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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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Weighing the Pros and Cons of NATO Policy in the Caucasus

Friday, July 1, 2016
The upcoming NATO Summit in Warsaw has the potential to become one of the most important international events of the year. The July event will occur against the backdrop of the most serious confrontation with Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. As a result, NATO Summit participants will make important decisions that will determine the European security agenda for years to come.English
Country(s): 
South Caucasus Regional
Author(s): 
Sergey Morkedonov
Publisher / Source: 
Russia Direct
Tag(s): 
NATO

El Chapo's Extradition to U.S. Suspended

Friday, July 1, 2016
A Mexican judge has temporarily blocked the extradition to the U.S. of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most powerful drug lord and one of the world's most notorious criminals.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Extraditions

Obama Proposes New Military Partnership with Russia in Syria

Friday, July 1, 2016
The Obama administration has proposed a new agreement on Syria to the Russian government that would deepen military cooperation between the two countries against some terrorists in exchange for Russia getting the Assad regime to stop bombing U.S.-supported rebels.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Josh Rogin
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Counterterrorism

British Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia to be Scrutinized in High Court

Friday, July 1, 2016
Anti-arms trade campaigners have won the first round of a legal attempt to prevent the government from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia because of allegations of widespread civilian deaths in Yemen.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Human Rights

U.S. Senate Committee Adopts Aid Priorities for Armenia Including Assistance to Syrian Refugees

Friday, July 1, 2016
The US Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday adopted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill, which covers U.S. economic, humanitarian, and military assistance to the South Caucasus, reported the Armenian Assembly of America.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
MassisPost (Armenia)
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Ex-Honduras President's Son and Police Allegedly Conspired to Bring Drugs to U.S.

Friday, July 1, 2016
U.S. prosecutors say officers ensured the safe passage of cocaine by capitalizing on bribes along with leaked information about investigations and checkpoints
Country(s): 
Honduras
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Border Control

Netanyahu Hints at V-22 Orders

Friday, July 1, 2016
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated his country’s desire to acquire V-22 aircraft — a purchase that would be part of a new military aid deal he said he hopes to conclude with Washington.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Barbara Opall-Rome
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Japan, Israel Eye Joint Research on UAVs, Says Report

Friday, July 1, 2016
Japan and Israel are preparing to conduct joint research on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to Kyodo news agency.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Gabriel Dominguez
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

From Russia With Hate

Friday, July 1, 2016
The news that the Istanbul attack was carried out by a Russian and citizens of Central Asian states that were once part of the Soviet Union might surprise those who have hitherto seen the group as a collection of mostly Arab fighters with a large Western European contingent.English
Country(s): 
Eurasia Regional
Author(s): 
Peter Bergen
David Sterman
Publisher / Source: 
CNN
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.N. Human Rights Chief: Burundi May Explode Into Ethnic Violence

Thursday, June 30, 2016
Burundi’s human rights record is under scrutiny at the U.N. Human Rights Council over the objections and anger of that country’s government. The council said it is alarmed at the rise in rights violations in Burundi since last year’s political crisis. It wants the violations to stop, because it fears an ethnic conflict with devastating consequences for all of central Africa.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Lisa Schlein
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Conflict

America’s Colombia Problem: Widespread Ignorance of the Mess the U.S. has made in South America

Thursday, June 30, 2016
The United States has effectively bankrolled a humanitarian crisis under the guise of a supremely ineffectual war on drugs. At some point the U.S. ought to wield its vast defense budget not to teach corrupt military officers “torture, blackmail and other forms of coercion against insurgents,” but rather to rebuild any number of societies it’s helped collapse.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Brendan Gauthier
Publisher / Source: 
Salon
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Urging Tougher Stance, U.N. Adds 2,500 Peacekeepers to Mali

Thursday, June 30, 2016
The United Nations Security Council agreed on Wednesday to add just over 2,500 peacekeepers to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, which has been hit by a series of deadly attacks and has become the deadliest place to serve for U.N. peacekeepers. English
Country(s): 
Mali
Author(s): 
Louis Charbonneau
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Violence

First Group of UN Peace Process Observers Arrive in Colombia

Thursday, June 30, 2016
The first group of United Nations observers arrived in Colombia to help with the monitoring and verification of the recently signed bilateral cease-fire between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq confirmed Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Security

Islamic State Routs Pentagon-Backed Syrian Rebels in Fresh Setback for U.S. Strategy

Thursday, June 30, 2016
The U.S. military’s efforts to confront the Islamic State in Syria suffered another setback Wednesday after the militants routed the only group to have survived intact an ill-fated Pentagon program to train and equip moderate rebels last year.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Liz Sly
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid

2 Groups Call to Oust Saudis from U.N. Human Rights Counci

Thursday, June 30, 2016
Saudi Arabia should be ousted from the United Nations Human Rights Council for its unlawful killings of civilians in Yemen, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said jointly on Wednesday, an unusual demand meant to draw attention to one of the world’s most powerful countries, embroiled in one of the world’s most brutal wars.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Somini Sengupta
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
United Nations

Istanbul Airport Attackers Identified as Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz Nationals

Thursday, June 30, 2016
The three suicide bombers who attacked Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport have been identified as nationals from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, a senior Turkish official said Thursday. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Erin Cunningham
Publisher / Source: 
Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Kazakhstan Says Salafists Behind Foiled Attack Plot

Thursday, June 30, 2016
Salafists, the followers of an ultra-conservative school of Islam, were behind a planned attack foiled by Kazakh security services, the head of national security committee KNB said on Thursday.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

MBDA Signs €1B Missile Deal With Qatar

Thursday, June 30, 2016
European missile producer MBDA has signed a deal worth more than €1 billion to supply Qatar with missiles for new naval vessels it is buying from Italy.English
Country(s): 
Qatar
Author(s): 
Tom Kington
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Georgian Defense Minister Under Fire Over Conscription Decree

Thursday, June 30, 2016
Georgian Defense Minister Tinatin Khidasheli has incurred criticism from representatives of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition for announcing without prior warning at a press conference on June 27 that conscription of young men to serve in the armed forces has been suspended as of 2017.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Liz Fuller
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Military

Officials: At Least 27 Afghan Police Cadets Killed in Suicide Bombings Outside Kabul

Thursday, June 30, 2016
At least 27 Afghan police cadets were killed in twin suicide bombings on a convoy of buses outside the capital, Kabul, on Thursday, officials said. Kabul Police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said the police trainees were traveling on the outskirts of Kabul when a suicide bomber rammed the buses with his car. A second bomber exploded after police and local residents rushed to the scene.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Erin Cunningham
Sayed Salahuddin
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Civil Society
Terrorism

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