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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

Dec 17, 2013

The Ongoing Struggle for Egyptian Civil Society

By Amy Hawthorne and Mohamed Elgohari

While most attention is on Egypt’s constitution and the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and revolutionary youth activists, the government may be moving ahead with a new NGO law.  Last Thursday, Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmed al-Borai announced that he intends to submit the law, prepared with civil society input, to the cabinet in two […]

North Africa

MENASource

Dec 17, 2013

The Regional Inequality Behind Tunisia’s Revolution

By Robert Joyce

Three years ago, a humble vendor Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire outside a local government building in the interior town of Sidi Bouzid, and Tunisia will commemorate the event with demonstrations in downtown Tunis and Sidi Bouzid. Bouazizi’s story has become the stuff of revolutionary lore.

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2013

Ukraine’s President Yanukovych: He Got Game

By Adrian Karatnycky

It’s been a pretty good two days for Ukraine’s embattled President Viktor Yanukovych, despite three weeks of massive protests against his reversal of plans to tighten cooperation with the European Union. Monday brought news that government-friendly candidates (most running as independents) won four out of five parliamentary by-elections, most of them in areas that should be […]

Ukraine

MENASource

Dec 17, 2013

Top News: National Alliance to Support Legitimacy Boycotts Referendum

By EgyptSource

The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) said on Monday that it is boycotting the referendum which is set to take place next month.

MENASource

Dec 17, 2013

Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen: Three Years in Transition

By MENASource

Since its founding, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East has closely followed the Arab transitioning countries as they faced their respective social, political, and economic challenges. In an effort to help map the twists and turns, the Center has produced a timeline for Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen as each had to navigate momentous and […]

Libya North Africa

MENASource

Dec 17, 2013

MENASource Discussions: On Building a Better US-Gulf Relationship [VIDEO]

By MENASource

Ambassador Richard LeBaron, senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, argues in a new issue brief, Building a Better US-Gulf Partnership, for a genuine US-Gulf dialogue to better coordinate policies towards the Arab transition countries and rejuvenate the relationship with conversations about new types of partnerships not based solely on defense and security interests. 

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2013

China Ascendant: Is Conflict Inevitable?

By Rajan Menon

Thucydides’ purpose in his great epic was to account for “what led to this great war falling upon the Hellenes.” He acknowledged that what we know as the Peloponnesian War was produced by many different disputes and depicted them masterfully, laying bare their specificities. But, in the opening pages, he warns us that dwelling on […]

China Indo-Pacific

MENASource

Dec 17, 2013

Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen: Three Years in Transition

By EgyptSource

Since its founding, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East has closely followed the Arab transitioning countries as they faced their respective social, political, and economic challenges. In an effort to help map the twists and turns, the Center has produced a timeline for Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen as each had to navigate momentous and […]

North Africa

MENASource

Dec 17, 2013

A Tale Of Two Libyas

By Karim Mezran

Libya’s High Election Commission, in charge of organizing the elections for the constituent committee, has yet to clearly communicated an election date. In the midst of deteriorating security and increasing political polarization, however, Libya is unlikely to vote anytime soon.

Libya

MENASource

Dec 17, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 17, 2013

By EconSource

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

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