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Collective security concept
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13 February 2025

‘We need allies and collective security’: How the end of the Second World War caused multilateralism in Europe and bilateralism in Asia

Mike Cohen argues that the absence of NATO in Asia stems from alliance design dynamics shaped by client commitments, entrapment risks, and geographic factors.
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