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Countering Militarized Public Security in Latin America: Understanding the...

In Sustainable Security's two-part discussion ‘Countering Militarized Public Security in Latin America’, Sarah Kinosian and Matt Budd explore the roots of the increasing trend towards militarization of...

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Mexico Prepping to Buy More Black Hawks: Settling in for a Lengthy Fight in...

Mexico's plan to purchase 18 Black Hawk helicopters from the U.S. could be a sign of a long-term battle with drug traffickers

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The U.S. Must Curb Wasteful and Ineffective Spending at the Pentagon

The United States must curb wasteful and ineffective spending at the Pentagon. Doing so will save billions of valuable tax dollars as well as help to make America safer with the hard decisions our...

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CIP and Other Express Concern and Urge Congressional Leadership Regarding...

CIP joins 16 other organizations in calling on Congress to not authorize the President's CTPF or the FY2015 NDAA

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US Restricts Police Aid to Africa Over Effects of Anti-LGBT Law

The Obama Administration has suspended U.S. security assistance to Uganda in connection with its new “Anti-Homosexuality Act,” raising the possibility of similar U.S. restrictions for other African...

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US Support for Mexico’s Drug War Goes Beyond Guns and Money

In spite of widely acknowledged and rampant corruption in Mexico's security and law enforcement institutions, implicated in the September disappearance of more than 40 college students, the United...

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Greater Transparency Can Improve US Security Assistance Programs

Security assistance – the arming and training of foreign military and police forces – is a crucial tool of U.S. foreign policy. The goal of this type of assistance is to foster stability, bolster...

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Yemen Campaign Tests U.S. Military Aid Policy

As Yemen remains embroiled in conflict, the US policy to build partner capacity is being challenged. The United States cannot stop foreign countries from conducting their own foreign policy, even those...

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The Price of Peace: Why War is Bad for People, but Good for Business

A reduction of tensions in the Middle East could be bad news for Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest arms-producing corporation

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The Mexican Federal Police Don’t Have Public Standards on When to Shoot...

The Mexican Federal Police, Mexico's primary public security institution, does not have a public manual on the use-of-force, meaning no current standards define when a member of the police can use...

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Book Review: Arms and the Dudes

A gripping account of the U.S. government's unfortunate use of contractors during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars

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The Security Aid Blackout: How Cloudy US Security Assistance Information...

Without increased transparency, sound decision-making on security assistance is severely limited both in the United States and recipient countries. Pentagon efforts to reduce security threats and the...

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The US Shouldn’t Export Colombia’s Drug War ‘Success’

The U.S. is paying Colombia to train security forces in Central America, without tracking whether this is doing good or causing harm. It's time for authorities to start asking hard questions about what...

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Post-Coup Leader in Burkina Faso Helped Steer U.S. Military Exercises

The post-coup military leader of Burkina Faso steered Burkina Faso's participation in a major U.S. counterterrorism training exercise, according to the Defense Department's Africa Command website.

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Letter to the Editor: U.S. Military Assistance

“U.S. Financing Fails to Sustain Foreign Forces” (front page, Oct. 4), about the routine failures of American foreign arms and training programs to meet their objectives, underscores the need for a...

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U.S. Arms Transfers to the Middle East: Promoting Stability or Fueling Conflict?

This post was originally presented by William D. Hartung, Senior Adviser to the Security Assistance Monitor program, at the event, “Crisis in Yemen: Humanitarian and Security Consequences of Military...

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Merchants of Menace: How US Arms Sales are Fueling Middle East Wars

The majority of the Obama administration’s major arms sales have gone to the Middle East and Persian Gulf, with Saudi Arabia topping the list with over $49 billion in new agreements. This is...

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More Arms to Saudi Arabia: More Mideast Conflicts

According to a report released this week by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), arms deliveries to Saudi Arabia have increased by an astonishing 279% between 2011 and 2015,...

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Libya and the Perils of Regime Change

The 2011 intervention in Libya was praised at the time as the right way to take military action against a repressive regime. The anti-Qaddafi effort was a true coalition effort, with European allies...

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Military Aid Should Do No Harm

The failures of U.S. military assistance programs far outpace the successes

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