Atlantic Council blogs

Atlantic Council blogs provide short-form analyses from Council experts and a wider community of global voices on the world’s most important news stories.
View all
of our blogsSubscribe to our
newsletters

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.

Latest from across our blogs

MENASource

May 25, 2014

The Islamist Stance on the Coming Elections

By Nader Bakkar

One year after the failure of their first democratic presidential experience, Egyptians are now witnessing a bitter second episode amid an atmosphere of frustration, trepidation and a loss of confidence.

Elections North Africa
Ukraine election in 2012

NATOSource

May 23, 2014

UK Minister: We Should Trust Ukrainians to Make the Right Choice

By David Lidington, Guardian

Trust in the ability of people to make decisions about their own future is a fundamental tenet of democracy. On Sunday, the citizens of Ukraine go to the polls to elect a new president in one of the most important elections of their history.

Politics & Diplomacy Russia

SouthAsiaSource

May 23, 2014

This Week in South Asia: May 17 – 23

By Aman Ghose and Fayyaz Yaseen

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. IndiaAfter a resounding win in the general elections, Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi declared, “India has won. The good days are coming.” For the first time in history, all South Asian heads of state […]

Afghanistan India
Victory Day parade in Moscow, May 9, 2014

NATOSource

May 23, 2014

Russia’s Military Modernization

By Economist

Any illusion that Russia could be a partner of NATO and the West has gone. This has brought the realisation that what kind of forces Mr Putin has and the uses he might put them to matter.

NATO Russia
Ukrainian soldiers participating in Rapid Trident 2012

NATOSource

May 23, 2014

US Military Exercise in Ukraine Postponed Due to Conflict with Separatists

By Jeff Schogol, Army Times

A U.S. Army exercise planned in Ukraine this summer has been postponed, a spokesman for U.S. European Command said.

Ukraine United States and Canada

Trade in Action

May 23, 2014

What We’re Reading: May 22

By Garrett Workman

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Trade in Action

May 23, 2014

TTIP Action: May 20

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

May 23, 2014

The Driving Force Behind Hamdeen Sabbahi’s Presidential Bid

By Khaled Dawoud

Days before the official campaigning period for new presidential elections in Egypt is scheduled to end, the main headline of the semi-official daily, Al-Ahram, quoted presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi, 60, as saying he would accept the job of prime minister in the event he lost the race against his powerful rival, former Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.

Elections North Africa

SouthAsiaSource

May 23, 2014

Enter a Pragmatist: Indian Foreign Policy Under Modi

By Rajan Menon

The Congress Party took a beating in India’s recent parliamentary election and has been now sidelined by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People’s Party, or BJP). The spotlight is on Narendra Modi, the BJP’s leader who will be the next prime minister. A former tea vendor, Modi’s humble origins place him in a […]

Elections India

MENASource

May 23, 2014

Why Monitor an Election with a Foregone Conclusion?

By Joel Gulhane

The results from the expatriate portion of Egypt’s presidential election are in and Former Minister of Defense Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi won with a landslide vote, defeating Nasserist opponent Hamdeen Sabbahi, with 94.5 percent of the vote.

Elections North Africa
Load More