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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

Apr 1, 2015

Foreign Aid is Good, But Not Enough for Syria

By Raquel Vazquez Llorente

Almost eighty countries and more than forty international organizations gathered in Kuwait to pledge aid money for the crisis in Syria. The United Nations estimates the humanitarian needs in $8.4 billion, raising about half that amount at the conference.

Syria

MENASource

Apr 1, 2015

Egypt Governments Stalls Effort to Dub Hamas “Terrorists”

By Khaled Dawoud

With Egypt spearheading the creation of a unified pan-Arab military force and lending air and naval support to efforts by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, it appears that the current government is making strides to restore Egypt’s image as a regional leader. The country’s role in the Middle East Peace Process has, however, been impacted […]

Middle East North Africa

MENASource

Apr 1, 2015

EconSource: OPEC Oil Output Hits Highest Since October on Iraq, Saudi Rebound

By EconSource

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reported that oil supply last month jumped to its highest since October as Iraq’s exports rebounded and Saudi Arabia pumped at close to record rates. The increase adds to excess supply in the market, despite some signs that the halving of crude prices since June 2014 has encouraged […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 1, 2015

Deal or no deal: What next if Iran talks fail?

By Matthew Kroenig

The failure of the P5+1 and Iran to strike a “framework” accord by their own March 31 deadline is troubling. If the two sides can’t even agree to agree on some vague bullet points after sixteen months of negotiations, it is hard to imagine that they will be able to work out a comprehensive accord, […]

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation
German CH-53, Feb. 25, 2015

NATOSource

Mar 31, 2015

German Military No Longer Standing at Ease as Security Fears Grow

By Stefan Wagstyl, Financial Times

[T]he Russian threat to European stability has galvanised backing for a more active military. A recent YouGov poll showed 49 per cent support for increased defence spending, versus 36 per cent against.

Germany NATO

New Atlanticist

Mar 31, 2015

In Nigeria, Jonathan’s Luck Runs Out

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Opposition leader Buhari’s strategy of building coalitions pays off, says Atlantic Council’s Pham Opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari’s strategy of assembling a broad coalition and restricting President Goodluck Jonathan to his traditional power base helped the former military ruler to a decisive victory in Nigeria’s March 28 presidential elections, according to Atlantic Council analyst J. Peter […]

Economy & Business Nigeria

MENASource

Mar 31, 2015

Top News: Egyptian Warships Shell Houthis outside Yemeni City of Aden

By EgyptSource

Egyptian warships shelled a column of Houthi fighters and troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh as they tried to advance on the southern port city of Aden on Monday, according to reports.

UkraineAlert

Mar 31, 2015

In Ukraine, the Real Fight is for Europe

By Stephen Blank

Putin’s War is Not Over Donbas, but a New Russian Empire According to Vladimir Putin, Crimea and Ukraine are where the spiritual sources of Russia’s nationhood lie. And he “always saw the Russians and Ukrainians as a single people. I still think this way now.” People observing the crisis triggered by Putin’s aggression against Ukraine […]

Russia Ukraine

MENASource

Mar 31, 2015

Top News: Saudi-led Coalition Preventing Aid from Being Delivered to Yemen

By MENASource

Members of the Saudi-led coalition conducting airstrikes in Yemen are preventing a International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plane from delivering medical supplies in Sana’a, a Red Cross spokeswoman said Tuesday.

MENASource

Mar 31, 2015

EconSource: EU, US, and Kuwait Pledge More Than $2 Billion in Humanitarian Aid for Syrians

By EconSource

The European Union, the United States, and Kuwait have pledged more than $2 billion of the $8.4 billion the UN hopes to raise to help tackle the dire humanitarian situation caused by the war in Syria. Their pledges ($1.2 billion, $507 million and $500 million, respectively) were made at the opening of the third international […]

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