Resources - Policy Statements

NGOs and Academia

Below are key statements from non-novernmental or academic analyses related to the U.S. defense and security assistance to the rest of the world. 

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Monday, July 22, 2013
Esos dos hechos, entre otros, muestran que, por razones distintas, en Colombia subsisten problemas de derechos humanos muy gravesEnglish
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Colombia
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
In mid-2011, the federal government ended nonselective targeting of capos and began to select the capos of the more violent criminal organizations, principally the Zetas. This shift in strategy may have induced the leaders of less violent gangs to employ English
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Mexico
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Cruz observes these young democracies regressing along two troubling trajectories—either towards clientelism under a dominant ruler, as in the case of Nicaragua, or towards weak pluralism devoid of party stability, as in the case of Costa Rica.English
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Central America Regional
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
La Alta Comisionada Pillay viajara a Santander de Quilichao, Cauca, donde se reunira con autoridades indigenas, representantes de comunidades Afro-Colombianas y campesinosSpanish
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Colombia
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
In 2012 U.S. and Mexican negotiators clashed over the rights of migrants drawn into the initiative and the U.S. push to make participation compulsory for certain kinds of deportees.English
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Mexico
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Thomas Joscelyn testifies in front of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade in order to discuss al-Qaeda's evolving nature as a global network.English
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Afghanistan
Pakistan
Somalia
Mali
Syria
Yemen
Libya
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Thomas Hegghammer testifies in front of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade to explain how the al-Qaeda core is weakened and that the affiliate organizations for the most part seem unwilling or unable to attack the U.S. directly.English
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Afghanistan
Pakistan
Yemen
Syria
Mali
Libya
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Elliott Abrams testifies in front of the House Armed Services Committee in favor of U.S. military aid to the Syrian rebels and limited missile strikes against the Assad air targets.
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Syria
Iran
Lebanon
Jordan
Israel
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Ambassador Frederic Hof testifies in front of the House Armed Services Committee to discuss the merits of a multifaceted diplomatic strategy to address the Syrian crisis, as well as the merits of possible military options.English
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Syria
Turkey
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Mona Yacoubian testifies in front of the House Armed Services Committee on the difficulties inherent in military strategies for U.S. intervention the Syrian crisis.English
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Syria
Iraq
Jordan
Turkey
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Frederick Kagan testifies in front of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade to discuss the growing threat posed by al-Qaeda's regional affiliates. English
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Afghanistan
Pakistan
Yemen
Iraq
Syria
Libya
Mali
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The booming economies of Latin America's newest trade bloc may offer guidance on future regional integrations efforts.English
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
In a May 4 declaration, Maduro announced the creation of a "secret agency" that would fight corruption wherever it is found.English
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Venezuela
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Land has been, and continues to be, the central axis generating violent conflict in ColombiaEnglish
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Colombia
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
His capture may open the door for a full-scale battle for his territories by both the Zetas and their rivalsEnglish
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Mexico
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
El ELN esta aprendiendo del proceso que se desarrolla en La Habana y seguramente esta haciendo calculos de aproximacion a su propio procesoSpanish
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Colombia
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Monday, July 15, 2013
The Juarez Metropolitan Police take the credit, but in fact, much of the credit should go to the 177 private security companies who guard stores, patrol the streets and serve as personal bodyguards.English
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Mexico
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Ascamcat deja en el presidente y su gobierno, toda la responsabilidad por la vida e integridad de los campesinos del Catatumbo, si finalmente se opta por la salida violenta a la crisisSpanish
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Colombia
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
La Oficina lamenta la perdida de la vida de los cuatro campesinos y llama a las partes a que continuen los dialogos y lleguen a acuerdos respetuosos de los derechos humanos.Spanish
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Colombia
Thursday, July 11, 2013
The United States cannot join consensus on this resolution.English
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Bolivia
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