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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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New Atlanticist

Feb 21, 2014

Accord Reached In Ukraine

After the bloodiest week of the crisis in Ukraine, President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders signed a deal to bring resolve the political crisis that has plagued the country since late November.DOWNLOAD

Ukraine

MENASource

Feb 21, 2014

Top News: Vote Marked by Violence Across Libya

By MENASource

Seventy-one polling stations were closed across the country as a result of violence. Several polling stations in the eastern city of Darnah, a stronghold of Islamic militias, came under attack and one man was killed.

MENASource

Feb 21, 2014

Top News: United States Warns Egypt Not to Target Media; Senator Tim Kaine Meets Egyptian Officials

By EgyptSource

A US diplomat pressed Cairo to respect “basic rights and freedoms” Thursday, warning that Egypt’s stability and economic recovery were at stake, as a court opened a trial of Al-Jazeera journalists. Washington, whose ties with historic ally Cairo have cooled in recent months, has previously reprimanded Egyptian authorities for the trial of twenty journalists of the Doha-based […]

MENASource

Feb 21, 2014

Syria: Surefire Alternatives To Failure?

By Frederic C. Hof

In a recent (February 19, 2014) editorial, The New York Times channeled Obama administration thinking on Syria’s war and peace dichotomy. “But, so far, no one has come up with surefire remedies or even new ideas that would not draw the United States into a war … Mr. Obama has resisted being pushed into a […]

Syria

MENASource

Feb 21, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 21, 2014

By EconSource

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

Violence in Kiev, Jan.19, 2014

NATOSource

Feb 20, 2014

Fears Grow that Ukraine’s Military May Intervene in Crisis

By Neil Buckley, Roman Olearchyk, and Geoff Dyer, Financial Times

“If there is a decision to use force to clear the protesters, it can be done but will start a civil war,” said Ihor Smeshko, former head of Ukraine’s SBU security services.

NATO NATO Partnerships

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

To Confront Yemen’s Security Dilemmas, Start With Security Forces

By Adam Simpson

Despite the conclusion of Yemen’s National Dialogue, violence continues to plague the country, most notably with clashes between tribesman and separatists pressing for greater autonomy and government forces that have lost their confidence.

Yemen

Trade in Action

Feb 20, 2014

What We’re Reading: February 20

By Global Business

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

Feb 20, 2014

No Investment Without Labor Reform in Egypt

By MENASource

Egypt’s successive governments have failed to tackle the country’s most pressing economic issues–a stressor that will increasingly threaten the integrity of any new administration and the overall stability of the fragile state.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

Egypt’s labor dilemma

By Mustansir Barma

“Bread, freedom, and social justice,” is the familiar  slogan chanted across the Middle East and North  Africa since the Arab uprisings erupted in December  2010. Labor issues fit into this trifecta: bread is a symbol of earning a decent living, freedom is tied to  worker rights such as assembly and industrial action,  and social justice […]

North Africa
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