Norm Diffusion through US Military Training in Tunisia

Proponents claim that US military training diffuses norms of democracy and civilian control into foreign militaries. I argue trainees are likely to absorb the United States’ entire pattern civil-military relations, including more political trends have emerged in recent decades, such as personnel identifying with voting for parties, serving senior positions government upon retirement. Through interviews two surveys Tunisian personnel, show supportive than French active-duty retired officers president defense minister. The diffusion these attitudes may help explain why does not uniformly correlate apolitical behavior.