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98 Pol. Sci. Q. 1 (1983-1984)

handle is hein.journals/pclscceqry98 and id is 1 raw text is: American Domestic Priorities and the Demands of Alliance DAVID P. CALLEO Vietnam and Watergate revived the old question of whether America's domestic politics and priorities are compatible with its international role. Progressively worsening economic conditions and rising military costs have kept the topic alive. The subject remains many-sided and hard to grasp. Analytically, the distinc- tion between foreign and domestic goals is often elusive. On the one hand, many domestic aims depend closely upon a certain kind of international order. On the other, allies who let domestic economic and social conditions deteriorate grow less reliable. Prescribing the appropriate sum and balance of foreign and domestic claims depends upon answering numerous complex questions: What are the nation's appropriate external commitments and acceptable ways of meeting them? What level of domestic prosperity and welfare is needed to sus- tain a stable social and political system solidly committed to democratic values? At what point does diverting resources from civilian purposes undermine growth and long-range strength, abroad as well as at home? Can the burdens of external commitments be shared through the international economy, and if so, with what consequences for economic and political stability? Analyzing why policy reaches the answers it does requires understanding the perspectives and dynamics of America's mass and elite opinion, the political process with its structures and mobilized groups, the economic trends and expectations, and the role of foreign pressures. Analyses of such matters are highly controversial in themselves, let alone in conjunction with each other. DAVID P. CALLEO is professor and director of European Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and is currently writing on American policy toward the Atlantic Alliance. An earlier version of this article was presented at the annual meeting of the International Institute for Strategic Studies at The Hague and is being published as an Adelphi Paper. Political Science Quarterly Volume 98 Number I Spring 1983

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