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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 18, 2013

Responses to Ambassador LeBaron’s Assessment of US-Gulf Relations

By MENASource

Recent tensions between the United States and the Arab Gulf states emerged in recent months over the US role in the region. Saudi Arabia in particular has made its displeasure known in its refusal of a seat on the UN Security Council over US policy in Syria. This widespread sentiment in the Gulf points to […]

Saudi Arabia The Gulf
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, November 4, 2013

NATOSource

Dec 18, 2013

NATO Chief Hopes for New EU Defense Commitment

By Bryan McManus, AFP

NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen hopes EU leaders will commit to new military capabilities and cooperation at this week’s summit

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Dec 18, 2013

Top News: Egypt sends Morsi, Others, to Trial for International Conspiracy

By EgyptSource

Toppled Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi will stand trial over allegations he collaborated with Hamas, Hezbollah and other organizations to commit terrorist acts in Egypt, judicial sources have told Ahram Online.

MENASource

Dec 18, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 18, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Dec 18, 2013

Syria: Stopping the Carnage

By Frederic C. Hof

The greatest humanitarian catastrophe of the twenty-first century has unfolded before our eyes in Syria and in the countries surrounding it. As a harsh winter tightens its grip, Syrians in large numbers are dying, starving, fleeing, freezing, and crying out to the world for help.

Syria

New Atlanticist

Dec 18, 2013

Nuclear Détente With Iran: Here’s What Could Disrupt It Before It Gets Going

By Jofi Joseph

Almost a month has passed since Iran and six major powers agreed on some first steps to address international concerns over Iran’s nuclear program and provide limited sanctions relief to Iran. However, implementing those confidence-building measures (CBMs) has yet to begin and no date has been given for an official start to the six-month period […]

Iran
Iskander Missiles

NATOSource

Dec 18, 2013

NATO Commander Concerned at Russian Missile Deployment

By Sabine Siebold, Reuters

NATO’s military commander voiced concern on Tuesday at Russia’s deployment of Iskander missiles in its Baltic Sea territory of Kaliningrad

NATO Russia
French President François Hollande

NATOSource

Dec 18, 2013

French Seek Permanent EU Defense Fund

By Hugh Carnegy, Financial Times

In an effort to put its allies on the spot, President François Hollande is poised to demand, at a Brussels summit on Thursday, that the EU sets up a permanent fund to finance operations such as France’s intervention in the Central African Republic.

Africa European Union

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
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