Rewind and Reconnoiter: Does More Military Really Mean More Security?

In 2022, Alexander Sorg and Julian Wucherpfennig wrote “Before Deploying More U.S. Forces to Europe, Consider the Consequences,” where they argued that U.S. military deployments abroad can lead to a lower willingness among host populations to contribute to national defense. In the wake of continued debate over U.S. military deployments abroad, we invited Alexander and Julian back to reflect on their article. Read more below: In your 2022 article, “Before Deploying More U.S. Forces to Europe, Consider the Consequences,” you presented a complex question: Is a global American military footprint worth the host of negative repercussions it sometimes brings? Two years into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, what have we learned