title: Correspondence: The Profitability of Primacy
abstract: Daniel Drezner deserves credit for addressing arguments that link military primacy to economic benefits, which are typically considered only indirectly in the security studies subfield.1 Any plan for future U.S. military spending would profit from a thorough understanding of (1) whether primacy provides economic benefits that offset its costs, and if not, (2) whether other benefits that it provides may be worth those costs. Drezner does not adequately establish the former argument, however, and 
journal: International Security