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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

Apr 28, 2014

Proven Guilty: Egypt’s Judiciary and the Undermining of Democracy

By Ryan J. Suto

Through the recent spate of death sentence rulings and an apparent unwillingness to challenge the interim government, Egypt’s judiciary has positioned itself as a close ally to the regime, undermining any illusion of impartiality. But how did Egypt’s judiciary get to such a perilous state, and what does this mean for Egypt’s prospects for democracy?

North Africa

MENASource

Apr 28, 2014

Top News: Egypt Court Sentences 683 Morsi Supporters, Brotherhood Supreme Guide to Death

By MENASource

A court in Minya sentenced 683 supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi to death on Monday. The Islamist group’s Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie was among the defendants found guilty of attacking Adawa police station and killing a police officer, Mamdouh Kotb Mohamed Kotb following the dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins at Raba’a and Nahda squares.

MENASource

Apr 28, 2014

Top News: Egypt Courts Ban April 6; Sentence 683 Morsi Supporters to Death

By EgyptSource

The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters banned the activities of the April 6 Youth Movement on Monday. Lawyer Ashraf Saeed, who filed the lawsuit against the group, accused it of espionage and defaming the Egyptian state. In an official document released after the ruling, the court did not comment on the specific accusations made against […]

MENASource

Apr 28, 2014

EconSource: IMF disburses $225 million for Tunisia

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Apr 28, 2014

The Tunisian Diaspora is the Key to FDI

By Mohamed Malouche

In the wake of Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa’s world tour to court international assistance, the focus on Tunisia’s economy has taken center stage a means to further the country’s momentum—but not all options are being explored.

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Apr 27, 2014

Europe’s Dependence on Russian Energy: Deeper Than You Think

By Kathryn Sparks

Ukraine Crisis Shows Eastern Europe at Risk Not Only for Gas, But Also Nuclear Power As European nations decide how staunchly to oppose Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, they have been pondering uneasily the prospect that Moscow could cut off the Russian natural gas supplies upon which many of them depend. Foreign policy specialists across the […]

Energy & Environment Russia

MENASource

Apr 26, 2014

What Tony Blair’s Views Say about Britain’s Foreign Policy

By Tom Dale

Tony Blair’s views on Islamism and the Middle East – including Egypt – received a controversial airing at a speech he gave on Wednesday, in which he called for the West to intervene across the region against Islamism, and in support of its opponents. 

North Africa

MENASource

Apr 25, 2014

The Week in Egypt [April 26, 2014]

By Daniel Stoker

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

North Africa

SouthAsiaSource

Apr 25, 2014

This Week in South Asia: April 19 – 25

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. India The sixth phase of elections in India consolidated an increasingly apparent trend in the prior five phases which illustrated a distinct improvement in voter turnout as compared to the 2009 Lok-Sabha elections. Only […]

Afghanistan India
US paratroopers arriving in Poland, April 23, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 25, 2014

Estonia Wants, Expects More NATO Troops on its Territory

By David Mardiste, Reuters

Estonia expects to see more NATO troops on its territory in reaction to what it fears will be Russian attempts to destabilize the former Soviet republic, the country’s defense minister said on Tuesday.

NATO Northern Europe
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