Open AccessThe Significance of Foreign Military Bases as Instruments of Spheres of Influence
Author(s) -
Tomasz Klin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
croatian international relations review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1848-5782
pISSN - 1331-1182
DOI - 10.37173/cirr.26.87.5
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , power (physics) , spheres , law and economics , political economy , political science , foreign policy , law , positive economics , sociology , politics , economics , history , engineering , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering
The category of the sphere of influence can explainsome contemporary international processes. To define that category, however,much stress is laid on great powers’ exclusivity within their spheres ofinfluence. The author takes into consideration the thesis of theaforementioned exclusivity’s erosion. Because foreign military bases areessential instruments of spheres of influence due to their strong impact onsecurity policy, it is worth investigating their presence in this context. Specifically,the author carries out an in-depth study of military bases of more than onemajor power in one host country. Further, the article discusses the extent towhich the gradual erosion of exclusivity undermines the significance of spheresof influence as such. In conclusion, the author states that the case ofDjibouti undermines the idea of great power exclusivity. Yet, other cases donot provide sufficient evidence on such deep transformation because of eitherlimited periods of bases’ existence or great power cooperative attitudes.