Today, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos met with President Obama for two and a half hours at the White House. This was the fourth meeting between the two leaders since President Santos took office in August of 2010.
There was a fair amount of media coverage ahead of the meeting, not only about what the discussion would cover, but also about the meeting’s political...
As militia-related violence continues to escalate in Libya, U.S. Department of Defense officials announce preliminary plans to train Libyan soldiers with the help of NATO allies.
Despite an arms deal announced between Egypt and Russia, finding a long-term replacement for U.S. security assistance will be difficult for the Egyptian government in light of critical factors such as interoperability, consistency, and favorable financing.
This post was compiled by WOLA Intern Michael Pelzer.
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3,000 doctors from Cuba arrived in Brazil as part of the “Mas Medicos” program, which
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Earlier this year, the U.S. Departments of Defense and State submitted the 2012-2013 Foreign Military Training Report to Congress. Mandated by law, this report details “all military training provided to foreign military personnel by the Department of Defense and the Department of State during the previous fiscal year and all such training proposed for the current fiscal year.“
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On Thursday November 21, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations convened a hearing titled, “Political, Economic, and Security Situation in Africa.” Despite its title, the hearing focused on the North African states of Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, and Morocco, and U.S. policy towards these nations. The hearing’s first panel convened three government officials from the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and USAID, while the second panel consisted of three NGO and think tank...