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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.
Latest from across our blogs
Tue, May 26, 2020
Ukrainian local elections: Will Zelenskyy win again?
Ukraine will hold local elections in October 2020. This will be the first big test for President Zelenskyy and his Servant of the People party since landslide victories in 2019’s presidential and parliamentary votes.
UkraineAlert by Mykola Vorobiov
Tue, May 26, 2020
EU looks for next step in coronavirus economic response
An agreement within the EU to not only jointly issue debt, but to disburse the proceeds of those debt issuances in the form of grants to financially weaker member states, would be an important moment in capital markets.
New Atlanticist by Bart Oosterveld
Tue, May 26, 2020
A Biden presidency is bad news for Netanyahu, but not necessarily for Israel’s national security
The possibility of a Biden presidency might have a significant impact on Israel.
IranSource by Shemuel Meir
Tue, May 26, 2020
The WTO needs a new DG: No time for business as usual
Will the WTO finally pick a woman? Which continent “gets” the slot? And does the institution need someone from a developing country? These questions merit attention, but first, it’s time to ask why this isn’t “business as usual.”
New Atlanticist by Marc L. Busch
Tue, May 26, 2020
Is it a game or is it real? Simulations and wargaming in cyber
Greater insight into risk and response allow public and private sector organizations to better prepare for crisis before it happens and rerun history to stave off defeat in future. Wargames can be complex live events or low-cost simulations. They can even be the basis for major reforms to policy and doctrine, giving us much to understand about them. Shall we play a game?
New Atlanticist by Simon Handler
Tue, May 26, 2020
Economies continue to reopen as WHO urges caution; vacation hopes, travel stocks rise
Economies from Hong Kong to the Middle East took steps to reopen following coronavirus restrictions, while Brazil continues to struggle with the outbreak. Hopes rose of a European vacation season, lifting travel stocks, but the World Health Organization urged caution or risk a second spike of infections.
Coronavirus Alert by Atlantic Council
Tue, May 26, 2020
Statement by former US Ambassadors to Ukraine
Former US ambassadors to Ukraine emphasize the importance of the US-Ukraine relationship.
UkraineAlert by Atlantic Council Eurasia Center
Sun, May 24, 2020
Ukraine’s showbiz president shuns mainstream media
Volodymyr Zelenskyy won the Ukrainian presidency with a campaign that positioned him as an everyman alternative to the country’s discredited political elite, but a lack of media engagement now risks undermining his democratic credentials.
UkraineAlert by Tetiana Gaiduk
Thu, May 21, 2020
How societies can fight pandemics and climate change at the same time
While many officials worry about their potential bandwidths to deal with two major problems at the same time, Dr. Aaron Bernstein explained that both crises “share the same causes and that means they share the same solutions.”
New Atlanticist by David A. Wemer
Thu, May 21, 2020
Russo-Ukrainian War: Zelenskyy unable to find path to peace with Putin
President Zelenskyy’s talk of a new approach to peace with Russia proved hugely attractive to the war-weary Ukrainian public in 2019. However, one year on, there is very little to show for this initial optimism.
UkraineAlert by Peter Dickinson