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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

Feb 10, 2014

Top News: Six hundred flee Homs in aid convoy; Men under fifty-five enter police custody

By MENASource

Six hundred people left the besieged ruins of rebel-held central Homs on Sunday, escaping more than a year of hunger and deprivation caused by one of the most protracted blockades of the conflict.

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, June 19, 2013

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2014

A More Useful Germany

By Editorial Board, New York Times

Addressing the opening session late last month of the Munich Security Conference, a yearly gathering of top Western diplomats and defense officials, President Joachim Gauck of Germany expressed sentiments that not many years ago would have brought demonstrators into the streets.

Germany NATO

MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

The Strategy of Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis

By David Barnett

“Stay away from the installations and headquarters of the Ministries of Defense and Interior.” This was the warning issued to Egyptian Muslims by the Salafi jihadist group known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) when it took credit for a September suicide car bombing that targeted Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim in Cairo.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

Security and Development Needed To Boost Tunisia’s Transition

By Ilana Hosios

Tunisia’s security seems relatively stable, especially when compared to the region. Yet, the reality on the ground is that of an uncertain and increasingly volatile environment.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

Top News: Al-Jazeera Crew Referred to Criminal Court; Sabbahy Officially Announces Presidential Bid

By EgyptSource

The trial of twenty Al-Jazeera crew members indicted on charges of inciting against Egypt and broadcasting false news is set to being on February 20. Eight of the defendants, including Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Australian Peter Greste, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed, have already been detained. Prominent leftist politician Hamdeen Sabbahy announced on Saturday that he will run for president in this […]

MENASource

Feb 10, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 10, 2014

By EconSource

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

President Barack Obama and French President François Hollande, May 18, 2012

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2014

Obama and Hollande: France and the US Enjoy a Renewed Alliance

By Barack Obama and François Hollande, Washington Post

Today, American and French diplomats are preparing for talks with Iran that build on the agreement that has halted progress on and rolled back key elements of the Iranian nuclear program.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 8, 2014

To Save Ukraine, Pressure its Oligarchs

By Adrian Karatnycky

Eleven weeks after President Viktor Yanukovych sparked peaceful street protests by halting Ukraine’s effort to build closer ties to Europe, his standoff with the opposition has slid into ugly violence that has polarized politics and pushed the country to the brink of a civil conflagration. Ten of Ukraine’s twenty-five regions are beyond the control of […]

Ukraine

MENASource

Feb 7, 2014

Factbox: Egypt’s Crackdown on Journalists

By EgyptSource

With authorities bringing charges against twenty journalists, among them four foreigners and sixteen Egyptians, the focus has shifted onto the journalists who have been reporting on Egypt’s post-Morsi travails. The story, now known in Egyptian press as the “Marriott Cell” because the journalists were working out of the Marriott Hotel in Zamalek, has garnered significant […]

North Africa

SouthAsiaSource

Feb 7, 2014

This Week in South Asia: February 1-7

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. IndiaEleven regional parties formally united to form a block in Parliament in the clearest indication of an emergence of a “Third Front” ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, due to be held by the […]

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