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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

Jan 12, 2015

Top News: Court Acquits Twenty-Six Men in ‘Gay Bathhouse’ Case, Prosecution to Appeal

By EgyptSource

Twenty-six Egyptian men were found innocent of debauchery after being arrested for allegedly holding gay orgies in a Cairo bath house as Egypt’s forensic authority was unable to determine whether or not the defendants were involved in “homosexual acts.”

Swedish corvette HMS Visby

NATOSource

Jan 12, 2015

Sweden Admits Second Secret Submarine Hunt

By Local (Sweden)

Sweden launched a second, hitherto unreported, submarine hunt just two weeks after a suspected sighting in October made world news, Dagens Nyheter has revealed.

Northern Europe

MENASource

Jan 12, 2015

Stalled Reform in Egyptian Journalist Syndicate: A Sign of Larger Media Malaise

By Miriam Berger

When the 2011 revolution broke out, the Egyptian Journalist Syndicate (EJS) stayed silent and kept its doors shut. The only constitutionally-allowed professional body for journalists did not condemn attacks on media or intervene to help those reporting in the street. In the euphoric and chaotic months that followed, many journalists rallied behind long-standing calls for […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Jan 12, 2015

Congress Should Reverse Strictures on US Defense Spending, Stackley Says

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US Navy’s ‘Acquisitions Executive’ Describes Rising Challenges The Congress must roll back limits on US defense spending, particularly in light of the heavy investments countries such as China and Russia are making in their navies, according to Sean J. Stackley, the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition.

New Atlanticist

Jan 11, 2015

For France, ‘Solidarité’ Against Terror

By Nicholas Dungan

French Response to Islamist Violence Reflects Political Values and a Sense of National Mission France’s people and leaders have shown a unity and dignity following last week’s terrorist attacks that honor the country’s political culture of tolerance and reaffirm its success in confronting terrorism. France thus constitutes a valuable role model for other democracies and […]

France
Leaders of Italy, Ukraine, USA, UK, Germany, and Italy at the NATO Summit in Wales, Sept. 9, 2014

NATOSource

Jan 9, 2015

The Crisis in the West is Deeper than the Dismemberment of Ukraine

By Eliot Cohen, American Interest

It does not matter whether Khrushchev was wise in giving the Crimea to Ukraine in 1954, or how it came to be that eastern Ukraine is largely populated by native Russian speakers.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

Trade in Action

Jan 9, 2015

January 8 – EU Makes Significant Transparency Push

By Global Business & Economics Program

  EU Makes Significant Transparency Push Yesterday’s decision by the European Commission to release dozens of new documents outlining their negotiating positions represents a bold step forward for the transparency that campaigners both for and against TTIP have been clamoring for. It also marks an admission on behalf of the Commission that without greater public […]

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Trade in Action

Jan 9, 2015

December 11 – 2015: A Make or Break Year?

2015 promises to be a pivotal year for the TTIP negotiations, and global trade generally. After a (hopefully) restful holiday season, a new Congress is coming to a snow-covered Washington today — and the European Union is returning to work in Brussels to outline its goals for 2015. Trade is high on both agenda, as […]

Trade in Action

Jan 9, 2015

December 11 – 2015: A Make or Break Year?

By Global Business & Economics Program

2015 promises to be a pivotal year for the TTIP negotiations, and global trade generally. After a (hopefully) restful holiday season, a new Congress is coming to a snow-covered Washington today — and the European Union is returning to work in Brussels to outline its goals for 2015. Trade is high on both agenda, as […]

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
Members of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, April 24, 2013

NATOSource

Jan 9, 2015

Report: US Seeks Permanent Deal to Base Additional Troops in Spain

By Hope Hodge Seck, Military Times

The Defense Department is seeking an agreement that would allow Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa to be permanently stationed in Morón, Spain, according to a report from the Spanish newspaper El Pais.

Southern & Southeastern Europe United States and Canada
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