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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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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

Kazakhstan Ready to Step up International Counter-Terrorism Co-operation

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Kazakhstan is ready to step up its co-operation with the global community in fighting terrorism, President Nursultan Nazarbayev told members of the diplomatic corps posted in Astana February 17, Novosti-Kazakhstan reportedEnglish
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
Central Asia Online

The Smart Way to Intervene in Libya

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
the general sense of optimism that accompanied the end of the Qaddafi era has evaporated. For the past four years the rest of the world watched idly as Libya descended into chaos; now it looks less like a country inspired by the promise of democracyTthan a textbook example of a failed state. It is indicative of how far Libya has fallen that the forces of the Islamic State (IS) have managed, with apparent effortlessness, to gain a foothold in the country.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Mohamed Eljarh
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Terrorism

Colombian Peace Negotiations: A Critical Juncture for Positive Change?

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
An important first step in ending Colombia’s fifty-year conflict requires a paradigm change in thinking where violence is no longer viewed as an acceptable or necessary vehicle to secure political and economic change.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Philip K. Abbott
Publisher / Source: 
Small Wars Journal
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Argentina Asks U.S. to Include 1994 Bombing in Iran Nuclear Talks

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Argentina wants the United States to help it get to the bottom of a deadly 1994 bombing at the heart of a current political scandal by including the crime in the U.S. nuclear talks with Iran, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Hugh Bronstein
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Looking At The Colombian Military's Statistics On The FARC And Child Soldiers

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The FARC announced that they would no longer recruit any combatants under the age of 17. Previously, the FARC officially recruited minors as young as 15 and there is plenty of evidence of children as young as 12 or 13 entering their ranks.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Blogging By Boz
Tag(s): 
Conflict

What ISIS Really Wants

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.English
Country(s): 
Middle East and North Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Graeme Wood
Publisher / Source: 
The Atlantic
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Foreign Policy
Security

U.S. to Support Cameroon Military in Boko Haram Fight

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The United States will help Cameroon's army secure equipment to fight Boko Haram, its embassy in Cameroon said on Wednesday, as it deepens its commitment to countering the jihadist group.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Colombian M1117 APC Destroyed in Guerrilla Attack

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
A Colombian Army M1117 Pegaso 4x4 armored security vehicle (ASV) was destroyed on 15 February by an improvised explosive device (IED).English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Inigo Guevara
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's 360
Tag(s): 
Military

Ghana Confirms Super Tucano, Z-9 Acquisitions

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The Ghana Air Force (GAF) will acquire four new Harbin Z-9 helicopters from China and five new Embraer Super Tucano trainer and light attack aircraft from Brazil, President John Dramani Mahama has announced.English
Country(s): 
Ghana
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Militarization

Kazakhstan to Work With France on UUVs

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Kazakhstan and France are to work together on unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), Kazakh national defense company Kazakhstan Engineering revealed on its website on 16 February.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Charles Forrester
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's 360
Tag(s): 
Military
Military Equipment

U.S. Army to Provide Equipment, Intelligence to Fight Boko Haram

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The United States military will share communications equipment and intelligence with African allies to assist them in the fight against Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, the commander of U.S. Special Forces operations in Africa said.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Daniel Flynn
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Intelligence

Chechnya's Kadyrov To Open International Special Forces Training Center

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Russia may soon be exporting its model of counterinsurgency across the globe, as Chechnya's president is building an international special operations training center with the aim of training elite troops both from Russia and abroad.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

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