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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

U.S. Pledges $40 Mln to Countries Affected by Boko Haram

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
The United States will give $40 million in humanitarian assistance to countries bordering Lake Chad fighting Islamist militant group Boko Haram, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said on Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo!
Wire Service: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Pentagon Increases U.S. Troops and Financial Aid in Fight Against ISIS

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
American officials say the US will send 200 more troops and a number of Apache helicopters to Iraq to assist in the fight against the Islamic State group. The new forces would largely be used to advise Iraqi forces “closer to the action”.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid

FPI Bulletin: Extremism in Pakistan Remain a Threat

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Given the direct threat to American security that continues to emanate from Pakistan and Afghanistan, the next President and Congress should be prepared to take these steps to increase the U.S. military commitment to Afghanistan while tailoring U.S. aid to Pakistan to make it more effective.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Mark Moyar
Publisher / Source: 
The Foreign Policy Initiative
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Why Doesn't U.S. Provide Ukraine with Lethal Weapons?

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The United States does not provide Ukraine with lethal weapons in order not to provoke a further escalation of hostilities in the Donbas region.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Ukraine Today Staff
Publisher / Source: 
Ukraine Today (Ukraine)
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Number of U.S. Troops in Iraq Keeps Creeping Upward

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Troops on temporary assignment in Iraq, those guarding diplomatic outposts—or those rotating in to replace troops who haven’t left yet—aren’t included under that 4,087 ceiling. When they are, Pentagon officials say, the total U.S. troops presence in Iraq is creeping toward 5,000.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Mark Thompson
Publisher / Source: 
Time Magazine
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

New Testimony Implicates Mexico Federal Police in Iguala Case

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Witness testimony given to Mexico's human rights agency has implicated federal police in the 2014 disappearance of 43 student protestors from Iguala, opening a new line of inquiry in a landmark case that has yielded few clear answers. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Michael Lohmuller
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Policing
Human Rights

U.S. Poised to Approve Boeing Fighter jet Sales to Qatar, Kuwait

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The U.S. government is poised to approve two long-delayed sales of Boeing Co fighter jets to Qatar and Kuwait, and could announce the multibillion-dollar deals during President Barack Obama’s visit to the Gulf this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter. English
Country(s): 
Kuwait
Qatar
Author(s): 
Ian Grape
Publisher / Source: 
Jutia Group
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Military Equipment

Colombia to Use Glyphosate in Cocaine Fight Again

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Colombia will resume using weed killer to destroy illegal coca crops less than a year after suspending its use due to cancer concerns, the government said Monday. The defense minister, Luis Carlos Villegas, said instead of dumping glyphosate from American-piloted crop dusters, as Colombia did for two decades, the herbicide will now be applied manually by eradication crews on the ground.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

Russia Eyes Better Ties with Uzbekistan Ahead of SCO Summit

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Russia moved to mend ties with Uzbekistan, the most populous Central Asian state, in an apparent bid to give its fading influence in the region the much needed boost. Russian efforts took place ahead of the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to be held in Tashkent later this year.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Author(s): 
Sergei Blagov
Publisher / Source: 
Asia Times
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Dominican Republic and United States Strengthen Anti-Drug Efforts

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Rear Admiral Cedric Pringle, the Deputy Director of the U.S. Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S), recently visited the Dominican Republic to strengthen ties between the two countries in their shared efforts to combat international drug trafficking. English
Country(s): 
Dominican Republic
Author(s): 
Julieta Pelcastre
Publisher / Source: 
United States Southern Command
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics
Military Cooperation

Obama Shouldn’t Trade Cluster Bombs for Saudi Arabia’s Friendship

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
When President Obama visits Saudi Arabia this week for a meeting with representatives from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, he should avoid doing what he did at Camp David last May, the last time he met with them: promise more arms sales.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
William D. Hartung
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Human Rights

U.S. to Send Military Advisers Closer to Front Lines of ISIS Fight in Iraq

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
President Obama will send American military advisers closer to the front lines of the conflict against the Islamic State in Iraq, part of a series of measures that will escalate the United States military campaign to defeat the extremist group.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Michael Schmidt
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid

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