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.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Eurasia in ten years -- by 2023 -- is on a trajectory toward Chinese preeminence, and China is now being helped along that trajectory by a strategic alignment with the Russian Federation.English
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Central Asia Regional
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Iran
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The scale and level of China’s economic (and increasingly, military) power argues for some redirection of overseas funding priorities. and the Russian Far East certainly should be the beneficiary of such a shift, for the reasons cited above.English
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Central Asia Regional
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
In the case of the Russian Far East, the Chinese economy’s vitality and Moscow’s actual neglect of the Far East, could lead in the long run to the attachment of the Russian Far East to China, even, possibly without direct Chinese involvement.English
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Central Asia Regional
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Russo-Chinese relations possess immense importance for world politics and Asian international relations in particular, with the most critical zones of this relationship being Northeast and Central Asia.English
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Central Asia Regional
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Both China and Russia have a long history within Central Asia. This history can both be viewed through at times, an adversarial relationship, more recently, through the framework of an opportune partnership.
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Central Asia Regional
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
There now exists a better chance for peace in eastern Congo than at any time since the current deadly cycle of conflict began in the mid-1990s. A number of variables contribute to this unique opportunity.English
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Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Although both the Chinese and Russians have strong historical, security and trade links to Central Asia, the United States can also provide a stabilizing influence through increased trade and democracy-building initiatives to ensure the durability of future investments.English
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Central Asia Regional
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Monday, April 15, 2013
The operations resulted in the Belizean government destroying 16 fields, 61,000 illicit plants, 330 pounds of compressed marijuana and 22 pounds of marijuana seeds; for an initial estimate of $12.5 million U.S. dollars.English
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Belize
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Monday, April 15, 2013
The non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border is under full control of the Border Patrol. English
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Mexico
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Monday, April 15, 2013
"I urge the Venezuelan electoral body to conduct a full audit and recount of ballots of yesterday’s presidential elections," said Chairman Menendez. English
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Venezuela
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Monday, April 15, 2013
In order to meet all Venezuelans' democratic expectations, it makes sense that such a recount should be completed before any additional steps, including official certification of the results, occurs.English
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Venezuela
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Monday, April 15, 2013
From April through June 2013, U.S. military personnel will be in Belize, El Salvador, and Panama to conduct comprehensive humanitarian civic assistance exercises.English
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Belize
El Salvador
Panama
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Por primera vez diversas fuerzas democraticas, incluso de oposicion, hicieron un esfuerzo conjunto para derrotar el pesimismo que desde las redes sociales y los medios de comunicacion siembran a diario los enemigos del procesoSpanish
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Colombia
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Monday, April 15, 2013
El Gobierno de Mexico expresa sus mas sinceras felicitaciones al Presidente electo de Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros.Spanish
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Mexico
Venezuela
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Four members of the Kansas Army National Guard trained key personnel within the Armenian Army, Police, and group of civilian De Miners April 2-12. English
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Armenia
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
With the fiscal year half over, that left the Southcom staff with little choice but to cancel three major multinational exercises and to reduce the scope of Panamax, one of the crown jewels in its program, Knightly said.English
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
The ongoing detainee hunger strike necessitated these medical assessments, the release said. Some detainees resisted with improvised weapons, and in response, four less-than-lethal rounds were fired. There were no serious injuries to guards or detainees.English
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Cuba
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Beyond the potential for injustice and tragic mistakes, a surge in vigilantism is inherently a worrisome sign of a dysfunctional political systemEnglish
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Mexico
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Wayne Smith agrees with Counselor Gonzalez-Perez that Cuba and the U.S. need to have a dialogue with one another in order to bring about change in our policyEnglish
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Cuba
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Literally translated, Acaxual means the place of the turtles near the bushes, symbolizing the region the partner nations are working together in.English
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El Salvador
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