Foreign Policy

Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake Jr. to Travel to Turkmenistan
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 13:15
Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake Jr. is traveling to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from June 26-27, 2013.
Russia’s On-Again, Off-Again Arms Deals With Azerbaijan
Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 14:37

On June 18, news emerged that Russia had recently delivered a massive shipment of weapons, totaling about $1 billion, to Azerbaijan.

Eurasia News Week in Review - June 28, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013 - 15:11

A round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the last week

MENA Week in Review - June 28, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013 - 15:07

Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the MENA region over the last week

Nicolas Maduro makes first trip to Haiti as Venezuela’s president, after canceling April visit
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 11:58
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made his first official visit to Haiti on Tuesday as the countries began negotiations to figure out ways to renew a special fund that uses oil money on mostly infrastructure projects.
Africa News Week In Review - June 24, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 13:36
Latin America Security by the Numbers
Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 12:48

Iran in Latin America: views from the Defense Department
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 09:51

Here are two top Defense Department officials’ recent statements on Iran’s influence in Latin America.

Gen. Douglas Fraser, commander, U.S. Southern Command, testifying in the House Armed Services Committee, March 6, 2012:

In Colombia, disagreement on Venezuela
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 04:16
ELN guerrilla leaders pose in an area near the Venezuelan border, in a photo from a captured guerrilla computer revealed last week.
Podcast and more: Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas
Thursday, November 25, 2010 - 18:25

Greetings from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where the Ninth bi-annual Conference of Ministers of Defense of the Americas has just ended. It was four days of discussions and meetings between defense delegations from every country in the region except Cuba and Honduras, the two countries currently suspended from the Organization of American States.

The main issues discussed were

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