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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Latest from across our blogs
Tue, Oct 22, 2019
Brexit hits another snag as Parliament blocks Johnson’s fast track
It is hard to escape the conclusion that the bill was not only being rushed because Boris Johnson wanted to deliver on his promise that Britain will quit the European Union on October 31 but in very large part because the Government did not want the bill to undergo any detailed examination.
New Atlanticist by John M. Roberts
Tue, Oct 22, 2019
With nuclear stakes, the world cannot afford Russian obfuscation
Purposeful misinformation and obfuscation of the truth puts the world at risk of dangerous miscalculation from policy makers, and the Russian government’s response to its most recent nuclear accident does not inspire confidence.
New Atlanticist by Doug Klain
Tue, Oct 22, 2019
The US-Japan trade deal could undermine the WTO
If the United States were to complete additional tariff-cutting deals with such limited scope and other countries were to follow this model in their bilateral trade negotiations, the WTO might confront a gradual erosion of one its central tenets—most favored nation, or “MFN,” treatment.
New Atlanticist by Mark Linscott
Tue, Oct 22, 2019
The emerging EU regulatory landscape for digital platform liability
As concern skyrockets over political disinformation, hate speech, and terrorist incitement on the Internet, legislators across Europe are scrambling for regulatory answers.
New Atlanticist by Kenneth Propp
Tue, Oct 22, 2019
The real cost of Russian gas
As a result of the Nord Stream 2 project, Europeans will get more climate-friendly gas and Russians will choke on coal dust.
UkraineAlert by Evgeniia Chirikova
Tue, Oct 22, 2019
Is Europe giving up on Ukraine?
Some European leaders seem to want a new approach with Ukraine.
UkraineAlert by Mark Temnycky
Tue, Oct 22, 2019
The rebirth of internationalism?
As the United States enters another presidential election season, its political class should make the case to the American people that internationalism is not an exercise in utopianism or charity; rather, it is the best and cheapest way to keep the United States safe and, indeed, put America first.
New Atlanticist by Paul D. Miller
Mon, Oct 21, 2019
Invisible in an invisible war
The six women in fatigues sitting around a well-appointed brunch table in suburban Washington give an impression of sincerity and sacrifice. Members of the Ukraine Women’s Veterans Movement, they were in Washington, DC, from October 7-12, to promote their new report, Invisible Battalion 2.0, a national survey of the status of Ukraine’s women veterans. They […]
UkraineAlert by Lauren Van Metre and Steven Steiner
Mon, Oct 21, 2019
Kyiv not Kiev: Why spelling matters in Ukraine’s quest for an independent identity
A number of global heavyweights have recently adopted the Ukrainian-language derived “Kyiv” as their official spelling for the country’s capital city, replacing the Russian-rooted “Kiev.”
UkraineAlert by Peter Dickinson
Mon, Oct 21, 2019
Poland, America, and a new West
To keep the “good times” in Poland, and the good times in US-Polish relations which helped lead the good times generally, Americans and Poles alike need to make efforts and show wisdom.
New Atlanticist by Daniel Fried