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Measuring state security relationships: The security position score

Bradford Waldie

Conflict Management and Peace Science2025https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942251351757article
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Abstract

Security cooperation between states is an important aspect of foreign policy, but accurate measurement of security relationships is difficult. This paper introduces a new dataset containing a novel measure of state security-related foreign policy positions within the international system derived exclusively from observational security data. This new measure provides continuous, yearly, country-level security position scores for each state in the international system which reflect a state's level of security coordination with US-led security hegemony. This new measure of state security positions is comparable with widely used measures of state ideology and provides a new tool for international relations research. Independently derived measures of state ideology and security relationships allow for better understanding and prediction of foreign policy outcomes.

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@article{bradford2025,
  title        = {{Measuring state security relationships: The security position score}},
  author       = {Bradford Waldie},
  journal      = {Conflict Management and Peace Science},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942251351757},
}

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0.44

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.32 × 0.4 = 0.13
M · momentum0.57 × 0.15 = 0.09
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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