Resources - Policy Statements

This section presents links to what people are saying about U.S. security policy around the world. Select one of the four types of policy statements from the menu at the right to filter the results below. 

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Exercise Boosts Maritime Interoperability in East Africa

Thursday, November 14, 2013
A maritime exercise underway in East Africa is helping regional partners build capability and an ability to work together to better confront piracy, illegal fishing and other transnational challenges, reported U.S. Navy Captain Guy Jackson, the exercise director. English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Tanzania
Seychelles
Author(s): 
Donna Miles
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of Defense
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Military
Military and Police Aid

Testimony of Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland on A Pivotal Moment for the Eastern Partnership

Thursday, November 14, 2013
Related Hearing: 
A Pivotal Moment for the Eastern Partnership: Outlook for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
While the six Eastern Partnership countries have responded in various ways to the EU’s offer to integrate into Europe’s common structures, the United States strongly supports the process as a key ingredient in our effort to cement a “Europe whole and free and at peace” – a shared policy goal of the United States and EU member states since the Berlin Wall fell almost 25 years ago.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Moldova
Belarus
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Author(s): 
Victoria Nuland
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Senate
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Politics and Security
Security
Governance
Border Control
Conflict

Testimony of Peterson Institute for International Economics Senior Fellow Anders Aslund at A Pivotal Moment for the Eastern Partnership

Thursday, November 14, 2013
Related Hearing: 
A Pivotal Moment for the Eastern Partnership: Outlook for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
I would like to thank you for this opportunity to speak on an important topic. No political event in Europe this year is more important than the European Union Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius November 28 - 29. English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Moldova
Ukraine
Belarus
Author(s): 
Anders Aslund
Publisher / Source: 
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security
Security
Governance

Testimony of Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon M. Wilson at A Pivotal Moment for the Eastern Partnership

Thursday, November 14, 2013
Related Hearing: 
A Pivotal Moment for the Eastern Partnership: Outlook for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
The United States will not have a seat at the table at this summit. However, its results will have enormous strategic consequences for US interests. Therefore, I am here to urge your backing for a clear US strategy in support of the EU’s Eastern Partnership. In short, we need a US strategy for Europe’s East.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Moldova
Belarus
Georgia
Author(s): 
Damon M. Wilson
Publisher / Source: 
Atlantic Council
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security
Security
Border Control
Conflict

Readout of Secretary Hagel's Meeting With Kazakhstan's Minister of Defense Adilbek Dzhaksybekov

Thursday, November 14, 2013
"Secretary Hagel emphasized U.S. and Kazakhstan's shared interest in maintaining stability in Afghanistan, and the entire Central Asian region, after 2014 through our existing political, economic, and security commitments.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Afghanistan
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of Defense
Secondary Publisher / Source: 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Politics and Security
Counterterrorism

Testimony of The Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow Ariel Cohen at A Pivotal Moment for the Eastern Partnership

Thursday, November 14, 2013
Related Hearing: 
A Pivotal Moment for the Eastern Partnership: Outlook for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
The U.S. has national interests in the region, as it supports integration on the EuP members into the greater Euro- Atlantic area. Washington has not provided sufficient support to the Vilnius process and needs to do so in the remaining two weeks. English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Moldova
Belarus
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Ariel Cohen
Publisher / Source: 
The Heritage Foundation
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security
Security
Conflict

U.S. State Department on Release of Two American Hostages

Thursday, November 14, 2013
U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Jen Psaki on the release of two Americans held by pirates off the coast of Nigeria. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Jen Psaki
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
Conflict
U.S. Policy
Terrorism

U.S. State Department on Designating Boko Haram and Ansaru Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Thursday, November 14, 2013
U.S. Department of State spokesperson Jen Psaki on the designation of both Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Jen Psaki
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism
Violence
Security
U.S. Policy

Statement by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco on the Designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Thursday, November 14, 2013
Today, the United States designated Nigeria-based groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. In the last several years, Boko Haram and Ansaru have been responsible for thousands of deaths in northeast and central Nigeria, including dozens of attacks on churches and mosques, targeted killings of civilians, and the 2011 suicide bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja that killed 21 people and injured dozens more.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Lisa Monaco
Publisher / Source: 
The White House
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Violence
Counterterrorism
U.S. Policy

State Department Briefing on Designation of Nigerian Terrorist Groups

Thursday, November 14, 2013
U.S. Department of State teleconference on the designation of Nigerian terrorist groups Boko Haram and Ansaru. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism
Violence
U.S. Policy

Engel Speech at Council of Americas on Upcoming Elections in Central America

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
To the State Department: it is imperative that you show, by words and deeds, that the US is relentlessly neutral in these elections. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Honduras
Author(s): 
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. House of Representatives
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Politics and Security
U.S. Policy

Video: Remarks With Panamanian Foreign Minister Nunez Fabrega Before Their Meeting

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
We have also worked together closely on the issue of how to destroy some old World War II chemical weapons munitions that are on San Jose Island, and we’re working on that issue as well as cooperating on counter-narcotics initiatives.English
Country(s): 
Panama
Author(s): 
John Kerry
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. State Department
Video, Audio or PDF?: 
video
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

U.S. Army South welcomes Chilean delegation for army-to-army staff talks

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
U.S. Army South hosted a delegation of Chilean army leaders to its headquarters on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Nov. 5-6 to finalize a course of action that will see the two armies engage in more than 50 events that are scheduled to be English
Country(s): 
Chile
Author(s): 
Eric R. Lucero
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Army South
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

United States To Provide $98.5 Million for Private Financing for 4,000 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Latin America

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
These new agreements will open $60 million in local financing in Mexico, $25 million in El Salvador, and $13.5 million in Nicaragua. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Mexico
Nicaragua
Author(s): 
Office of the Spokesperson
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. State Department
Tag(s): 
Security

Mexico: Build Accurate Database of Disappeared

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Mexico has no national system that allows states to share and search for information on missing persons - or to alert police and check hospitals, prisons, and other institutions when someone has disappeared English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Human Rights Watch
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Daily Press Briefing - November 13, 2013

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki discusses the designation of Boko Haram as a terrorist organization, the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian "peace process," Egyptian outreach to Russia, efforts to negotiate with Iran, aspects of the Syrian conflict, U.S. humanitarian assistance to the Philippines, and NATO collaboration with Turkey.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Iran
Israel
Palestinian Territories
Egypt
Russia
Syria
Turkey
North Korea
Philippines
Author(s): 
Jen Psaki
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Secondary Publisher / Source: 
Office of Press Relations
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
Foreign Aid
Security
Foreign Policy

Defending Israel

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, one thing becomes very clear from our study of history, and that is that things that nations do have consequences. Things we do individually have consequences, and things we do as a Nation have consequences. That is why some people remember that on May 30, 2010, there were six flotilla ships--and this is from the U.N. release, a report into last year's raid, how events unfolded, dated 2 September 2011. English
Country(s): 
Israel
Iran
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. House of Representatives
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Politics and Security
Foreign Policy
Military

Toward A Transatlantic Renaissance: Ensuring Our Shared Future

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
But today, as a Transatlantic community, we are standing at another vital inflection point in our ability to play that essential role, both at home and abroad.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Author(s): 
Victoria Nuland
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Secondary Publisher / Source: 
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Politics and Security
Security
Governance

US 6th Fleet Flagship Departs Georgia

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
While in Batumi, Sailors had the opportunity to participate in community engagement projects, give tours of Mount Whitney, participate in numerous sporting events and engage with Georgian coast guard members during joint training evolutions.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Navy
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Politics and Security
Military Exercises

Daily Press Briefing - November 12, 2013

Tuesday, November 12, 2013
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki discusses humanitarian relief to the Phillipines, the most recent round of talks with Iran, the release of Americans kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, and ongoing events in Syria, Egypt, and Israel-Palestine.English
Country(s): 
Iran
Philippines
Nigeria
Egypt
Israel
Palestinian Territories
Syria
Author(s): 
Jen Psaki
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Secondary Publisher / Source: 
Office of Press Relations
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid
Arms Control
Foreign Policy
Peace Negotiations
Human Rights

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