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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: U.S. ignores violence, protests and endorses vote

Monday, June 15, 2015
The US government issued a congratulatory statement on June 9, praising the Mexican people after June 7 elections, despite large protests and boycotts held by activists and teacher unions across the nation. The elections were marked by violence, but the US Department of State considered the process democratic, saying: “We congratulate the people of Mexico for exercising its democratic right to vote and choosing its leaders.”English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Green Left Weekly
Tag(s): 
Violence

U.S. Moves to Lift Bahrain Arms Ban

Monday, June 15, 2015
During a meeting in Paris last month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry promised the foreign minister of Bahrain that the U.S. would work to lift its four-year ban on delivering weapons to the Gulf kingdom, imposed because of Bahrain’s brutal crackdown on protesters, activists and political opponents that began during the Arab Spring of 2011 and continues to this day. English
Country(s): 
Bahrain
Author(s): 
Josh Rogin
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg View
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Military Equipment

Madagascar Constitutional Court Throws Out Impeachment

Monday, June 15, 2015
Madagascar's constitutional court has thrown out parliament's bid to dismiss President Hery Rajaonarimampianina.English
Country(s): 
Madagascar
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Violence

A Strongman’s Empty Promise

Monday, June 15, 2015
The principal pitch of Egyptian strongman Abdel Fatah al-Sissi to his sponsors in the Obama administration is that only he and his military-backed regime can end the threat from Islamic extremists and prevent his country of 90 million people from becoming a failed state. But as the second anniversary of the former general’s bloody coup against a democratically elected government approaches, the facts are undeniable: Egypt is becoming steadily more violent and unstable. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Editorial Board
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Violence
Terrorism

UN Chief Warns Central Asia Over Crackdowns On Human Rights

Monday, June 15, 2015
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said crackdowns on human rights in Central Asia could backfire by encouraging extremism.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Security
Terrorism

Wave of Protests Spreads to Scandal-Weary Honduras and Guatemala

Monday, June 15, 2015
In Guatemala, angry citizens marched under pelting rain, undeterred. In Honduras, they carried torches at dusk. A wave of protests against corruption scandals that is sweeping across Latin America has reached Central America.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Guatemala
Author(s): 
Elisabeth Malkin
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Conflict
Governance

Afghanistan Aid Donors Face Quandary Over Future of Police Fund

Monday, June 15, 2015
Afghanistan is locked in a wrangle with the United Nations over control of a fund for police salaries, highlighting a quandary for aid donors keen to disengage from the country but reluctant to do so until sustainable, graft-free systems are in place.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Jessica Donati
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid
Corruption
Security

In White House’s Iraq Debate, Military Brass Pushed for Doing Less

Monday, June 15, 2015
As President Obama was weighing how to halt Islamic State advances in Iraq, some of the strongest resistance to boosting U.S. involvement came from a surprising place: a war-weary military that has grown increasingly skeptical that force can prevail in a conflict fueled by political and religious grievances.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Greg Jaffe
Missy Ryan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Russia to Boost Forces in Western Flank if U.S. Stations Arms in East Europe

Monday, June 15, 2015
Stationing heavy U.S. military equipment in the Baltic states and eastern Europe would amount to "the most aggressive step by the Pentagon and NATO" since the Cold War.English
Country(s): 
Europe and Eurasia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Security
Military Equipment

Chad 'Suicide Attack' Targets Police in N'Djamena

Monday, June 15, 2015
A suicide bomb attack has targeted a police building in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, officials say.English
Country(s): 
Chad
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Security

UN Chief Calls on Central Asia’s Autocrats to Improve Human Rights

Monday, June 15, 2015
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has finished a weeklong tour of the five Central Asian states by appealing for them to improve their dismal human rights records. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Joanna Lillis
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Security

Guatemala’s Pérez Molina Could Face Impeachment

Monday, June 15, 2015
President Otto Pérez Molina’s future is in the hands of five congressmen after the Supreme Court gave the legislature the green light to decide whether he should be stripped of his prosecutorial immunity so that he can be tried for corruption charges. English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
Louisa Reynolds
Publisher / Source: 
The Tico Times
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Governance

Mexico: And Then There Were Two

Monday, June 15, 2015
Rundown of Mexican affairs since mid-May.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Strategy Page
Tag(s): 
Military
Security

Cuba After the Castros: The Likely Scenario

Monday, June 15, 2015
Given Raúl’s age—84—there will be another succession in the near future. The critical question is not what economic reforms Raúl may introduce, but what follows him. English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Jose Azel
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Security Sector Reform
Military

State Department Downplays ISIS Threat In Central Asia

Monday, June 15, 2015
A senior State Department official has downplayed the threat of Central Asian fighters joining ISIS amid heightened concerns after a high-ranking Tajikistan police official announced that he had joined the radical Islamist group. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Violence
Security

Omar al-Bashir of Sudan Appears to Leave South Africa, Avoiding Arrest

Monday, June 15, 2015
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, who faced arrest on international charges of crimes against humanity and genocide, slipped out of South Africa on Monday morning. English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Author(s): 
Norimistu Onishi
Publisher / Source: 
New York Times
Tag(s): 
International Criminal Court
Human Rights

Obama Administration Transfers 6 Guantanamo Detainees to Oman

Monday, June 15, 2015
Defense Secretary Ash Carter ends a five-month pause in transfers as the White House and Congress battle over the future of the U.S. military prison. English
Country(s): 
Oman
Author(s): 
Molly O'Toole
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Right-Wing Attack on Ecuador's Democracy

Monday, June 15, 2015
Privileged and right-wing sectors in Ecuador have been holding anti-government protests across the country since last Monday. English
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Governance

Ismayilova Says Azerbaijan In 'Midst Of Human Rights Crisis'

Friday, June 12, 2015
A jailed Azerbaijani journalist says the country is in the "midst of a human rights crisis" as it gets set to host the first European Games.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Governance

Lebanon Receives US Missiles For Anti-Jihadist Fight

Friday, June 12, 2015
Lebanese and American officials gathered Wednesday to mark the delivery of more than 200 anti-tank missiles the United States says will help Lebanon's army defend its borders against terrorists.English
Country(s): 
Lebanon
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Military Equipment

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