This post first appeared on Just Americas: A Blog by LAWG. It was written by Lisa Haugaard, Director of the Latin America Working Group .
Colombia’s Semana magazine revealed in February a...
The first two months of 2014 saw a number of arms agreements and rumored agreements by Middle Eastern countries, which have been rapidly increasing their defense budgets over the past few years. The deals included a sale of American Apache helicopters to Iraq, a rumored agreement between Russia and Egypt, and international interest in Turkey’s UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), among others, altogether amounting to a potential $13 billion in transactions. Below are...
The two recent al-Shabab attacks in Somalia pushed aside some significant security-sector related stories this month, which showcase corruption and disarray in the Somali security sector. Here is a quick recap of three stories:
On Saturday, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously approved a resolution ordering both Syrian authorities and rebel...
By: Lisa Haugaard, LAWGEF
In their houses, in front of their children, in the middle of meetings, while taking their children or grandchildren to school, while eating in restaurants, while walking to or from work: these are some of the places in which 78 Colombian human rights defenders were assassinated in 2013.
Community leaders, representatives of poor farmers and victims, indigenous and Afro-...
So far in 2014, Georgian and NATO officials have held a number of high level discussions, including a meeting between Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on February 5 and the first ever visit to Georgia by the NATO Military Committee two weeks ago. The statements coming out of these meetings intended to highlight the close relationship between the two, for instance...