King Mallory

To determine how much the United States can rely on its network of allies and partners, researchers compared global networks of diplomatic, military, and economic elements of national power in 1989, 2000, and 2017 on a variety of factors.

The perennial debate about whether U.S. allies are contributing sufficiently to the collective defense of the post-World War II liberal international order has resurfaced in recent years. In this report, RAND researchers describe the Burdensharing Index that they constructed to aid in measuring and analyzing allied contributions.

The Trump administration pursued policies to confront China over its transgressive and anticompetitive economic behaviors, such as theft of technology and intellectual property and limitations on market access. In this report, the authors assess how the U.S. manufacturing, technology, and financial sectors viewed these policies and examine how to improve U.S. government interactions with the business community to support competition with China.