The United States of America (USA) uses multilateralism in diplomacy and in action to generate foreign public support for its use of force abroad. A typical multilateral diplomacy is done by obtaining the United Nations (UN) Security Council’s resolution (i.e. UN flag) to authorize a military...

Although the need for the U.S. to work with other democracies during a future crisis is ever increasing, we do not yet have a sufficient understanding of what citizens in U.S. allies think about security policies and possible military actions. We leveraged on an extremely rare opportunity in...

The export of arms belongs to the most contested issues in many democracies. In this article, we examine the economic repercussions of the easing of the arms exports restrictions that began in Japan after the end of the Cold War with support from the United States. We particularly examine the...