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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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Mexico Expects Agreement on Arms Trade Treaty Fine Print at Meeting

Monday, August 24, 2015
Signatories of a major treaty aimed at regulating the international arms trade should agree a number of key steps for its implementation at a conference this week, host nation Mexico said on Sunday.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Isela Serrano
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Arms Control

It’s Time for a Civilian Protection Strategy in Iraq

Monday, August 24, 2015
The military campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS) will be a long one with civilians facing challenges to protect themselves from harm from all sides.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Sahr Muhammedally
Publisher / Source: 
Just Security
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

Al Qaeda Fighters Try to Seize Yemeni Military Base in Aden

Monday, August 24, 2015
Dozens of fighters belonging to Al Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate briefly tried to seize control of a military base and the presidential palace in the port city of Aden before suddenly withdrawing on Sunday, according to local fighters and a senior military official in the city.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Saeed Al Batati
Kareem Fahim
Publisher / Source: 
New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Pakistan Fears that U.S. Will Slash Military Aid over Counterterror Efforts

Friday, August 21, 2015
The Pentagon could withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from Pakistan’s military over concerns that it is not doing enough to combat insurgent groups that plan and coordinate attacks from its soil on neighboring Afghanistan, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Program(s): 
Coalition Support Funds
Author(s): 
Tim Craig
Karen DeYoung
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Full of Sound and Fury

Friday, August 21, 2015
Apart from a few gruesome interludes, such as Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait or the nearly decade-long war it fought with Iran in the 1980s, the major Arab powers have not had to do much fighting since reaching peace deals or durable ceasefires with Israel after the war in 1973. English
Country(s): 
Middle East and North Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
The Economist
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

US Circulates Draft Resolution for UN Sanctions on South Sudan

Friday, August 21, 2015
The United States on Wednesday circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution proposing an arms embargo and targeted sanctions against South Sudan if President Salva Kiir refuses to sign a peace accord ending the country's civil war.
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
Sanctions

How Bolivia Became a Drug War Success Story—After Ousting Uncle Sam

Friday, August 21, 2015
Six years after expelling the DEA, Bolivia has quietly become one of South America’s leading success stories in the war on drugs.English
Country(s): 
Bolivia
Program(s): 
DEA Operations
Author(s): 
Tim Rogers
Publisher / Source: 
Fusion
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

Tbilisi Accuses Moscow of Violating Georgian Airspace

Friday, August 21, 2015
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has expressed protest over the violation of Georgian airspace by a Russian military helicopter near the border with South Ossetia.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
Interfax (Russia)
Tag(s): 
Military

Brazil Cleans Up its Act, so Should Mexico

Friday, August 21, 2015
Unlike Brazilians, though, most Mexicans have not drunk the “new era” Kool-Aid. Legal impunity is rampant. While Mexico is far ahead of Brazil in the World Bank’s ease of doing business survey (at 39th position, ahead of Chile and Israel, versus 120th for Brazil), the opposite is true on the rule of law. English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Mexico
Author(s): 
John Paul Rathbone
Publisher / Source: 
Financial Times
Tag(s): 
Corruption

US Blasts Swearing-in of Burundi Leader for Third Term

Friday, August 21, 2015
The United States on Thursday sharply criticized the inauguration of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza for a controversial third term, accusing the ruling party of ignoring the people's will.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Yemen: Calling on a Comprehensive US to End the Conflict

Friday, August 21, 2015
With more than 1.25 million displaced, over 4,000 killed, and about 80 percent of the Yemeni population in desperate need for help, the prospects for Yemen as a future functioning nation state do not bode well without a proactive plan to stop the fighting.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Tarek Radwan
Publisher / Source: 
The Atlantic Council

Paul Stronski: Armenia Can and Should Develop Multi-Vector Foreign Policy

Friday, August 21, 2015
Armenia can and should develop its multi-vector foreign policy, Paul Stronski, a senior associate in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, said today at an online press conference organized by Region research center. English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Author(s): 
Paul Stronski
Publisher / Source: 
Panorama (Armenia)
Tag(s): 
Free Trade

Colombia Rebels Extend Unilateral Ceasefire

Friday, August 21, 2015
Colombia's Marxist rebels indefinitely extended a month-old ceasefire on Thursday as peace talks resumed in Havana, with the government still pledging not to conduct air raids on rebel camps.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Nelson Acosta
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Peace Negotiations

Pentagon Pressures Turkey to Strike ISIS, Tighten Border

Friday, August 21, 2015
More than a year into the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is demanding Ankara do more.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Marcus Weisgerber
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Terrorism

Is Egypt’s President Creating More Terrorists Than He’s Stopping?

Friday, August 21, 2015
Sisi maintains a reputation as a man fighting terrorism, whom the U.S. should be backing despite his flaws and errors. The problem with this analysis—perhaps better described as a sentiment—is that Sisi’s approach may be incubating terror, not stopping it. Or it may be doing both things.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Elliott Abrams
Publisher / Source: 
The Atlantic
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Human Rights

Newly-trained UPDF Special Forces Unit Gets Ready for Somalia

Friday, August 21, 2015
The Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) Special Force Command (SFC) says it has created a new elite counter-terrorism special forces unit which graduated last Friday after a one year-long pre-deployment programme run by US Navy SEALS at the Sera Kasenyi Special Forces School near Entebbe.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Uganda
Author(s): 
Oscar Nkala
Publisher / Source: 
Defense Web

Study: Intensity of Colombia Conflict at Lowest Point in over 4 Decades

Friday, August 21, 2015
The intensity of Colombia's decades-old armed conflict has dropped to its lowest point in more than 40 years since the FARC rebels announced their latest unilateral cease-fire 30 days ago, according to a study released Thursday.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Fox News Latino
Wire Service: 
EFE
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
Conflict

Algerian Air Force Orders More Mi-26T2s

Friday, August 21, 2015
The Algerian Air Force has ordered another eight Mi-26T2 heavy lift helicopters from Russia, following an earlier order for six. Deliveries are underway.
Country(s): 
Algeria
Publisher / Source: 
Defense Web
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

AP Interview: Libya Wants Allied Airstrikes Against IS

Friday, August 21, 2015
Libya's prime minister wants Arab allies to carry out airstrikes against the country's powerful Islamic State affiliates but says they don't need to send ground forces into the increasingly chaotic North African country.
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Munir Al Drissi
Publisher / Source: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Military Cooperation

Regional Powers Vie over Influence in Eurasia

Friday, August 21, 2015
Major regional powers are vying to strengthen their geopolitical foothold on the strategically vital Eurasian continent with their distinctive policy initiatives striving to court Asian nations including South Korea.English
Country(s): 
Eurasia Regional
Author(s): 
Song Sang-ho
Publisher / Source: 
The Korea Herald
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

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