"UNASUR is doing some excellent work in integrating efforts in the region around things like energy and security.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

The rising power of a militant group called al-Shabab in neighboring Somalia has also added a new security challenge in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

"The presence of outside forces in our region is there under the pretext of establishing security.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

"We have the same goals in this region concerning security and stability, " Rice said.

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These could offer the region greater security.

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We engage with the Indian armed forces across all the services, and we contribute to issues such as piracy in the Gulf of Aden and elsewhere in the Indian Ocean region, and broader maritime security throughout the region.

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