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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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AfricaSource

Mar 23, 2015

Russia’s Return to Africa: An Update

By J. Peter Pham

One year after the disputed referendum to join Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula to Russia, the Kremlin is increasingly finding in Africa a welcome break from what has otherwise been its continued international diplomatic and economic isolation as a result of its aggression against its Eastern European neighbor.

East Africa Russia

MENASource

Mar 23, 2015

EconSource: Export diversification a must for GCC

By EconSource

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while the share of non-hydrocarbon output in GDP has increased steadily in many Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the export diversification of these countries has been limited. The GCC countries have implemented policies to support economic diversification, including reforms to strengthen the business environment, develop infrastructure, and increase […]

Danish warship Absalon, April 29, 2013

NATOSource

Mar 22, 2015

Russia Threatens to Aim Nuclear Missiles at Denmark’s Ships If It Joins NATO Shield

By Reuters, Telegraph, and Copenhagen Post

From Reuters:  Russia threatened to aim nuclear missiles at Danish warships if Denmark joins NATO’s missile defense system,

Missile Defense NATO

New Atlanticist

Mar 20, 2015

US-India Relations: ‘Strategic Plus’

US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma, addressed a conference hosted by the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center in New Delhi on March 16. The Vivekananda International Foundation, Confederation of Indian Industry, and US Embassy in New Delhi co-hosted the event.

India
Konstantin Kosachev, Federica Mogherini, Jens Stoltenberg, and Victoria Nuland, March 20, 2015

NATOSource

Mar 20, 2015

Russian Official Asks Secretary General if NATO Would Bomb Country that Initiated Cyber Attack

By John Thor Dahlburg, AP

When the discussion turned to the growing threat of cyber-attacks being used to undermine a country’s economy or security,

Cybersecurity NATO

SouthAsiaSource

Mar 20, 2015

India and the Emerging World Order

By South Asia Center

Since the Second World War, the United States spurred global economic growth and made substantial investments in Europe and Asia. As European nations face a crisis in Ukraine, China seeks to be the preeminent power in the Western Pacific and consolidate Asia into an exclusive bloc that is deferential to Chinese national and security interests. […]

India
Russian fighter jets, May 24, 2008

NATOSource

Mar 20, 2015

NATO Intercepts Eight Russian Fighter Jets Over Baltic Sea

By Andrius Sytas, Reuters

A NATO patrol intercepted Russian fighter jets over the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian authorities said on Wednesday,

NATO Northern Europe

MENASource

Mar 20, 2015

Top News: Tunisian Gunmen Trained in Libya; ISIS Claims Responsibility

By MENASource

A Tunisian security official said that the two extremist gunmen who killed twenty-one people at a museum in Tunis trained in neighboring Libya before carrying out the deadly attack.

MENASource

Mar 20, 2015

Top News: Military Court Sentences University Students from Two to Ten Years in Prison

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian military court sentenced fifteen Mansoura University students to up to ten years in prison on Thursday, according to the campaign group No to Military Trials for Civilians. The students must also pay a fine of 50,000 Egyptian pounds.

MENASource

Mar 20, 2015

Making Sense of Bardo: Tunisia and Its Connection to Regional Instability

By Karim Mezran and Lara Talverdian

Wednesday’s armed assault on the Bardo Museum in Tunis ended in the tragic loss of life of at least twenty foreign tourists and two Tunisian museum employees. These were not senseless killings but rather a calculated move on the part of the militants who undertook the mission.

North Africa
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