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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

Nov 17, 2014

EconSource: Yemen’s Inflation Hits One-Year High

By EconSource

According to released official data, Yemen’s annual inflation rate reached its one-year high of 10 percent in August, while central bank reserves fell further in September. The frequent bombings of oil pipelines have hurt oil revenues and the central bank’s gross foreign asset reserves fell to $5.1 billion in September. Crude oil exports, accounting together […]

MENASource

Nov 17, 2014

Moving from Words to Action in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

In his Brisbane, Australia press conference at the end of the G20 summit, President Barack Obama sought, through a simple rhetorical expedient, to put an end to rumors that the United States would collaborate with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as […]

Syria

New Atlanticist

Nov 14, 2014

US-China Climate Deal: Less Than Meets the Eye

By Robert A. Manning

Mutual Vow Won’t Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions, But May Help Advance More Serious Accords The US-China climate change deal unveiled by President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping this week in Beijing has been heralded as a historic breakthrough in the effort to reduce climate change. But is it?

China Climate Change & Climate Action

New Atlanticist

Nov 14, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | November 14

By Irena Chalupa

Now That Russia Has Invaded Ukraine Again, Let’s Stop Pretending a Ceasefire Ever Existed via New Republic As Putin’s Threatens Eastern Europe, Ukraine’s Defense Is What Will Contain Him via Politico Sentenced to Death by a Crowd: Justice Under a Russian-Proxy Warlord of Eastern Ukraine (Video) via Vice News Putin’s Revised History: Cooperation with Hitler Wasn’t So Bad via New York Review of […]

Ukraine

Trade in Action

Nov 14, 2014

November 13 TTIP: Big Opportunities for Small Business

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP: Big Opportunities for Small BusinessSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in both the United States and European Union stand to gain significantly from the implementation of an ambitious Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership. Using data from a targeted survey and interviews conducted with SME executives on both sides of the Atlantic, the report “TTIP: Big […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
Sonar image allegedly shows sub-sea tracks left by a mini-submarine

NATOSource

Nov 14, 2014

Sweden Confirms Foreign Submarine Entered its Territorial Waters

By Swedish Armed Forces

The Swedish Armed Forces now confirms that a submarine has violated Swedish territorial integrity.

Northern Europe

MENASource

Nov 14, 2014

Top News: ISIS and Nusra Reach Accord in Syria

By MENASource

Militant leaders from ISIS and the Nusra Front gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, according to a high-level Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander. ISIS and Nusra, which is al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, have […]

MENASource

Nov 14, 2014

Yes, Libya Can Still Be Saved

By Mustafa A.G. Abushagur and Karim Mezran

The Constitutional Chamber of the Libyan Supreme Court ruled on November 6 the invalidity of the seventh amendment of the Constitutional Declaration, containing what is known as the February Commission’s proposals, which was approved by General National Congress on March 11, 2014.

Libya
Pro-Russian armor in Donetsk, Oct. 25, 2014

NATOSource

Nov 14, 2014

Russian Tanks in Ukraine, but US Won’t Say ‘Invasion’

By Kirit Radia, ABC News

Thousands of Russian troops have crossed into eastern Ukraine in recent days, along with columns of tanks, artillery and air-defense systems, according to NATO’s top commander.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Nov 14, 2014

Top News: Ministry of Social Solidarity Launches Funding Hashtag; Says Only Seventeen NGOs Registered before Deadline

By EgyptSource

On Thursday, the ministry of social solidarity launched a hashtag on social media sites. The hashtag is titled, “To protect our society, it’s our right to know civil society organizations’ sources of funding.”

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