This week, the Senate released it version of the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Appropriations bill, while it was reported that the 10 Apache helicopters the Obama administration announced they would release to Egypt was still in storage in the United States and policy analysts encouraged President Obama to restructure the U.S. assistance package to Egypt to focus more on the people of Egypt and reduce military assistance to essential levels....
This week the Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman announced that the U.S. plans to nominate a U.S. Ambassador to Somalia for the first time in over 20 years. You can read this story and other news highlights from the region below.
- USAID urged the South Sudanese ...
The United States formally handed Kyrgyzstan control of the Manas Air Base this week, while several top officials from the Central Eurasian region met with NATO defense ministers this week to discuss security cooperation. Below is a roundup of these stories and other news highlights from around Central Eurasia this week.
Top News from Central Asia and the South Caucasus
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This week the head of U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), General John Kelly, received an award for his collaboration with Honduras’ armed forces during a one-day visit to the country. The ceremony was the latest in a series of indicators that the U.S. is ramping up its cooperation with the Central American nation in its militarized fight against organized crime.
During the United States Military Academy’s Commencement Ceremony at West Point last week, President Obama called on Congress “to support a new Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund (CTPF) of up to $5 billion,” which he indicated would allow the United States to “train, build capacity, and facilitate partner countries on the front lines.”
According to President Obama, the funds would allow for “the flexibility to fulfill different missions,...
While far outnumbered by their Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian counterparts, several American defense firms took part in the expo, and Kazakhstan's purchases of American military equipment seem poised to increase over the next few years.