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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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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

Calm Returns to Ecuador’s Streets After National Strike

Thursday, August 20, 2015
The Ecuadorean capital Quito, currently bracing itself for a potential geothermal eruption from the nearby Cotopaxi volcano, has only just started recovering a social eruption on an even bigger scale. Growing discontent among various groups came to a head last Thursday when a ‘national strike’, led by indigenous organizations, descended into violent clashes with security forces, lasting late into Saturday.English
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Author(s): 
Rohan Chatterjee
Publisher / Source: 
Latin Correspondent
Tag(s): 
Violence

Mexico City Murders Put Defenders of Women's Rights on High Alert

Thursday, August 20, 2015
Killings have sparked a wave of protest and international outrage, focused largely on the escalating violence against journalists in Mexico, especially in Veracruz. WIth a total of 13 murders since 2011, Veracruz has become the most dangerous place in Latin American to be a journalist.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Nina Lakhani
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Violence
Human Rights

Dominican Republic Resumes Anti-Migrant Patrols

Thursday, August 20, 2015
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have resumed patrols to detain and deport migrants who lack documents after a more than yearlong hiatus.The move comes weeks after the government ended a one-year period for migrants to apply for legal residency. Most of the migrants affected are Haitians.English
Country(s): 
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Publisher / Source: 
Latin Correspondent
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Immigration

France Plans to Reduce Troops in CAR

Thursday, August 20, 2015
The French government considers withdrawing more of its troops from Central African Republic by the end of the year. Government spokesperson Stephane Le Foll said on Wednesday preparations for elections in CAR seem to go well, which has allowed the French defence ministry to predict further reductions.English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
France
Publisher / Source: 
News24

The Iranian-Saudi Proxy Wars Come to Mali

Thursday, August 20, 2015
In schools, mosques, and cultural centers, Shiites and Sunnis are battling for African hearts and minds.English
Country(s): 
Mali
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Author(s): 
Paul Raymond
Jack Watling
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy

Tajik, Turkmen Presidents Discuss Security

Thursday, August 20, 2015
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and his Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov have discussed relations between their two former Soviet republics in Central Asia.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Wire Service: 
RFE/RL's Tajik Service
Tag(s): 
Security

Mali's Islamist Conflict Spreads as New Militant Group Emerges

Thursday, August 20, 2015
The emergence of the new group, recruiting among central Mali's marginalized Fulani ethnic minority, has sown panic among residents, forced some officials to flee, and undermined the efforts of a 10,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission to stabilize the West African state.English
Country(s): 
Mali
Author(s): 
Emma Farge
Adama Diarra
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

Obama: No U.S. Drones for Ally Jordan

Thursday, August 20, 2015
The Obama administration has told a congressman it cannot ship Predator or Reaper remotely piloted vehicles to Jordan because of restrictions under the Missile Technology Control Regime.English
Country(s): 
Jordan
Author(s): 
Rowan Scarborough
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Security Assistance

Russia Hands Over Military Aid to Tajikistan to Strengthen Border with Afghanistan

Thursday, August 20, 2015
Russia delivered the military and technical assistance to Tajikistan to strengthen the border with Afghanistan, the Russian Embassy in Dushanbe said.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
AKIpress (Kyrgyzstan)

U.S. Official: Saudis Have Used Cluster Bombs in Yemen

Thursday, August 20, 2015
The U.S. knows the Saudi government has employed cluster bombs in its ongoing war against Shiite Muslim rebels in neighboring Yemen, but has done little if anything to stop the use of the indiscriminate and deadly weapons during what has become a human rights catastrophe in one of the Arab world's poorest countries. English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Paul D. Shinkman
Publisher / Source: 
US News And World Report
Tag(s): 
Conflict

3 Peacekeepers Accused of Rape in Central African Republic

Thursday, August 20, 2015
In the latest in a series of sexual abuse allegations against United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, the families of two women and one girl under the age of 18 have accused three peacekeepers of rape, the United Nations announced Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Author(s): 
Somini Sengupta
Publisher / Source: 
New York Times
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Israel Upgrades F-16Is to Cope with Missile Threat

Thursday, August 20, 2015
Israel is upgrading its Lockheed Martin F-16I combat aircraft with several undisclosed systems in order to cope with the increased threat from surface-launched missiles.
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Arie Egozitel
Publisher / Source: 
Flightglobal
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Militarization

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