Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Strategic Benefits

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This independent assessment is a comprehensive study of the strategic benefits, risks, and costs of U.S. military presence overseas. The report provides policymakers a way to evaluate the range of strategic benefits and costs that follow from revising the U.S. overseas military presence by characterizing how this presence contributes to assurance, deterrence, responsiveness, and security cooperation goals.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Strategic Considerations Benefits of Overseas Posture to Contingency Response
37
Strategic Considerations Benefits of Overseas Posture for Deterrence and Assurance
73
Strategic Considerations Benefits of Overseas Posture for Security Cooperation
87
Risks to Investing in Facilities Overseas
101
Installation Conditions
121
HostNation Support and US Payments to Other Countries
131
Relative Costs of Overseas Basing and Rotational Presence
167
Illustrative Postures
235
Analysis of Illustrative Postures
253
Conclusions
287
APPENDIXES
305
References
425
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