As of 11:20 AM EDT on April 14th, 2012, the first resolution on Syria, Resolution 2042, was adopted by the United Nations Security Council, after a year of protests and conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic.
Quick programming note: I will be speaking on a panel about international responses to the Arab Spring tomorrow at Wayne State University Law school in Detroit, Michigan. The National Security Network is hosting.
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have taken over control of the capital, detaining interim president Raimundo Pereira and outgoing prime minister and presidential hopeful Carlos Gomes Jr.
Will plans to massively build up --and then massively downsize-- the Afghan security forces contribute to more violence and turn Afghanistan into Central Asia’s bargain bazaar for small arms?
The former speaker of Parliament, Dioncounda Traore, was sworn in today as the new head of state in Mali. As much as this transition of power is a significant step towards restoring democratic rule, the security situation in the country has worsened, as the rebellion in the north is far from under control.