This week Ecuador kicked Defense Department officials out of the country, the State Department cleared the way for Mexico to buy 18 Black Hawk helicopters, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel promoted increased training with Mexican forces and we found out that the State Department needs to update its list of wanted drug traffickers. Here's a roundup of these stories and other highlights from around the region this week. ...
Ethnic targeting and civilian massacres in South Sudan shocked the international community and revived the debate around United Nations sanctions. The United States is sending twenty Marines to Nigeria to train their counterpart. Read about these and other security news across the continent this week.
This week Russia made diplomatic moves to keep the United States out of the Caspian Sea while the Collective Security Treaty Organization said it is ending its cooperation with NATO.
The United States and Yemen engaged in a joint operation that resulted in the deaths of dozens of al-Qaeda members, Syria neared the completion of its chemical weapons arsenal shipments, and Congress began to consider the repercussions of a possible Palestinian reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the Middle East and North Africa over the last week:
United States Policy:
- President Obama signed ...
Recent reports of the breakdown in United States-mediated negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians prompted the possibility of new legislation that would place additional conditions on or cut U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA). Below is a recap of U.S. assistance to the PA, including an overview of U.S. security assistance in recent years.
Since the establishment of the PA in 1994, the U.S. has committed over...
The crisis in Ukraine has reopened a discussion of the military status of the Black Sea, where the United States has long sought to gain greater naval access and Russia has been wary of the U.S.'s ambitions.