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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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U.S. Troops in Cameroon: Why Are We Expanding Support Now?

Monday, October 19, 2015
John Owen, Taylor Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and an expert in security and U.S. foreign policy, explains the significance of this move and what it means for the global fight against terrorism.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Author(s): 
Katie McNally
Publisher / Source: 
UVA Today
Tag(s): 
Military
Drones
Security Assistance
Counterterrorism

Sudan Sends Ground Troops to Yemen to Boost Saudi-Led Coalition

Monday, October 19, 2015
A battalion of Sudanese troops arrived in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Saturday, military officials said, bolstering Saudi-led Arab forces trying to keep out the Iran-backed Houthis and curb the growing presence of Islamist militants.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Author(s): 
Mohamed Mukhashaf
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

The Refugee Crisis No One’s Talking About

Monday, October 19, 2015
The refugee crisis isn’t over. I’m not talking about the tens of thousands pouring into Europe over the last several months, but about the tens of thousands who are still trying to get to the United States from Central America.English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Joseph Sorrentino
Publisher / Source: 
In These Times
Tag(s): 
Border Control
Migration

Jet Deal on Agenda Amid Brazil Visit to Sweden

Monday, October 19, 2015
The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, was in Sweden on Monday to discuss her country's purchase of 36 Jas Gripen fighter jets for a price tag which has risen to 39 billion kronor ($4.7 billion).English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
The Local (Sweden)
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Qaeda Cell Leader Killed in Airstrike in Syria, Pentagon Says

Monday, October 19, 2015
A military airstrike in northwest Syria has killed the leader of a shadowy Qaeda cell that American officials say has been plotting attacks against the United States and Europe, the Pentagon announced on Sunday.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Eric Schmitt
Scott Shane
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Military Officers Trained on New Peacekeeping Skills

Monday, October 19, 2015
Military personnel drawn from East Africa have completed a six-week course on peacekeeping missions.
Country(s): 
East Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict
Conflict Resolution

The Man Who Would Be King

Monday, October 19, 2015
Nearly a decade has passed since Evo Morales took office as Bolivia’s first indigenous president. During his re-election campaign in 2014, he promised not to seek another term after this one. But the thin Andean air may be distorting lawmakers’ memories. During an all-night session on September 26th, Mr Morales’s legislative super-majority passed a reform that would allow him to run for another five-year term, which would expire in 2025.English
Country(s): 
Bolivia
Publisher / Source: 
The Economist

Pentagon Agency Handled Record Foreign Arms Sales in 2015

Monday, October 19, 2015
One key indicator of the health of the US aerospace and defense sector, foreign military sales, rose to a record high of $46.6 billion for fiscal 2015, but US officials are warning of a dip in sales next year.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Joe Gould
Jen Judson
Aaron Mehta
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Arms Sales

U.S. Government Faces Increasing Resistance to Engagement in Kyrgyzstan

Monday, October 19, 2015
The U.S. government is facing increasing resistance to engagement in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan even at the level of development programs. This is stated in the report prepared for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) by Noah Tucker, Management Systems International, published by the regional analytical network in Central Asia.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
Anastasia Bengard
Publisher / Source: 
24 News Agency (Kyrgyzstan)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Blocks Some Anti-Drug Funds for Mexico Over Human Rights Concerns

Monday, October 19, 2015
In a setback for its multibillion-dollar effort to help Mexico fight its drug war, the U.S. State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals, triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Program(s): 
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
Author(s): 
Joshua Partlow
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics
Human Rights

Uzbekistan: U.S. Embassy Dragged Into Forced Labor Row

Monday, October 19, 2015
“The ‘Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry staff and journalists’ turned out to be diplomats from the US Embassy in Tashkent, who had specially gone to the remote region to find some kind of problems which it would be possible to trumpet to the entire word as ‘the grossest cases of violations of human rights and restrictions on freedoms,’” the website wrote.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Author(s): 
Joanna Lillis
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

'El Chapo' is Wounded but not Caught as Mexico's Military Roars into Terrified Villages

Monday, October 19, 2015
The massive military operation in El Verano and at least 12 other villages in the rugged borderlands of Durango and Sinaloa was aimed at capturing fugitive cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, authorities confirmed this week.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Deborah Bonello
Publisher / Source: 
Los Angeles Times
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Military Operations

China, Kazakhstan Planning New Special Forces Cooperation

Monday, October 19, 2015
China is giving new military aid to Kazakhstan and the two countries are planning joint special forces training, as Beijing slowly but steadily increases its military presence in Central Asia.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Soldiers as Police? In Mexico, a Push to Get Them Back to the Barracks.

Monday, October 19, 2015
A trial related to an Army patrol's massacre of 22 people last year underscores both progress being made in holding soldiers accountable – and the tough challenges that lie ahead.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Whitney Eulich
Publisher / Source: 
The Christian Science Monitor
Tag(s): 
Militarization

Russia and Allies to Raise Guard at Borders With Afghanistan

Monday, October 19, 2015
Russia and its allies will have to step up their military activity in the border regions near Afghanistan to prevent militants fanning out from the conflict there to Central Asia and possibly to Syria, President Vladimir V. Putin and senior Russian officials said on Friday, Russian news agencies reported.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Ivan Nechepurenko
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Border Control
Security
Terrorism

Syrian Rebels Say Receive More Weapons for Aleppo Battle

Monday, October 19, 2015
Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies south of Aleppo say they have received new supplies of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles from states that oppose President Bashar al-Assad since a major government offensive began there on Friday. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Terrorism

More Boots Isn’t Enough to Save Afghanistan

Monday, October 19, 2015
Unless Obama's decision is accompanied by other steps, it is illogical to believe that a few thousand more U.S. troops will significantly alter Afghanistan’s chances of standing against the Taliban challenge. Until there is a viable political strategy for Afghanistan, any modicum of U.S. troops is, at best, playing not to lose.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Jeff Eggers
Publisher / Source: 
Politico
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Could the Saudis Be Dragging the US Into a War Crimes Scandal?

Monday, October 19, 2015
Thirteen liberal legislators have put President Barack Obama on the spot for his support of Saudi Arabia’s unchecked war in Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition has been guided by US intelligence, flying American fighter jets and dropping US-made bombs.
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Author(s): 
Stephen Snyder
Publisher / Source: 
Public Radio International
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

CIS Leaders’ Meeting in Burabai Addresses Security Challenges

Monday, October 19, 2015
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev chaired a meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Burabai, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 16, which focused intensively on security challenges such as terrorism.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Aiman Turebekova
Publisher / Source: 
The Astana Times (Kazakhstan)
Tag(s): 
Security

U.S. Thanks Georgia for Contribution to Global Security

Friday, October 16, 2015
The U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work thanked Georgia’s Defense Minister Tinatin Khidasheli for the Georgian contingent’s contribution to global security, Sputnik reported Oct. 16 citing Georgian Defense Ministry Oct. 16.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
Trend (Azerbaijan)
Tag(s): 
Security

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