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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.
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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.
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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.
SouthAsiaSource
SouthAsiaSource is the Atlantic Council’s premier publication for South Asian affairs, covering areas such as economics and trade, governance, education, climate and environmental issues, politics and diplomacy, migration, security, and other areas.
Latest from across our blogs
Thu, May 13, 2021
Putin’s key Ukraine ally charged with treason
Ukraine’s leading pro-Kremlin politician, Viktor Medvedchuk, has been charged with treason this week as the Zelenskyy administration escalates its efforts to counter Russian influence in the country.
UkraineAlert by Peter Dickinson
Thu, May 13, 2021
Exclusive poll: Europeans are warming to the US in the Biden era
There’s “hope and optimism” about the transatlantic policies that the United States and EU can create today, said Benjamin Haddad, but there are also “some concerns on some disagreements that have not disappeared with the [US presidential] election.”
New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla
Thu, May 13, 2021
Colonial Pipeline attack demonstrates that a more coherent cybersecurity strategy is necessary
With the announcement that the Colonial Pipeline will reopen soon, the short-term effect of the Colonial cyberattack on gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other refined petroleum product prices is likely to be mildly escalatory and short-lived, but it exposes the soft underbelly of the nation’s critical energy infrastructure and the need for a more robust cybersecurity strategy to protect it.
EnergySource by Cynthia Quarterman
Thu, May 13, 2021
Iran’s ‘reformists’ contemplate their post-election future
It would require a miracle to revive the fortune of the reformists or moderates based on the current attitude of many Iranians.
IranSource by Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni
Thu, May 13, 2021
The escalation between Israel and Hamas: What’s new—and what’s not
While the intensity of the fighting appears to have caught some veteran practitioners of Middle East conflict and diplomacy by surprise, a trail of discernable factors led to this fraught outcome.
MENASource by Shalom Lipner
Thu, May 13, 2021
Putin’s Ukraine War: EU warns Russia is “de facto integrating” occupied east
The European Union has warned that Russia is seeking to “de facto integrate” the Kremlin-controlled separatist republics of east Ukraine. The EU raised the alarm in a note to member states, Bloomberg reported on May 12.
UkraineAlert by Peter Dickinson
Thu, May 13, 2021
A new vision for Ukraine’s Prosecution Service
Since Ukraine regained independence in 1991, successive attempts to reform the country’s prosecution service have met with only limited success. Efforts are now underway to change this disappointing picture.
UkraineAlert by Iryna Venediktova
Wed, May 12, 2021
Time to sanction the Putin-Lukashenka “axis of autocrats”
Callings are growing for the international community to impose sanctions against the Putin-Lukashenka axis rather than just on the Belarusian regime.
UkraineAlert by Brian Whitmore
Wed, May 12, 2021
Event recap | Exploring the future of data, human rights, speech, and privacy
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center hosted a panel of experts to explore “Exploring the future of data, human rights, speech, and privacy.” The panel included Alex Feerst, General Counsel at Neuralink; Chris Hazard, PhD, Co-founder and CTO at Diveplane; and Nathana Sharma, General Counsel at Labelbox.
Event Recap by the GeoTech Center
Wed, May 12, 2021
Reading list: Central bank digital currencies
A comprehensive collection of the most relevant articles on central bank digital currencies.
Blog Post by Niels Graham