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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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Alternatives to Arming Ukraine

Monday, April 13, 2015
America and Europe should adopt policies that make it clear to Putin and (perhaps more importantly) his associates that they can either continue to enjoy the enormous wealth they have stored up in the West, or they can continue trying to expand Russian influence forcefully. But they can’t do both.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Mark N. Katz
Publisher / Source: 
LobeLog: Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict Resolution

Colombian Generals Investigated For "False Positives"

Monday, April 13, 2015
The Colombian attorney general says he is investigating 22 generals for their alleged roles in the murder of civilians in the "false positives" scandal.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC

Empty Ebola Clinics in Liberia Are Seen as Misstep in U.S. Relief Effort

Monday, April 13, 2015
After spending hundreds of millions of dollars and deploying nearly 3,000 troops to build Ebola treatment centers, the United States ended up creating facilities that have largely sat empty: Only 28 Ebola patients have been treated at the 11 treatment units built by the United States military, American officials now say.English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Norimitsu Onishi
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

It’s Time for Tunisians to Take the Next Big Step

Monday, April 13, 2015
It is important to remember that the Arab Spring protests were driven by economic grievances. The revolution’s fundamental goals included not just political freedom — which in Tunisia has been mostly, if tentatively, achieved — but also an end to economic domination by sclerotic bureaucracies and well-connected elites.
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Author(s): 
Abdulwahab Alkebsi
Mohamed Malouche
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Security

César Gastélum Is Arrested In Quintana Roo

Monday, April 13, 2015
Along with three of his brothers, he is accused of large-scale cocaine trafficking through the Colombia-Honduras-Guatemala route to Mexico, with final destination to the United States. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
El Universal
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

Turkey Receives Last Upgraded F-16

Monday, April 13, 2015
The Turkish Air Force received the last of a batch of F-16 fighter jets which underwent a comprehensive upgrade program.
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Burak Ege Bekdil
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Islamic State Conflict: Iraq PM to Seek Weapons on U.S. Visit

Monday, April 13, 2015
Iraq's prime minister is leaving for Washington for talks with U.S. President Barrack Obama, whom he is expected to ask for substantial weapons deliveries.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S. to Triple Military Aid to Tunisia

Monday, April 13, 2015
The United States will increase military aid to Tunisia threefold this year and help train its troops, a senior U.S official said on Friday, weeks after the country suffered its deadliest militant attack in more than a decade.
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Author(s): 
Tarek Amara
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Brazil Modernizes Its Artillery Force With New Vehicles

Monday, April 13, 2015
The Brazilian Army is preparing to receive nine new modernized vehicles equipped to launch missiles, including the country’s first Tactical Cruise Missile. The vehicles, which will be delivered by June, are part of the strategic Astros 2020 project.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Andréa Barretto
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo Americas
Tag(s): 
Militarization

U.S. Widens Role in Saudi-led Campaign Against Houthi Rebels in Yemen

Monday, April 13, 2015
The U.S. is expanding its role in Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen, vetting military targets and searching vessels for Yemen-bound Iranian arms amid growing concerns about the goals of the Saudi-led mission, according to U.S. and Arab officials.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Maria Abi-Habib
Adam Entous
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

In Kazakhstan, Iran's Zarif Urges Cooperation Against IS Militants

Monday, April 13, 2015
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has stressed the need for cooperation against Islamic State militants during a visit to Kazakhstan. Zarif said the militant group that controls parts of Iraq and Syria has expanded its influence to Afghanistan, which borders three neighbors of Kazakhstan in Central Asia.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Foreign Policy

Why Russia Will Send More Troops to Central Asia

Monday, April 13, 2015
Russia is making a concerted effort to increase its military and security presence throughout Central Asia, just not for the reasons it would have you think. Though the Kremlin is concerned with the threat of spillover violence from Islamist militancy in Afghanistan — its purported motive for deploying more troops — it is far more alarmed by what it sees as Chinese and Western encroachment into lands over which it has long held sway. It is this concern that will shape Moscow's behavior in Central Asia in the years to come.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Stratfor
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Analyst: Al Shabab Purely Terrorist

Friday, April 10, 2015
Bronwyn Bruton from the Africa Center at The Atlantic Council said last week’s attack at Garissa University in Kenya marks a turning point. She said it may be evidence of an African jihadist movement.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Joe DeCapua
Publisher / Source: 
The Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

U.S. Army Will Investigate Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Soldiers and Contractors in Colombia

Friday, April 10, 2015
Just weeks after a Department of Justice investigation revealed that DEA agents participated in "sex parties" in Colombia funded by drug cartels, the U.S. Army has announced it will soon begin its own inquiry into allegations of rampant sexual abuse among members of the U.S. military and contractors in the South American nation, according to a government spokesperson.
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Samuel Oakford
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Military

S Sudan Accuses Sudan of Dropping Bombs Across the Border

Friday, April 10, 2015
Four people were killed and nine others wounded in an apparent Sudanese airstrike on South Sudanese territory, a South Sudanese government official said Thursday. Sudan is to blame because it is the only neighboring country with "the history of this type of unprovoked attacks," said South Sudanese presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Jason Patinkin
Publisher / Source: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

U.S., Cuba Hold Highest-level Meeting in More Than 50 Years

Friday, April 10, 2015
The U.S. and Cuban foreign ministers sat down for talks on Thursday night in the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the early days of the Cuban revolution more than half a century ago.
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Matt Spetalnick
Dave Graham
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Are UN Drones the Future of Peacekeeping?

Friday, April 10, 2015
A United Nations panel on technological development has called for peacekeeping missions to be equipped with unmanned drones to survey conflict zones. A purportedly crucial tool steeped in controversy, UAVs are set to become a peacekeeping staple.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Sophie Pilgrim
Publisher / Source: 
France 24
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Drones
U.N. Peacekeeping

A Miserable Mystery in Congo: Who Is Raping the Girls in Kavumu?

Friday, April 10, 2015
Kavumu is just across Lake Kivu from Rwanda and near an office of the U.N. stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Kavumu has a high crime rate and a low literacy level, according to human rights activists.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Lauren Wolfe
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Conflict

Third of Fighters in Yemeni Conflict Are Children, U.N. Agency Warns

Friday, April 10, 2015
Almost a third of all fighters aligned with armed groups in strife-torn Yemen are children, a U.N. official said Thursday, with conflict also worsening the plight of young people via increasing malnutrition levels and an expected slump in education.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Wire Service: 
Al Jazeera
AFP
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Arming Dictators Will Only Bring Chaos

Friday, April 10, 2015
Last week’s depressing White House announcement that President Barack Obama has lifted the hold on military aid to Egypt again exposed the U.S. government’s myopia in trying to stabilize an increasingly volatile region.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Brian Dooley
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

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