International News Coverage
ASP Reports
Africa- Promoting Investment and Extending America’s Security
American Security Project
The American Security Project hosted a high-level conference to discuss the mutually beneficial impacts of U.S. private investment on the African continent, opportunities for practical investment, and how to effectively manage the accompanying risk.
Environmental Security
Pentagon: Climate change a national security threat
Laura Barron-Lopez | The Hill
The Pentagon is integrating climate change threats into all of its “plans, operations, and training” across the entire Defense Department, signaling a comprehensive attempt to tackle the impacts of global warming.
Military Must Be Ready for Climate Change, Hagel Says
Jim Garamone | DoD News
Climate change is a threat multiplier, and the Defense Department is taking steps to incorporate this issue into all planning, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Peru.
Hagel: Climate Change will challenge US military
Lolita C. Baldoc | Associated Press
Rising sea levels and other effects of climate change will pose major challenges for America’s military, including more and worse natural disasters and the threat that food and water shortages could fuel disputes and instability around the world, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday.
DoD Releases 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
U.S. Department of Defense
The Department of Defense (DoD) released its 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, which focuses on various actions and planning the DoD is taking to increase its resilience to the impacts of climate change.
Oceans experiencing largest sea rise in 6,000 years, study says
Terrence McCoy | The Washington Post
There are two main forces that can drive sea levels higher. One is something called thermal expansion, which involves the expansion of ocean water as it warms. The other is an influx of additional water, ushered into the sea by melting ice sheets and glaciers. Scientists have long concluded that sea levels are rising.
Middle East, Terrorism, Counter Terrorism, ISIS
Iran’s president says nuclear deal with West ‘certain’
Adrees Latif | Reuters
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday a nuclear deal with the West was bound to happen and he believed it could be achieved by a November 24 deadline.
Car bomb in Somalia’s capital kills 11
Abdi Guled | Associated Press
A car bomb exploded outside a popular cafe in Somalia’s capital on Sunday, killing 11 people and wounding eight others, a senior police official said.
Tunisia becomes breeding ground for Islamic State fighters
Eileen Byrne | The Guardian
Though Tunisia is in many senses the most advanced and secular of Arab states – and the only country to have come through the revolutions of 2011 relatively unscathed – that is only half the story. According to some estimates, there are more Tunisians among foreign jihadis fighting in Syria and Iraq than from any other single country.
180,000 People Flee Western Iraq as ISIS Inches Ever Closer to Baghdad
David Stout | TIME
The Sunni jihadist group has largely consolidated control over western Iraq as terrified civilians flee its advance. Iraqi security forces evacuated another military base in restive Anbar province on Monday in the face of an offensive by the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).
Istanbul Rattled by Signs of Islamic State Support
Raphael Satter and Isil Sariyuce | Associated Press
Istanbul University student Aysegul Korkut is outraged by the images coming out of Syria. But these days the Islamic State group’s horrors seem closer to home: She recently faced off against masked supporters of the brutal militants on her own campus.
Ebola
WHO: 10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen
Maria Cheng | Associated Press
West Africa could face up to 10,000 new Ebola cases a week within two months, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, adding that the death rate in the current outbreak has risen to 70 percent.
WHO: Ebola spreading in W. Africa, threatens Ivory Coast; some areas see fewer cases
Joel Achenbach | The Washington Post
The World Health Organization issued a mixed report Tuesday on progress in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, noting that the number of new cases is dropping in some areas that had been hit hard by the virus earlier this year. But the disease is spreading across a broader geographical region, including along the Ivory Coast border, and continues to be rampant in some capital cities.
C.D.C. Will Offer More Ebola Training to Health Care Workers
Pam Belluck | The New York Times
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday that the agency would take new steps to help hospital workers protect themselves, providing more training and urging hospitals to run drills to practice dealing with potential Ebola patients.
U.S. News
Why Drop In Oil Prices Has Downside For US Economy
Jonathan Fahey | Associated Press
Low fuel prices can help boost economic growth by reducing fuel bills and leaving consumers and companies with more money to spend on other things. Problem is, two factors behind the oil-price drop – a weaker global economy and a stronger dollar – could hurt the U.S. economy by reducing exports, employment and spending.
Police Arrest Dozens in Ferguson, Mo., Protests
Scott Neuman | NPR
Amid rain showers and a tornado watch, police in Ferguson, Mo., made dozens of arrests Monday afternoon and into the evening of people who had gathered to protest the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, the black 18-year-old who was killed by a white police officer in August.
On Our Flashpoint Blog
ASP Board Member Whitman pushes for wider nuclear power use
Caroline Julia von Wurden
Former EPA director and ASP board member Christine Whitman is pushing for wider use of nuclear power in the US.
Holland on low oil production costs in Saudi Arabia
Caroline Julia von Wurden
ASP’s Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate Andrew Holland was quoted in an article, Declining oil prices benefit Saudi Arabia most: Experts: “Saudi Arabia has signaled to traders and buyers that they are going to defend their market share. The Saudis are the ones that will determine where the global prices end up. They have the biggest reserves and the most to gain or lose.”
Hagel Announces Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
AJ Degarmo
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel attended the 11th Conference of the Defense Ministers of the Americas during a six-day, three-country trip to Latin America that began on October 9, 2014. This conference was held in Peru, the Western Hemisphere’s “premiere venue” for senior military leaders to discuss regional defense issues.
Africa- Promoting Investment and Extending America’s Security
American Security Project
The American Security Project hosted a high-level conference to discuss the mutually beneficial impacts of U.S. private investment on the African continent, opportunities for practical investment, and how to effectively manage the accompanying risk.
Secretary Kerry’s Keynote Speech at Climate Week NYC 2014
Hidetoshi Azuma
During the Climate Week NYC opening Day, US Secretary of State, John Kerry delivered the Keynote address to discuss how climate change can affect non-environmental issues, such as national security.
Climate Change is a National Security Issue
Hidetoshi Azuma
ASP CEO Brigadier General Stephen Cheney, USMC (Ret) appeared in the panel, “Climate conversation: National security and climate change” at the Climate Week NYC on September 22, 2014. The panel discussed how militaries around the world are preparing for the threats posed by climate change. Senior policymakers and retired military discussed the threat and why action is needed now.
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