When human capital threatens the Capitol
Foreign aid in the form of military training and coups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3916680 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jesse Dillon Savage (0000-0003-1025-5085, Trinity College Dublin), Jonathan D Caverley (0000-0003-1988-3862, Strategic and Operational Research, College of Naval Warfare Studies, US Naval War College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 542-557 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343317713557 |
| OpenAlex | W2734684647 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 62 |
How does aid in the form of training influence foreign militaries' relationship to domestic politics? The United States has trained tens of thousands of officers in foreign militaries with the goals of increasing its security and instilling respect for human rights, democracy, and civilian control. We argue that training increases the military's power relative to the regime in a way that other forms of military assistance do not. While other forms of military assistance are somewhat fungible, allowing the regime to shift resources towards coup-proofing, human capital is a resource vested solely in the military. Training thus alters the balance of power between the military and the regime resulting in greater coup propensity. Using data from 189 countries from 1970 to 2009 we show that greater numbers of military officers trained by the US International Military Education and Training (IMET) and Countering Terrorism Fellowship (CTFP) programs increases the probability of a military coup
Balance (ability) · Computer security · Democracy · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Human capital · Human rights · Military personnel · Military science · Military threat · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Terrorism · Training (meteorology) · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · International Development and Aid · Law · Medicine · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology
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