The two I can think of offhand are: China is definitely starting to do this as part of its wider geopolitical ambitions under Xi. Australia has started to dip

The two I can think of offhand are: China is definitely starting to do this as part of its wider geopolitical ambitions under Xi. Australia has started to dip its toes into providing security to small pacific island countries, it’s an interesting case too since while they can promise their own security resources, due to Australia’s deep ties with the USA via multiple defence and military related treaties, Australia is to extend the “selling security” business metaphor, starting to sell security as a “Value Added Reseller”… effectively they offer the immediate response time of a smaller business partner, with the added benefit of having having an even larger supplier that can be turned to if things are too big for your direct supplier to deal with… the catch is the same in business as in geopolitics however… to what degree your reseller is able to supply their own resources and call on upstream vendors for support, can vary greatly depending on what you need and when you need it…