[216],"assessing":[217],"U.S.":[218],"fiscal":[219],"options":[220],"grand":[222],"strategy":[223],"next":[226],"decade.":[227]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-14T16:39:01.820549","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}