Examines critically the history and assumptions behind the divisive question of allied contributions to the common defence. It looks at the methodology of the burdensharing debate and focuses on political, economic and military ramifications of the debate.
The scope of the burden; the burdensharing debate in its historical context; the burdensharing debate into the 1990s; identifying the burden(s); the "input" measure; alternative indicators; the out-of-area issue as a political factor in burdensharing; intangibles and burdensharing.
