Tracking the rise of United States foreign military training

Imtad-USA, a new dataset and research agenda

Bibliographic Data

ID5090500
AuthorsTheodore Mclauchlin (0000-0003-3759-2241, Department of Political Science, Centre d’études sur la paix et la sécurité internationale, Université de Montréal, corresponding author), Lee Jm Seymour (Université de Montréal), Lee J M Seymour (Université de Montréal), Simon Pierre Boulanger Martel (0000-0002-4612-6069, Université de Montréal)
Year2022
Volume59
Issue2
Pages286-296
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Peace Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00223433211047715
PMID35370305
OpenAlexW4212933654
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited34

Training other countries' armed forces is a go-to foreign policy tool for the United States and other states. A growing literature explores the effects of military training, but researchers lack detailed data on training activities. To assess the origins and consequences of military training, as well as changing patterns over time, this project provides a new, global dataset of US foreign military training. This article describes the scope of the data along with the variables collected, coding procedures, and spatial and temporal patterns. We demonstrate the added value of the data in their much greater coverage of training activities, showing differences from both existing datasets and aggregate foreign military aid data. Reanalyzing prior research findings linking US foreign military training to the risk of coups d'état in recipient states, we find that this effect is limited to a single US program representing a small fraction of overall US training activities. The data show comprehensively how the United States attempts to influence partner military forces in a wide variety of ways and suggest new avenues of research

Aggregate data · Geography · Military personnel · Political science · Scope (computer science) · Training (meteorology) · Variety (cybernetics) · Applied Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Medicine · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology

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