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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.

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.

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MENASource

Mar 3, 2017

The Trial of Mubarak: A Timeline

By Dalia Rabie

The Court of Cassation acquitted ousted President Hosni Mubarak of charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the January 25 revolution. Below is a timeline of his case.

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NATOSource

Mar 3, 2017

Russian Cyberhacks Could be an Act of Aggression, says NATO Chief

By Deborah Haynes, Times (London)

Fake news, cyberhacks and political coercion by Russia could be deemed acts of aggression by Nato, the top British officer in the alliance has indicated.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Mar 3, 2017

LISTEN: Aaron Stein on the SDF-Syrian Regime Agreement

By MENASource

On March 1, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian regime reached an agreement allowing Syrian regime forces to create a buffer zone between the Syrian regime and Syrian Democratic Forces around Manbij. The buffer zone serves as an attempt to prevent fighting between Turkish recruits and Kurdish forces. Listen to Rafik Hariri Center’s Senior Resident […]

Syria Turkey

SyriaSource

Mar 3, 2017

Why Are Regime Supporters so Afraid of Rumors About Assad’s Fate?

By Saleem al-Omar

Bashar al-Assad finally made a public appearance to women from the Alawite sect who had been kidnapped. It was notable that on this occasion Assad spoke for a long time, gesturing with both hands, and denied rumors that he suffered a stroke. On January 29, prominent journalist Faisal al-Qassem claimed on his personal website that […]

Syria
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NATOSource

Mar 3, 2017

NATO and the EU Need ‘Grand Strategy’ to Resist Putin, says General

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Nato cannot deter Russia alone and must formulate a “grand strategy” for security in Europe with the EU, the alliance’s highest-ranking operational European officer has warned.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Mar 3, 2017

The ‘European Values’ of the Libya Migration Deal

By Tom Rollins

Last month, European Union leaders met in Malta, in the words of European Council President Donald Tusk, to “agree [to] concrete operational measures to stem irregular migration from Libya to Europe.” The statement was an unusually frank expression of EU intentions in the Mediterranean: to regulate, limit, or halt mixed migration flows on the Central Mediterranean […]

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NATOSource

Mar 2, 2017

Sweden’s Reintroduction of the Military Draft Reflects Fears of Russian Aggression

By Richard Milne, Financial Times

The Swedes called it a “strategic timeout”. Following the end of the cold war and throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Sweden scaled back its military and defence spending dramatically as it believed in a more peaceful world.

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Trade in Action

Mar 2, 2017

TRADE in ACTION – March 2

By Global Business & Economics Program

This week in the newsletter: After his first full month in office, US President Donald Trump made his first address to a joint-session of Congress, USTR released its 2017 trade policy agenda, and Wilbur Ross got confirmed as Commerce Secretary on Monday.  On the European side, President of the European Commission Jean- Claude Juncker released A […]

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Mar 2, 2017

Trump’s ‘Disastrous’ Proposal to Cut Foreign Aid

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Republican official says defense spending should not come at the cost of foreign assistance US President Donald J. Trump’s proposal to ramp up defense spending at the cost of foreign aid is attracting flak from within his Republican Party and retired generals who believe such a move is not in the United States’ best interests. […]

SyriaSource

Mar 2, 2017

Hezbollah Embedded in Syria

By Mona Alami

In a recent interview with Al-Mayadeen television, Hezbollah’s number two Sheikh Naim Qasssem insisted that “Hezbollah would be the one deciding when to leave Syria, “which will take place when the party is guaranteed that ‘Syria as a resistance’ will remain.”

Syria
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