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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

Sep 10, 2014

A Real Anti-ISIS Coalition Would Not Be Regional, But Local

By Faysal Itani

The United States government has repeatedly called for a regional coalition to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). In reality, such a coalition would be difficult to assemble and is unlikely to destroy the group. This is especially true in Syria, where ISIS can retreat and regroup at will, and where there […]

Syria
Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber

NATOSource

Sep 10, 2014

Russian Bombers Practice Cruise Missile Strikes on US During NATO Summit

By Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon

Two Russian strategic bombers conducted practice cruise missile attacks on the United States during a training mission last week that defense officials say appeared timed to the NATO summit in Wales.

NATO Russia

UkraineAlert

Sep 10, 2014

The Turning Point

By Timothy Ash

Inaction by US and NATO to Russia’s August Incursion Showed Putin He Could Invade Ukraine History books to be written about the Ukraine crisis and the Battle for Donbas will likely record as a military turning point the battle on September 5 for the town of Ilovaisk. A massive, pinpoint-accurate artillery barrage, using high-tech reconnaissance […]

Russia Ukraine

MENASource

Sep 10, 2014

Egypt’s Options in Dealing with the Libyan Crisis (Part II)

By Nader Bakkar

As was discussed in the first part of this article, Cairo has several choices to consider when determining how to deal with the Libyan crisis, which continues to deteriorate on Egypt’s western border.  Among the options available to Cairo are: direct military intervention, either unilaterally or jointly with other parties; indirect military intervention, either unilaterally […]

North Africa
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sept. 6, 2014

NATOSource

Sep 10, 2014

Putin Says Russia Will Keep Building Military Power

By David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times

Russia will continue to build up its military might with large-scale weapons purchases in order to meet any threat, particularly from the United States and NATO, President Vladimir V. Putin said on Wednesday.

Missile Defense NATO
President Barack Obama, July 28, 2014

NATOSource

Sep 10, 2014

Outlook Dim for Major NATO Reform

By Philip Ewing, POLITICO

Obama administration officials acknowledge that Europe isn’t going to boost its defense spending overnight, but they argue the Ukraine crisis has destroyed any illusion that the Continent can go on ignoring the Russian threat.

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Sep 10, 2014

Top News: Blast Decimates Ahrar al-Sham Leadership; New Chief Named

By MENASource

An explosion tore through a secret meeting of Ahrar al-Sham, killing nearly fifty of its top leaders, including its head. The blast on Tuesday hit a basement in Idlib Province where the leaders of the group, one of Syria’s strongest and most enduring rebel groups, had collected to plot strategy. It remained unclear who had […]

MENASource

Sep 10, 2014

Top News: US Top Diplomat Arrives in Cairo for Talks

By EgyptSource

State Department Counselor Thomas Shannon arrived in Cairo on Wednesday morning, ahead of talks hosted by Saudi Arabia to discuss means of combating extremist groups within the region.

MENASource

Sep 10, 2014

EconSource: Gulf Urged to Fund ‘Arab Marshall Plan’ to Contain Unrest

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Sep 10, 2014

PM Haider al-Abadi: A New Era in Iraq?

By Daniel R. DePetris

The announcement of a new government in Iraq represents perhaps the best news out of the country since former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki relinquished power peacefully. Political players set aside a highly partisan dynamic, in part to address the existential terrorist threat facing Iraq.

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