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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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New Afghanistan Troop Plan to Cost Billions

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
President Barack Obama’s decision to delay troop withdrawals from Afghanistan could cost $10 billion or more annually, analysts said.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Jon Harper
Publisher / Source: 
National Defense Magazine

Yemen Conflict: Amnesty International Criticises U.S. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The US State Department has been criticised by Amnesty International after it approved the sale of $1.3bn (£860m; €1.2bn) worth of bombs and other equipment to Saudi Arabia.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Karthick Arvinth
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News (UK)
Wire Service: 
International Business Times
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Dem demands Pentagon audit after $43 million gas station

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
A Democratic senator is pressing for an audit of the Pentagon after a task force spent $43 million to build a compressed natural gas station in Afghanistan.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Rebecca Kheel
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Mapping El Chapo's Reported Hideouts

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Following allegations that Sinaloa Cartel head Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman flew his way to safety in Venezuela, InSight Crime created a pair of interactive maps showing the reported whereabouts over the past several months of one of the world's most wanted criminals.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Mike LaSusa
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime

Silencing Dissent: Georgia’s Faltering Democracy

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The simple fact is that Georgian parliamentarians and high officials are living the good life because the country is still thought of by the West as a young democracy. But once the goodwill stops, it will struggle because it has no oil or gas. Georgia only has democracy… or does it?English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Tornike Sharashenidzeis
Publisher / Source: 
European Council on Foreign Relations
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Many More People Killed in Nigeria Despite Unprecedented N1.48 Trillion Arms Spending

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Nigeria has recorded more deaths from insurgency and violent crimes in the last four years than before, despite spending an unprecedented N1.488 trillion on armaments between 2011 and 2014, a PREMIUM TIMES analysis has shown. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Joshua Olufemi
Richard Akinwumi
Publisher / Source: 
Premium Times (Nigeria)
Tag(s): 
Military
Militarization
Counterinsurgency
Counterterrorism
Civil Society

ISIS Overtaken by Boko Haram as World's Deadliest Terror Organisation

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The Nigerian-based terror group, also known as Islamic State’s West’s Africa province (ISWAP), was responsible for 6,644 deaths in 2014. In comparison, Isis is believed to have killed 6,073 people in the same period. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the group, also known as the Islamic State, in March of this year.English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Rose Troup Buchanan
Publisher / Source: 
Independent (UK)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism

Colombia’s Rebels Want Peace, but Fear Giving Up Their Guns

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
If the Colombian government and the country’s largest rebel group finalize a historic peace accord in the coming months, they will set in motion a process of daunting logistical complexity.The government’s most immediate challenge: to persuade more than 6,000 heavily armed fighters to come down from the mountains, hand over their weapons and start new lives as law-abiding civilians.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Nick Miroff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

U.S. Condemns Rwandan Move to Allow Kagame Third Term

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The United States on Tuesday condemned a vote by Rwandan lawmakers to approve a change to their constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to serve a third term. English
Country(s): 
Rwanda
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Governance
Governance
Foreign Policy

U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Talks Training Opportunities with Egyptian Military Officials

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
US Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James spoke with Egyptian military officials about the opportunities for future military training for Egyptian troops during her visit to Cairo earlier this week, the US embassy in Cairo said in a Saturday statement.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Ahram Online
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Working with South Asian Countries on ISIS Threat

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The U.S. is working with South Asian countries including India and Pakistan to address the challenges of growing threat from the dreaded Islamic State militant group, an American official said.English
Country(s): 
South Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Business Standard
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Terrorism

Narco-Planes Landing on Argentina's Rivers: Report

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
According to one report, traffickers are increasingly using amphibious aircraft to smuggle drugs into Argentina, a development which may possibly be in response to the country's efforts to combat aerial drug trafficking. English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Elijah Stevens
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Diario Popular
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

Burundi Opposition Asks U.N. to Send Peacekeepers Quickly

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
A prominent Burundi opposition politician urged the United Nations on Friday to send peacekeepers quickly to help deal with rising violence, after the Security Council discussed ways to boost its presence there. English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Aaron Maasho
Edmund Blair
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict Resolution
Conflict

US Military Aid for Egypt Seen Continuing Despite Rights Concerns

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
The US Congress looks set to approve another $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt despite concerns expressed by some lawmakers over its crackdown on dissent while fighting religious militants.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Ahram Online
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Human Rights

U.S. Warplanes Strike ISIS Oil Trucks in Syria

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Intensifying pressure on the Islamic State, United States warplanes for the first time attacked hundreds of trucks on Monday that the extremist group has been using to smuggle the crude oil it has been producing in Syria, American officials said.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Michael R. Gordon
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Terrorism

Taking Stock of the $10 Billion Washington Spent on Colombia’s War

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
The United States has spent more than $10 billion dollars beefing up Colombia’s security forces, supporting development and backing reform of the judicial system in an effort known as Plan Colombia. I talked with Kevin Whitaker, the American ambassador in Bogotá, by email about this evolution and Washington’s decision to sit down with leaders who are under indictment in the United States.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Ernesto Londoño
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Drug Policy
Conflict

Al-Shabaab's Loyalty Split between Al-Qaeda and ISIS

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Somalia's Al-Shabaab jihadists could be split over who to pledge allegiance to: Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Reports from Middle Juba region in Southern Somalia indicate that an intensive battle raged on Wednesday between the opposing factions within Al-Shabaab.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Abdulkadir Khalif
Publisher / Source: 
Africa Review (Kenya)
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism

Mexico Extradites Sinaloa Cartel Boss to U.S.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Mexico has extradited the head of the Sinaloa Cartel's Central America operations to the United States, a move that could spark fresh concern among elites in Honduras thought to be connected to organized crime. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Honduras
Author(s): 
Elijah Stevens
David Gagne
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Extraditions
Criminal Organizations
Drug Trade

El Salvador’s New Anti-Corruption Crusaders

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
In Guatemala, a president notorious for the genocidal atrocities he helped wage against indigenous communities during the U.S.-backed civil war was toppled and disgraced. In neighboring El Salvador, strategists of the political opposition looked on longingly as pundits enthusiastically heralded a “Central American Spring.”English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Hilary Goodfriend
Publisher / Source: 
NACLA
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Judicial Reform
International Community

U.S. Marines Training Ugandan Military

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
U.S. Marines and sailors are helping build the engineering and logistical capabilities of the Uganda People’s Defense Force at Camp Singo, Uganda. English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Author(s): 
Cpl. Olivia McDonald
Publisher / Source: 
defenceWeb
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Security Assistance

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