Security Assistance
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 06:45
After years at the margins of international diplomacy, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has suddenly regained political relevance because of the Ukraine crisis that began in 2014.
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 06:15
Now that congressional Democrats have blocked a Republican effort to kill the Iran nuclear deal, attention is shifting to what America must do to reassure Israel and its American supporters that the agreement will not harm Israel’s security.
Monday, September 21, 2015 - 07:12
The effort is seen by many as Beijing’s response to the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia” and a challenge to America’s status as the dominant political power in the region. This sudden, surprising convergence of U.S. and Chinese interests, according to U.S. officials, boils down to one mutual goal: security.
Monday, September 21, 2015 - 06:53
America has quietly expanded its military presence throughout Africa in an attempt to counter Chinese and other emerging nations’ influence, while consolidating control over critical strategic resources and trade routes.
Monday, September 21, 2015 - 06:31
A key congressional panel on Sept. 17 urged Tunisia to reform its troubled security services if it hopes to be recognized as a full-fledged democracy.
Friday, September 18, 2015 - 08:32
With two military coups in less than a year. U.S. efforts to professionalize Burkina Faso's security forces has raised questions about whether it has all been for naught.
Friday, September 18, 2015 - 06:40
A small team of fewer than 20 U.S. Special Operations Forces is conducting an experiment that is part of President Barack Obama's new counter-terrorism strategy. The soldiers, who encouraged the meeting and helped provide a ring of security, do not go into combat, or even wear uniforms.
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 07:38
The State Department recently released a key factsheet highlighting the United States’ current attempt to rebuild Iraq’s security forces to combat the rise of the Islamic State (IS). During the Iraq War (2003-2011), the United States spent $23 billion in military and police aid to the country – an average of $2.5 billion per year – on military equipment and training to defeat the insurgency and build an effective fighting force.
Friday, September 11, 2015 - 06:52
A telephone conversation was held between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirodzhiddin Aslov and the EU Political Director Helga Schmid upon an initiative of the European side.
Friday, September 11, 2015 - 06:47
Some 170 Rwandan police officers have been deployed to South Sudan's city of Malakal, to beef up the UN peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), police source revealed Thursday in Kigali.