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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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Russia ‘Arming Armenia and Azerbaijan’ As Hostilities Increase

Thursday, February 19, 2015
A resurgence of fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh has led to analysts warning of escalating hostilities and even an “accidental war” between the two countries. They also indicate that Russia could use the conflict as a way to consolidate power in the regionEnglish
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Felicity Capon
Publisher / Source: 
Newsweek
Tag(s): 
Military

Nigerian President to U.S. Government: Send Silver Bullets

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, challenged the American people to put up or shut up last week when he told the Wall Street Journal that he has repeatedly and fruitlessly requested the United States deploy troops to combat Boko Haram. “If Nigeria has a problem, then I expect the U.S. to come and assist us,” he said.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Alice Hunt Friend
Publisher / Source: 
War on the Rocks
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Russian Armed Forces Returning To Latin America

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Vladimir Putin said that he would not allow the West to achieve military superiority over Russia. Russia will continue strengthening the nuclear potential, develop space forces, navy and long-range aviation. The Russian Navy plans to commission two new nuclear submarines. However, Russia lacks a developed system of bases that had been lost after the collapse of the USSR. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu tried to fill the gap during his tour of Latin America on February 11-14. English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Russia
Author(s): 
Lyuba Lulko
Publisher / Source: 
Pravda.ru

Cuba Announces New IT Policy And Does Not Mention Internet Access

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Specialists in the IT and telecommunications sectors will discuss an IT policy in Havana that is intended to be “inclusive, modern, and facilitate sustainable processes over time,” said Ailyn Febles Estrada, Vice Chancellor of the University of Information Science, to Cubadebate. English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Publisher / Source: 
Global Voices Online
Tag(s): 
Security

Obama Has Bad Judgment Picking Friends

Thursday, February 19, 2015
President Obama has been consistent. He has demonstrated deference, apology, and weakness time and again, from appeasing Iran, changing his mind on Syria, standing down on missile defense, lowering our Army and Navy readiness force, no meaningful commitment to Ukraine, and now Cuba.English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Robert Pittinger
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Examiner
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Azerbaijan May Become both Lock and Key of Whole Region for U.S.

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Despite the pressure exerted on Azerbaijan by the United States, Washington will not find a better ally in the region. A visit to Baku of the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland confirmed this fact. The stick and the carrot policy is the most favorite one in U.S. foreign policy, but if this method does not work, as, for example with Azerbaijan, Washington prefers to negoEnglish
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Seymur Aliyev
Publisher / Source: 
Trend (Azerbaijan)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
U.S. Policy

Mexican Drug Cartels Recruit Thousands Of Students In Texas To Traffic Drugs And Arms

Thursday, February 19, 2015
The Mexican drug cartels have managed to recruit thousands of youngsters, in primary, secondary and preparatory schools in Texas, to form gangs under their control, in order to strengthen the flow of narcotic drugs to all of the United States.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Otis B Fly-Wheel
Publisher / Source: 
Borderland Beat
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

Qatar Recalls Ambassador to Egypt Over ISIL Row

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Ambassador recalled "for consultation" after row over Egypt's strikes on ISIL targets in Libya, Qatari media reports.
Country(s): 
Qatar
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Dangerous Work, Low Pay For Venezuela Bodyguards

Thursday, February 19, 2015
In 2014, more than 100 government-affiliated bodyguards were killed in Caracas, according to a tally kept by a major newspaper. The dead included at least six members of Venezuela's presidential guard, most slain in apparent robberies gone wrong. The bodyguard of Venezuela's first lady was among them. Many more bodyguards already have been killed in 2015, including the men guarding a governor, a minister and a mayor.English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Hannah Dreier
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

Thousands Protest In Argentina Demanding Answers In Prosecutor Alberto Nisman's Death

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Thousands of Argentines marched in the capital Wednesday demanding answers in the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman exactly one month after he was found in his bathroom with a bullet in his right temple. English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Debora Rey
Peter Prengaman
Publisher / Source: 
The Huffingstone Post
Tag(s): 
Law Enforcement

Argentina: Winess "Lives In Fear" As Charred Body Found Across From Dead Prosecutor's Apartment

Thursday, February 19, 2015
As Argentine investigators attempt to uncover the mystery behind the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, a new wrinkle has appeared in the investigation: the body of an unidentified middle-aged woman, deposited and burnt across the street from Nisman’s apartment.English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Frances Martel
Publisher / Source: 
Breitbart.com
Tag(s): 
Law Enforcement

Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan’s Armed Forces in Focus at OSCE-Supported Discussion

Thursday, February 19, 2015
The protection of human rights in the armed forces was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion today bringing together representatives of the Office of President of Kyrgyzstan, Parliament, the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Defence Council, military judges and prosecutors, as well as international and non-governmental organizations and media.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
Vasilina Brazhko
Publisher / Source: 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Denying Protections To Migrant Children Is Not ‘Humanitarian’

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Several voices in Congress are calling for Central American children who arrive at the border to be processed according to the same standards as Mexican kids. But the fact is that the United States is failing to properly protect Mexican child migrants fleeing from violenceEnglish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Geoff Ramsey
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Office On Latin America (WOLA)
Tag(s): 
Immigration

Uruguay: President-Elect Creates Truth Commission

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Uruguay’s president-elect Tabaré Vázquez has launched a Truth and Justice Commission to look into crimes committed during the country’s 1973-85 dictatorship.English
Country(s): 
Uruguay
Argentina
Publisher / Source: 
The Argentina Independent
Tag(s): 
Law Enforcement
Military
Human Rights

Álvaro Uribe Addresses WOLA’s 5 Questions On The Colombian Peace Process

Thursday, February 19, 2015
In his recent Washington visit, former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe addressed —but failed to fully respond to— WOLA’s five questions about his opposition to the Colombian peace process.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Office On Latin America (WOLA)
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
Conflict

U.S. Won’t Back Egypt’s Attacks on ISIS

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Two longtime allies are attacking ISIS—and growing frustrated with one another. That’s good news for the so-called Islamic State.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Nancy A. Youssef
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Pakistanis Try to Nudge Taliban Along the Path to Peace Talks With Kabul

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Pakistan’s top military and intelligence officials have begun pressing the Taliban to sit down for face-to-face discussions with the Afghan government, potentially opening a path for direct peace talks for the first time since the start of the American-led invasion in 2001, according to Western and Afghan officials briefed on the discussions.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Azam Ahmed
Joseph Goldstein
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
Terrorism

Prison, Or “Deprivation Of Liberty,” For Human Rights Violators

Thursday, February 19, 2015
The FARC continues to insist that it not be, in President Juan Manuel Santos’s words, “the first [guerrillas] in history to hand in their weapons only to go to a prison.”English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Office On Latin America (WOLA)
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Peace Negotiations

U.S. Launches Africa Exercises Amid Boko Haram Threat

Thursday, February 19, 2015
The U.S. military is launching its annual training exercise with armies from across Africa this week in Chad, as the countries of the region battle a growing threat from the Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.English
Country(s): 
Chad
Author(s): 
Krista Larson
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises
Terrorism

Combating Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

Thursday, February 19, 2015
An escalation in piracy and other transnational maritime threats in the Gulf of Guinea has exposed the limited levels of maritime domain awareness in the region. The highly fungible nature of maritime security threats means that this challenge cannot be addressed solely by individual states but requires cohesive regional security cooperation. English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Adeniyi Adejimi Osinowo
Publisher / Source: 
Africa Security Brief
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Security

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