Military and Police Aid
Thursday, September 3, 2015 - 06:42
A new boat basin for the Georgian coast guard, built with USD 14 million funding from the United States, was opened in Batumi on September 3.
Thursday, September 3, 2015 - 06:31
Unlike the US or France, Canada is not a leading military force in Africa. But Ottawa exerts influence through a variety of means including training initiatives.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:55
This week marked another reform milestone for Ukraine—the newly trained Patrol Police in Odesa were publicly sworn-in in front of Ukraine’s President Poroshenko, Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, and Minister of Internal Affairs Avakov.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:47
As Washington continues to wring its hands over whether to provide advanced weapons to Ukraine in its fight against separatists backed by Russia — including anti-tank missiles — much of the discussion has focused on fears of stoking a more direct and dangerous confrontation with Moscow.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:32
Central America is experiencing a militarized version of the drug war, where the official position is that to prevent drugs from arriving to the U.S., a primarily military strategy be deployed in producing and transit nations.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:27
In what a senior U.S. diplomat called on Friday a manifestation of “strong American-Armenian partnership,” U.S. military instructors have trained the first group of teaching personnel for the Armenian army’s new paramedic school.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:49
The United States spends nearly $18 billion annually training and arming more than 56,000 soldiers in 155 countries. For the past 15 years, most of this security partnership with other nations has been aimed at countering terrorism.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 11:21
On Wednesday, August 19, Georgia’s first female Defense Minister, Tinatin Khidasheli, headlined the event “Seeing Security: Georgia Between Russia and ISIS” at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 06:18
Could the United States defund counter-narcotics efforts in Peru, one of the world’s top producers of cocaine?
Monday, August 24, 2015 - 13:54
U.S. partners from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) form a key part of the Obama Administration’s anti-ISIS coalition. A recent Congressional Research Service report highlighted specific contributions, including at least 28 F-16s, from six MENA countries. Here’s a look at the total amount of U.S. arms sales and total number of participants in U.S. military trainings to all MENA anti-coalition partners from 2012 to 2014.