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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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Montenegrin PM Risks Losing Confidence Motion After NATO Invite

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Lawmakers in Montenegro debated a confidence motion in the government of the Adriatic state on Monday after an invitation to join NATO, with the junior partner in the ruling coalition threatening to end a governing alliance dating back to 1998.English
Country(s): 
Montenegro
Author(s): 
Petar Komnenic
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

Zika: Brazil to Deploy Army in Fight Against Virus

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Brazil's government says it will deploy 220,000 soldiers in its fight against mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus. The soldiers will go from home to home handing out leaflets on how to avoid the spread of Zika, which has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Military

Russian Aggression a Top Concern in U.S. European Command's New Military Strategy

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The U.S. European Command issued an “updated theater strategy” document Tuesday, pointing to Russian aggression as a top concern and warning that the U.S. troop drawdowns of the past 25 years put the region’s stability at risk.English
Country(s): 
Russia
Author(s): 
Andrew Tilghman
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times

Brazil Prison Breakout: Inmates Blow Up Wall to Escape

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Forty inmates escaped from jail in the eastern Brazilian city of Recife after a bomb was used to blow a hole in an external wall, authorities there say.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC

The U.S. Was Supposed to Leave Afghanistan by 2017. Now It Might Take Decades.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Top U.S. military commanders, who only a few months ago were planning to pull the last American troops out of Afghanistan by year’s end, are now quietly talking about an American commitment that could keep thousands of troops in the country for decades.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Greg Jaffe
Missy Ryan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

El Salvador, UN Agree to Anti-Impunity Program

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The United Nations has announced the creation of a US-financed anti-graft program in El Salvador, underscoring the United States' resolution to tackle corruption in Central America's gang-plagued Northern Triangle region.
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Quenton King
David Gagne
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Georgia, Kazakhstan Announce First Big Arms Export Deals

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Georgia and Kazakhstan have both announced the first major arms sales of their nascent defense industries, both for armored vehicles: Georgia's to Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan's to Jordan. English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Iraq’s Military is Still Struggling Despite U.S. training

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Analysts and former U.S. trainers say that despite some significant advances, the battle for Ramadi highlighted the troops’ lingering shortcomings. And they say that last month’s success isn’t a model for retaking the much-bigger IS-held city of Mosul. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Susannnah George
Publisher / Source: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Italian MoD Source: Kuwait To Sign Deal for 28 Eurofighters

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Kuwait is expected to sign a deal to buy 28 Eurofighter aircraft on Jan. 31, an Italian Ministry of Defense source has told Defense News.English
Country(s): 
Kuwait
Author(s): 
Tom Kington
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Still Kept in Morocco Jail

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Authorities have again postponed a hearing on whether to charge a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who was turned over to Morocco last year after the U.S. withdrew allegations he had ties to an Islamic militant group.English
Country(s): 
Morocco
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Opening a New Front Against ISIS in Libya

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The Pentagon is ramping up intelligence-gathering in Libya as the Obama administration draws up plans to open a third front in the war against the Islamic State. English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
New York Times Editorial Board
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Hundreds Vanishing in Egypt as Crackdown Widens, Activists Say

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Instead of being held in the formal legal system people have disappeared into a network of secretive detention centers, run by the security forces, where they are held incommunicado, without charge or access to a lawyer, for weeks and sometimes months, according to the rights groups.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Amina Ismail
Declan Walsh
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

U.S. Offers Turkey Technology to Block Islamic State at Syria Border

Friday, January 22, 2016
The United States is accelerating efforts to help Turkey clamp down on its border with Syria, senior U.S. officials said, and for the first time will offer technologies to Ankara to help it secure the frontier.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Warren Strobel
Jonathan Landay
Phil Stewart
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Border Control
Terrorism

Egypt: Who's Afraid of January 25?

Friday, January 22, 2016
As the fifth anniversary of Jan. 25 protests that ended Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule approaches, the toughest security crackdown in Egypt's history is a clear sign that authorities are worried.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Ahmed Aboulenein
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Armenia: Stepping Gingerly Around Russia-Turkey Feud

Friday, January 22, 2016
Policymakers in Armenia are wary of the risks of the country getting caught up in deepening Russian-Turkish rancor. But some observers see opportunity for Armenia to advance its interests amid the geopolitical falling out.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Author(s): 
Gayane Abrahamyan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet

A New Plan for Colombia

Friday, January 22, 2016
IT IS rare nowadays to find an American foreign policy that is a clear success. Yet that applies to Plan Colombia. For Colombia to be a viable democracy, it needed a stronger state able to provide security to its citizens and to tame the illegal armies, which were financed by the world’s cocaine habit. It worked. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The Economist
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Kazakhstan: Security Service Shake-Up Sets Off Succession Speculation

Friday, January 22, 2016
A shake-up at the top of Kazakhstan’s intelligence agency has watchers of the country’s opaque elite speculating about preparations for political life after President Nursultan Nazarbayev. English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Joanna Lillis
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet

U.S. Presses for Haiti Runoff Vote Amid Fears of Violence and Fraud

Friday, January 22, 2016
After spending more than $33 million on a widely discredited election in Haiti, the United States has been pressing the country’s leaders to go ahead with a presidential runoff election this Sunday, despite a growing chorus of warnings that the vote could lead to an explosion of violence. English
Country(s): 
Haiti
Author(s): 
Frances Robles
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Security
Governance

Post-Sanctions, Iran Looms as the Energy Game-Changer in the Caucasus

Friday, January 22, 2016
The ending of international sanctions against Iran could soon send Iranian gas flowing across and through the South Caucasus, amping up the region’s strategic significance and possibly changing the dynamics of its energy trade.English
Country(s): 
South Caucasus Regional
Author(s): 
Giorgi Lomsadze
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet

The Sorry State of State Police Forces

Friday, January 22, 2016
A common argument used in defense of the Mando Único policing model is that it is easier to build 32 good state police forces than to reform the more than 1800 municipal police departments that exist across Mexico. That plausibly-sounding argument would be way stronger if state police forces were shining examples of reform and modernization. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Alejandro Hope
Publisher / Source: 
El Daily Post
Tag(s): 
Policing

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