What the U.S. Gets for Defending Its Allies and Interests Abroad - The New York Times
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What the U.S. Gets for Defending
Its Allies and Interests Abroad
By MAX FISHER and SERGIO PEÇANHA JAN. 16, 2017
President-elect Donald J. Trump has questioned the return that
the United States gets for defending its allies. Here’s the current
picture of what America puts in and gets out of global alliances.
Treaties with more than 30 countries
help bring stability to the most
economically and politically important
regions for the United States.