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This section includes the latest news relating to U.S. security policy around the world. Updated daily, the news provided in this searchable database highlights the most relevant security developments from around the world. 

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Report Documents Guerrero's Role as Mexico's Poppy Capital

Thursday, April 21, 2016
A recent report on poppy in Mexico's Guerrero state highlights both the economic benefits and violent repercussions the plant's cultivation -- necessary for producing heroin -- brings to local farming communities.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Michael Lohmuller
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

China Eyes Deeper Military Ties with Afghanistan

Thursday, April 21, 2016
China wants to have deeper military ties with Afghanistan, including counter-terrorism intelligence cooperation and joint drills, a senior Chinese officer told a visiting Afghan envoy.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Ben Blanchard
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

The U.S. Wants To Design Safer Anti-Aircraft Missiles for Syria’s Rebels

Thursday, April 21, 2016
With the Syrian cease-fire in tatters, the country’s battered rebels are clamoring for one thing as bombs again fall on their cities and markets: shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles to strike back at the warplanes of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Elias Groll
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy

Central African Republic: E,U. Military Training Mission Approved for Two Years

Thursday, April 21, 2016
On 19 April 2016, the Council approved the establishment of a military training mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) to contribute to the country's defence sector reform. English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Publisher / Source: 
Star Africa
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

The Un-Freedom Agenda

Thursday, April 21, 2016
Niger’s rising star as a bastion of regional security has gone hand in hand with the erosion of democracy there. The upward trend in security spending, coupled with the lack of progress on fighting poverty, has disappointed many Nigeriens. English
Country(s): 
Niger
Author(s): 
Ryan Lenora Brown
Belinda O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Security Assistance
Human Rights

The Un-Freedom Agenda

Thursday, April 21, 2016
The rise of ISIS, al Qaeda, and Boko Haram has turned Niger from a backwater into a key U.S. counterterrorism partner. So why is it becoming more authoritarian?English
Country(s): 
Niger
Author(s): 
Ryan Lenora Brown
Belinda O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

U.S. Drone Strikes Outnumber Warplane Attacks for First Time in Afghanistan

Thursday, April 21, 2016
Drones are firing more weapons than conventional warplanes for the first time in Afghanistan and the ratio is rising, previously unreported US Air Force data for 2015 show, underlining how reliant the military has become on unmanned aircraft.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Reuters
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Israel Confident F-35 Won't Be Sold To Gulf Near-Term

Thursday, April 21, 2016
As Qatar and Kuwait anxiously await clearance from the White House to purchase new tranches of advanced fourth-generation fighters, Israeli concerns about maintaining its military edge rest on a simple belief: that Israel will retain regional exclusivity over the fifth-generation F-35 for the foreseeable future.English
Country(s): 
Qatar
Kuwait
Israel
Author(s): 
Barbara Opall-Rome
Joe Gould
Aaron Mehta
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Arms Sales

Boko Haram and ISIS Are Collaborating More, U.S. Military Says

Thursday, April 21, 2016
American military officials say that two of the world’s most feared terrorist groups — the Islamic State and Boko Haram — have begun to collaborate more closely, raising alarm that they are working together to attack American allies in North and Central Africa.English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Helene Cooper
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S. Envoy Says Burundi Government is ‘Driver’ of Crisis

Thursday, April 21, 2016
A senior U.S. official accused Burundi’s government of being behind the central African country’s prolonged political crisis, saying Tuesday that the administration was doing everything possible to stop Washington helping civilians.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian (Nigeria)
Wire Service: 
Agence France Presse
Tag(s): 
Conflict

What the FARC's Elusive Finances Mean for Peace

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
New estimates that the FARC guerrilla organization is worth billions of dollars draw attention to a highly contested issue that is critical to the peace talks between Colombia and its largest rebel group.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Mimi Yagoub
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Heroin Trade Runs Unchecked in Afghanistan

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Barack Obama ended opium eradication efforts in Afghanistan in 2009, effectively green lighting Afghan opium and the heroin trade. U.S. policy has allowed Afghan opium and heroin since. And heroin deaths here tripled from 3,036 in 2010 to 10,574 in 2014; so has heroin use, from 1,500,000 in 2010 to 4,500,000 heroin users in 2014. English
Author(s): 
William Edstrom
Publisher / Source: 
Newsmax
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics
Security Assistance

We Won't Solve the World's Drug Problem By Locking Up Latin American Women

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
There is an alarming number of women imprisoned for drug crimes in Mexico, where they account for 53% of incarcerated women at the federal level. Of these women, 43% are indigenous: a disproportionate number given they make up only 5% of Mexico’s overall female prison population.English
Country(s): 
Western Hemisphere Regional
Author(s): 
Maya Thomas-Davis
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

Pakistan, China Kick Off Joint Military Exercise

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Pakistan and China have showcased their all-weather friendship with the launch of one of the biggest joint military exercises in decades. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, the war games that began on April 11 near Jhelum followed speculation over whether China will step in to fill the economic, military and diplomatic void if Pakistan’s relationship with the U.S. further deteriorated.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Abdul Ruff
Publisher / Source: 
Modern Diplomacy
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Killing Over a Cup of Tea Puts Spotlight on Police Abuse in Egypt

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Although the Interior Ministry acknowledged a number of cases of police abuse reported by local and international media, top police officials have often dubbed the assaults "individual cases," adding, as if by explanation, that lower-ranked officers do not go through the same training and educational programs their superiors undertake.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Amro Hassan
Publisher / Source: 
Los Angeles Times
Tag(s): 
Policing
Human Rights

Lithuania and Ukraine Sign Further Bi-lateral Military Agreements

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Lithuania’s National Defence Ministry announced on April 18, 2016, that it will advise Ukraine on revamping its sergeants’ corps, and how to develop its Special Operations Forces.Portuguese
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
The Baltic Times
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Libya Offered Security Help by European Union

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
The European Union has responded to a request for help from the fledgling UN-backed Libyan government by offering assistance with its security sector, managing migration, border management and police capacity building.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Patrick Wintour
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Military and Police Aid

Obama Went From Condemning Saudis for Abuses to Arming Them to the Teeth

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Obama is making his fourth trip to Riyadh, having presided over record-breaking U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia while offering only muted criticism of the kingdom’s human rights violations.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Zaid Jilani
Alex Emmons
Publisher / Source: 
The Intercept
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

U.N. Warns of Western Sahara War if Peacekeeping Mission Ends

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended extending the mandate of a peacekeeping mission in the disputed territory of Western Sahara for a year, warning that the conflict there was in danger of reigniting, according to a new report.English
Country(s): 
Morocco
Author(s): 
Louis Charbonneau
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Progress in Afghanistan has Made U.S. Safer; Still Work to Do: White House

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Tremendous progress achieved in Afghanistan has made the US safer, but still a lot of work has to be done in the war torn country for the advancement of national security interests, the White House has said, a day after a Taliban bomb blast in Kabul killed 30 people.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
The Economic Times
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

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