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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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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Barack Obama, Dec. 7, 2009

NATOSource

Oct 8, 2014

US Official Accuses Turkey of ‘Inventing Reason Not to Act’ Against Daesh

By Mark Landler, Anne Barnard, and Eric Schmitt, New York Times

While Turkish troops watched the fighting in Kobani through a chicken-wire fence, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that the town was about to fall and Kurdish fighters warned of an impending blood bath if they were not reinforced

Iraq Syria

MENASource

Oct 8, 2014

Top News: Houthis Reject Appointment of New Prime Minister

By MENASource

President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi attempted to appoint his chief of staff and former Secretary General of the National Dialogue Conference Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak to the position of prime minister. However, Houthis summarily rejected the move, claiming that the US embassy in Sana’a played a role in the appointment that Mubarak was not a neutral appointment.

MENASource

Oct 8, 2014

EconSource: Urgent Call for Youth Employment in Morocco

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transitions. 

MENASource

Oct 8, 2014

Egypt’s Boycott of the Turks

Egyptian authorities have never really cared for their Turkish counterparts, particularly given the close relationship between them and the Muslim Brotherhood under ousted-president Mohamed Morsi. Tensions spiked after the military takeover of Egypt’s political arena on July 3, 2013.

North Africa
Soldiers in Hungary's 25/88th Light Mixed Battalion, April 13, 2012

NATOSource

Oct 7, 2014

Hungary Hosts NATO Exercise in ‘Show of Strength’

By AFP

Hungarian and US soldiers took part in a joint military exercise Thursday, simulating “everyday” battle situations in Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

Hungary NATO

Trade in Action

Oct 7, 2014

Negotiators Insist Good Progress Made During the 7th Round

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP Round 7 Chief Negotiators’ Press Conference Opening Remarks“We are committed to an agreement that not only advances our economic interest, but also reflects our values and has the support of our public, and this requires that we be open and attentive to the views of that public.”Last Friday, the US and EU’s chief negotiators […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Talk of an Egyptian Boycott of Turkish Goods Won’t Do Anyone Any Good

By Dominic Dudley

Over the past few weeks Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken almost every possible opportunity to publically criticize the July 2013 coup that brought President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to power in Egypt in place of Ankara’s hapless ally, Mohamed Morsi.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Top News: Two Policemen Detained after Bomb Explodes at Cairo Court

By EgyptSource

  Prosecutors have ordered the detention of two policemen for negligence after a bomb exploded inside a Cairo court.

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Top News: US Strikes Outskirts of Ayn al-Arab as Turkey Warns of City’s Imminent Defeat

By MENASource

Fresh airstrikes by the US-led coalition on Tuesday hit positions held by ISIS jihadists in the southwest of the key Syrian border town of Ayn al-Arab (Kobani in Kurdish) a day after the extremists seized three districts in the city’s east.

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

EconSource: IMF Cuts Arab Growth Forecast, But Sees Gulf Still Strong

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

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