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The Strategic Studies Institute recently published A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key U.S. Allies and Security Partners. Edited by Gary J. Schmitt, codirector of the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at AEI, and featuring contributions from him, AEI scholar Michael Mazza, and others, it fills critical gaps in information “about the actual hard power resources of America’s allies.”
As threats like terrorism and humanitarian crises rise in Africa, France is encouraging European countries to pool their military resources to combat them. Without the guarantee of a stronger American security presence, this French ambition will become crucial to the region’s safety.
Download A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key U.S. Allies and Security Partners here.
This post was written by Ash Malhotra, an AEIdeas intern, and edited by Sarah Gustafson, Editorial Assistant at the AEIdeas blog.
Without the guarantee of a stronger American security presence, French ambition will become crucial to Africa’s safety.
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