New Atlanticist
New Atlanticist is the Atlantic Council’s public policy blog. It seeks to provide expert analysis, accessible to a broad readership, on the most pressing issues facing the transatlantic community.
Inflection Points
A weekly column by Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe, Inflection Points focuses on the global challenges facing the United States and how to best address them.
UkraineAlert
UkraineAlert is a comprehensive online publication that provides regular news and analysis on developments in Ukraine’s politics, economy, civil society, and culture, with commentary drawn from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community.
MENASource
The MENASource blog follows the transitions in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Syria, as well as other political and economic changes throughout the region. MENASource provides a platform for diverse perspectives from the US, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa on major issues that are at stake in the post-Arab Spring era.
SyriaSource
SyriaSource, a project of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, amplifies Syrian voices, alongside Atlantic Council researchers and fellows, to showcase issues most pertinent to Syrians. The blog features news and analysis directly from Syrian sources as well as international experts.
IranSource
IranSource provides a holistic look at Iran’s internal dynamics, global and regional policies, and posture through unique analysis of current events and long-term, strategic issues related to Iran.
EnergySource
EnergySource provides analysis and insight on key energy issues, making sense of key energy trends and their implications for geopolitics, geoeconomics, policy, and markets.
AfricaSource
AfricaSource provides in-depth analysis and incisive commentary by the Africa Center’s experts on the people and events shaping the present and future of the world’s most dynamic regions.
Econographics
Econographics help visualize and contextualize the most important trends and developments in the global economy.
TURKEYSource
TURKEYSource provides analysis and insight on Turkey and related developments with coverage from Turkish, regional, and international experts. This blog offers timely news and commentary on key issues related to transatlantic relations, energy, business, migration, and key players.
Latest from across our blogs
Tue, Sep 22, 2020
How post-election protests are creating a new Belarus
After almost three decades in the post-Soviet doldrums, historic change is finally underway in Belarus. Lukashenka and Putin can still delay this process, but they can no longer derail it entirely.
UkraineAlert by Franak Viačorka
Tue, Sep 22, 2020
The Gordian knot of Kurdish unity talks in Syria
On September 20, US Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey visited northeast Syria for a meeting with delegations of the Kurdish National Council (KNC), the Democratic Union Party (PYD), and allied Kurdish parties who have been engaging in so-called unity talks since November 2019.
MENASource by Rena Netjes and Lars Hauch
Tue, Sep 22, 2020
Desecration of genocide monument marks a new low in Ukraine’s memory wars
The recent desecration of an iconic Kyiv statue honoring the millions of Ukrainians killed in the 1930s Soviet genocide marks a new low in the memory wars over the country’s troubled and traumatic past.
UkraineAlert by John Vsetecka
Tue, Sep 22, 2020
Navalny is Merkel’s ‘red line’ crisis
How Merkel responds to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny and critiques of support for Nord Stream II will likely have cascading effects on international politics. Germany’s decisions, even on seemingly discrete events, can alter the global balance of power.
New Atlanticist by Jeremy Stern
Tue, Sep 22, 2020
Reliable no more? The current state of the Syrian armed forces
The current conflict has truly impacted the configuration of the Bashar al-Assad regime as well as the structure and orientation of its military institution, putting the latter’s loyalty in question.
MENASource by Abdulrahman al-Masri
Tue, Sep 22, 2020
Five big questions as America votes: Disinformation
Whether the mis- or disinformation is foreign or domestic in origin, an information environment rife with confusing, polarizing, and often false narratives can only serve to further divide an already tense nation.
Elections 2020 by DFRLab
Mon, Sep 21, 2020
The Middle East is a growing marketplace, not just a war zone
The region is vast and complex, and outsiders who do not fully understand its nations or peoples overlook the nuances of the nearly twenty countries that make up the Middle East.
MENASource by Amjad Ahmad
Fri, Sep 18, 2020
Sanctions against Belarus must also target Russia
The US and EU are preparing to impose sanctions on Belarus over the Lukashenka regime’s violent crackdown on protests. To be effective, sanctions should also target Lukashenka’s Russian allies.
UkraineAlert by Anders Åslund
Fri, Sep 18, 2020
Johnson faces a COVID lockdown and trade lockout
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has found himself in an extraordinary crisis, as a second wave of COVID-19 lockdowns is interacting with what would normally be considered a totally separate matter, the future of trade deals with the European Union and the United States and Britain’s reputation as a nation committed to upholding international law.
New Atlanticist by John M. Roberts
Fri, Sep 18, 2020
UAE-Israel accord will drive economic growth in the Middle East, says Emirati Minister of Economy
On September 16 empowerME Director Amjad Ahmad and Al Mari discussed how the historic signing of the Abraham Accords will facilitate the UAE and Israel to open their economies.
MENASource by Lucy Grathwohl