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Jakobsen, Jo

Jo Jakobsen is Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. His doctoral dissertation earned him the 2008 Prize for Young Excellent Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences from the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. He has since published widely in the fields of international security, geopolitical risk, and international political economy. He received the Bernard Brodie Prize for the best article published in Contemporary Security Policy in 2019.

The Geopolitics of U.S. Overseas Troops and Withdrawal</a>

The Geopolitics of U.S. Overseas Troops and Withdrawal

Why is it so difficult for a great power or a hegemon to retrench its overseas military power? Specifically, why are U. S. military bases and troops still largely where they were five years ago, twenty years ago, or even seventy years ago? Through developing a theory of great-power persistence, this book offers an explanation.

The Geopolitics of U.S. Overseas Troops and Withdrawal</a>

The Geopolitics of U.S. Overseas Troops and Withdrawal

Why is it so difficult for a great power or a hegemon to retrench its overseas military power? Specifically, why are U.S. military bases and troops still largely where they were five years ago, twenty years ago, or even seventy years ago? Through developing a theory of great-power persistence, this book offers an explanation.

The Geopolitics of U.S. Overseas Troops and Withdrawal</a>

The Geopolitics of U.S. Overseas Troops and Withdrawal

Why is it so difficult for a great power or a hegemon to retrench its overseas military power? Specifically, why are U.S. military bases and troops still largely where they were five years ago, twenty years ago, or even seventy years ago? Through developing a theory of great-power persistence, this book offers an explanation.