Events in Central Eurasian this week highlighted both the absent role of one regional security body, the CSTO, in the border clashes between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and the controversy surrounding Georgia’s entry into another security body, NATO. Below is a roundup of these stories and some of the other top articles and news highlights from around Central Eurasia over the last week:
Top Stories from Central Asia and the South Caucasus:
- Officials ...
The following is a round-up of some of the top security-related articles and news highlights from around the region over the past week.
U.S. Policy
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs The Houses’ Committee on Foreign Affairs held a hearing, “ ...
Numerous incidents in 2013 forced the United States to make important and divisive policy choices, from whether to cut-off assistance to one of the top recipients of U.S. aid (Egypt) to whether to arm the rebels fighting Syrian president Bashar al Assad. As we move through the first month of 2014 and start to think about what this year might bring us, we want to take a step back to highlight a few events that make it to the top of our list for 2013. Below is such a roundup, which highlights events that in one way or another influenced US security policy and/or security assistance toward...
The following is a round-up of some of the top security-related articles and news highlights from around the region over the past week.
Argentina
- On Tuesday Argentina's La Nación newspaper reported the country's military would be sent to the border for their ...
Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around Central Eurasia over the last week:
Top Stories from Central Asia and the South Caucasus:
- On the BugPit blog, analyst Joshua Kucera covered a recent interview between the head of the United States Transportation Command, General William Fraser, and Russian news agency ITAR-TASS. In the interview General Fraser confirmed the sparse flow of cargo out of Afghanistan through the Northern Distribution Network (NDN), noting that ...
Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around Africa over the last week.