In the shadow of recent tensions between the United States and Russia, the U.S. is hosting a military exercise with a number of former Soviet countries. Meanwhile, President Obama surprised many in Georgia when he stated on Wednesday that Georgia is not currently on a path to NATO membership.
The United States increased its support for African partners in their efforts to defeat the Lord’s Resistance Army and apprehend rebel leader Joseph Kony. The conflict in Nigeria and the Central African Republic continue to deteriorate. Read about these and other security news from across Africa.
This post was drafted by CIP intern Elijah Stevens
The U.S. State Department’s recently released International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) identified all seven countries in Central America as major transit countries for drug trafficking. While there are serious efforts to combat drug...
The White House informed Congress on Tuesday that it plans to more than double the number of United States military personnel in Uganda. The aim is to reinforce ongoing efforts to dismantle the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which operates in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Currently, the U.S. has 130 special operations military advisors in Uganda, who work with the Ugandan military as well as African Union regional forces to help their pursuit of LRA rebel leader, Joseph Kony.
With its new, Western-leaning government threatened by Russia, there have been calls in Washington to provide more military aid to Ukraine. But over the last several years the amount of security assistance the United States has given Ukraine has been steadily declining.
In the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2015, for example, Foreign Military Financing for Ukraine is slated to decline from $6.6 million in 2013 to $2 million. That aid would be used to buy American military equipment, a process that...
This week Mexico's national security commissioner resigned, U.S. Southern Command deployed more ships to help Honduras' Navy interdict drugs and Colombian security forces were deployed to the country's primary cocaine port, where neo-paramilitary groups are terrorizing residents. Here's a roundup of these stories and other highlights from around the region over the past week.
- Colombian ...