The US engages in extensive training and education of foreign militaries, often through exchange programs carried out at the different military services’ staff and war colleges. Researchers have recently explored the way in which military training can affect civil-military relations in the host country, but not much work has studied whether military training actually leads to increased US influence in these states. This paper proposes a soft-power theoretical framework to argue that foreign military training can create affinity for the U.S. that can in turn result in more pro-U.S. voting behavior in the UN General Assembly. It further expands on the military training literature by distinguishing between different military training programs.

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出口影响力：美国军事训练是软实力

美国通常通过在不同军事部门的参谋人员和军事学院实施的交流计划，对外国军队进行广泛的培训和教育。研究人员最近探索了军事训练如何影响东道国的军民关系的方式，但是没有太多工作研究军事训练是否真的导致美国在这些国家的影响力增强。本文提出了一种软实力理论框架，认为外国军事训练可以对美国产生亲和力，进而在联合国大会上导致更多的亲美投票行为。通过区分不同的军事训练计划，它进一步扩展了军事训练文献。