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
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
After the Khashoggi report: How the US can respond and avoid blowback
There is a wide array of options available to the United States as a response to the Khashoggi report. But some carry more potential for blowback than others. When assessing the range of options, the Biden administration should choose those that mitigate the negative impact on long-term US interests.
New Atlanticist by Kirsten Fontenrose
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
Why Ukraine sanctioned Putin’s ally Medvedchuk
Ukraine has introduced a number of measures during February 2021 to restrict the influence of Vladimir Putin’s closest Ukrainian ally, Viktor Medvedchuk.
UkraineAlert by Andriy Yermak
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
Experts React: US airstrike in Syria targets Iran-backed militias
On February 25, the US military carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted Iran-backed Shia militias. The move is the first military action under the Joe Biden Administration. The retaliatory strike comes after a rocket attack on February 15 near the Erbil Airport that killed a US military contractor and injured several, including a US service member. With nuclear negotiations on the horizon, what will this mean for the Biden administration’s ongoing effort to re-engage Iran?
MENASource by Atlantic Council
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
Senior State Department official says US is committed to supporting entrepreneurship in the Middle East
The Joe Biden Administration is committed to supporting entrepreneurship in the Middle East and deepening economic cooperation between the United States and the region
MENASource by Allison Holle
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
How to deploy economic tools against Putin’s aggression
Life doesn’t wait for any administration—and neither will Putin. Here’s how the US government can deploy sanctions and other tools of economic statecraft as part of a broader Russia policy.
New Atlanticist by Brian O’Toole, Daniel Fried
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
Why tactical bargaining won the EU-China Investment Deal
In the CAI, traditional political proclivities, institutional dynamics, and tactics superseded Europe’s strategic interest in transatlantic coordination and its consideration of communist China as a ‘systemic rival.’ The EU-China investment agreement was thus neither a strategic embrace of Beijing, nor a European rejection of Washington.
Blog Post by Dr. Elmar Hellendoorn
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
Russia’s collective punishment of the Crimean Tatars is a war crime
As Ukraine seeks international justice over the Russian seizure and occupation of Crimea, Kyiv should consider holding the Kremlin to account for the collective punishment of the Crimean Tatars.
UkraineAlert by Wayne Jordash and Anna Mykytenko
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
With Iran, nuclear diplomacy comes first
Iranian officials at all levels have shifted their talking points regarding the US. They have been clear that they are willing to reengage the US despite the bitter experience of the past four years. It is past time that the Biden foreign policy team implements what they have been preaching and reaches out to Iran in a constructive manner.
IranSource by Mehran Haghirian
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
Biden must freeze Putin’s pipeline and prevent this “bad deal for Europe”
By taking steps to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, US President Joe Biden has a real opportunity to build a new transatlantic security consensus while revitalizing the US-German relationship.
UkraineAlert by Benjamin Schmitt