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How small countries get defense on the cheap

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Why buy an expensive guard dog when your incredibly massive neighbor already has three? International alliances suffer perfectly from the free-rider problem, allowing highly nimble nations to entirely dodge massive civic levies while enjoying absolute pure protection.

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