Abstract

The imperative for international education, in its content, scope, depth and pedagogy, is both an effect and cause of increasing globalization. International education is also used as a major instrument of ‘soft power’, in the projections of power and influence of the US Imperium. This paper explores, with concrete examples, some of the evolving, and increasingly sophisticated instruments, issues, approaches, techniques, players and intentions embodied in the uses of international education programs and approaches in the penetration, co-optation and control of targeted social formations by the US Imperium. New research in brain science in the West, coupled with research in disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, political science, cognitive psychology, media studies, etc., have led to increasing use of more subtle, sophisticated, flexible, mobile, adaptive, culturally appropriate, and even subliminal, approaches to projections of political, economic, social, cultural and technological influence and control of targeted populations, as well as in identifying and cultivating students and faculty with potential for influence in their respective societies, and to become future instruments ‘in place’ to aid in the continuing expanded reproduction of the globalized system of the US Imperium.

Keywords

• international education,
• imperialism,
• imperial penetration cooptation and control

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