s Foreign military personnel routinely participate in educational and cultural programs administered by the U.S. military. In addition to bolstering the capacity of the recipient military, one of the primary goals of these programs is to professionalize the military of the recipient state. It is hoped not only that the soldiers will internalize norms of human rights and democracy themselves but also that they will become influential members of the military in the future. Existing cross-national research, along with selective anecdotes of U.S.-trained soldiers leading coups and rebellions, suggests that military aid may be ineffective. To date, however, a nuanced understanding of the more granular effects of military aid on the recipient country has been hindered by a lack of data and a focus on the macro-level. We address this lacuna by examining norm transmission among a sample of the Hungarian officer corps. We show that while soldiers who graduated from IMET programs display more favorability toward human rights and democracy, they do not believe the military should remain insulated from policymaking. We believe this is a valuable step toward a deeper understanding of how U.S. military aid shapes recipient militaries and, more broadly, how norms are transmitted between allies.

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外国军事训练与社会化：盟友之间人力资本与规范传播的审视

外国军事人员经常参加美国军方管理的教育和文化项目。除了增强受援国军队的能力外，这些计划的主要目标之一是实现受援国军队的专业化。我们希望士兵们不仅能够将人权和民主准则内化，而且希望他们将来成为有影响力的军队成员。现有的跨国研究以及美国训练的士兵领导政变和叛乱的选择性轶事表明，军事援助可能无效。然而，迄今为止，由于缺乏数据和对宏观层面的关注，对军事援助对受援国更具体影响的细致了解受到了阻碍。我们通过检查匈牙利军官样本中的规范传播来解决这一缺陷。我们表明，虽然从 IMET 项目毕业的士兵对人权和民主表现出更多的好感，但他们并不认为军队应该与政策制定保持隔离。我们认为，这是朝着更深入地了解美国军事援助如何塑造受援军队以及更广泛地了解盟友之间如何传播规范迈出的宝贵一步。