Topics of instruction are varied and range from English language classes to familiarization training with human rights concepts and the law of war.
[10][11] According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States spent approximately $26 million for IMET for Afghan National Security Forces between 2002 and 2020.
[17][18] In September 2017, the Trump administration announced that it would suspend Pakistan's participation in the IMET program to pressure it to crack down on Islamist militants in the region.
[17][19] In December 2019, a State Department spokesperson announced that Washington "has approved the resumption of the International Military Education and Training program.
[24] Senegal has been frequently cited as a country that has immensely benefitted from IMET by using military aid and training received to build a skilled domestic workforce.
Former Armed Forces of Senegal military engineers have become contractors, medics and military doctors have become private practitioners, Senegalese Air Force pilots and mechanics join Air Senegal and senior officers schooled in national planning and strategy in the United States and France have been involved in local and national governments.