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Davila, Liv T. Davila, Liv T. Cope, Bill Hood, Denice Huang, Wenhao David Phillips, Evan Daniel Tillman 2021-03-05T21:40:47Z 2021-03-05T21:40:47Z 2023-03-05T21:43:00Z 2020-11-25 2020-12 This dissertation is based on a historical analysis of secondary data to examine factors that have influenced policy and practices over the last decade within the International Military Education and Training program (IMET) in the Pacific Rim. IMET is an instrument of U.S. national security and foreign policy and a key component of U.S. security assistance that provides training and education on a grant basis to students from participating nations. Specifically, this research asked: 1) What were the changes in IMET student participation, funding and courses in the Pacific region from 2010-2019? 2) What events or priorities determined what countries will participate? 3) What outside variables influenced recruitment practices?, and 4) Did U.S. foreign policy correlate to changes in participation aspects for participating countries in the Pacific? Results show that international policy and geopolitical dynamics may play a significant role in shaping how the United States implements IMET programs. Furthermore, each country has its own specific variables that may indicate a necessity for the U.S. to look individually at each country as it uses IMET as a diplomatic tool to help solidify, improve or shape policy in order to create stability or further strategic, economic or political interests in the region. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2022-12-01 The student, Evan Phillips, accepted the attached license on 2020-11-23 at 11:41. The student, Evan Phillips, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2020-11-23 at 12:09. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2020-11-25 at 13:36. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15937 on 2021-03-04 at 16:19:47 Made available in DSpace on 2021-03-05T21:40:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 PHILLIPS-DISSERTATION-2020.pdf: 483817 bytes, checksum: 9613788fa57fa99e55fc8cdce5653213 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4210 bytes, checksum: 342b5c3bbecbe9ae49b1b0963ba21372 (MD5) PROQUEST_LICENSE.txt: 4556 bytes, checksum: f48053857a64ee7bfb97f5be2fec738e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2020-11-25 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 117208 Lift date: 2023-03-05T21:40:52Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 117208 Lift date: 2023-03-05T21:43:00Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/109504 en Copyright 2020 Evan Phillips International Military Education and Training (IMET) A study of historical trends and practices within the international military education and training (IMET) program with a focus on the Pacific region text Thesis Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ed.D.