To free or not to free (ride) : a comparative analysis of the NATO burden-sharing in the Czech Republic and Lithuania
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14751798.2020.1790810" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14751798.2020.1790810</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14751798.2020.1790810" target="_blank" >10.1080/14751798.2020.1790810</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
To free or not to free (ride) : a comparative analysis of the NATO burden-sharing in the Czech Republic and Lithuania
Original language description
The recent rise in the defence budgets among the NATO members reawakens the free-riding dilemma. This article provides an analysis of the defence spending of two new member states, the Czech Republic and Lithuania. Based on the free-riding theory, we explain why some of the new NATO members decide to increase their defence budgets (Lithuania), and others do not (Czech Republic). In contrast to the majority of works which focus either on the US as the biggest spender or on the “old” members of the Alliance, we explain under what circumstances some of the small European states who became new NATO members started to increase their defence budgets even though they do not have to, and the literature suggests that free-riding is easier. In the process, we identify three crucial factors that influence the decision-making process in this regard: the level of threat perception, economic situation, and the US pressure.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Defense & Security Analysis
ISSN
1475-1798
e-ISSN
1475-1801
Volume of the periodical
36
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
335-351
UT code for WoS article
000554656300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85088318912