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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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SouthAsiaSource

Nov 22, 2013

This Week in South Asia: November 16-22

By Kathryn Alexeeff

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.

MENASource

Nov 22, 2013

The Morsi Alliance and the Red Line Drawn for Egypt’s Women

By Ahmed Kadry

As the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL), a coalition of parties and movements supporting ousted president Mohamed Morsi, continue to call for protests, they have done so under the guise of various banners.  On November 7, the alliance issued its 128thstatement calling for more protests, this time under the slogan of ‘Egyptian Women are […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 22, 2013

Tunisia’s Stalled Political Transition

By Duncan Pickard

The political transition in Tunisia has stalled. The country’s major political parties and labor unions agreed to a roadmap in October for reaching agreement on the transition’s remaining issues within four weeks.

North Africa
US military base in Stuttgart

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2013

US May Cut Military Spending in Europe by 20 Percent

By Peter Apps, Reuters

The United States may be compelled to cut its military spending in Europe next year by as much as a fifth in the latest round of reductions under “sequestration”, America’s top general in the region said on Thursday.

Europe & Eurasia NATO
USS Alexandria (SSN 757) in the Arctic Ocean, March 17, 2007

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2013

Navy Prepares Fleet for More Arctic Missions

By Kris Osborn, DoDBuzz

Navy leaders had been preparing to increase the services’ Arctic presence by the mid-2030s, but they are now accelerating the timetable to the mid-2020s due to the warming of the waters and the rapid pace of melting ice.

Europe & Eurasia United States and Canada

MENASource

Nov 21, 2013

Top News: Media Workers Targeted in Northern Syria

By MENASource

Syrian government troops are targeting media centers and news providers, Reporters Without Borders has warned after the killing of a citizen journalist and the destruction of premises belonging to two media centers within a week.

MENASource

Nov 21, 2013

EconSource Headlines- November 21, 2013

By EconSource

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

New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2013

EU Needs to Rethink its Eastern Partnership Policy

By Taras Kuzio

The EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP), unveiled four years ago to build better neighbourly relations with six former Soviet republics, is in crisis. The EaP was launched by EU members such as Sweden and Poland (with the backing of Britain) keen to promote enlargement into the former USSR. Although with this not possible due to widespread […]

Eastern Europe European Union

MENASource

Nov 21, 2013

Top News: Army Chief Sisi Does Not Rule out Presidential Bid

By EgyptSource

Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, held open the possibility he might run for the presidency in an interview published on Thursday in a Kuwaiti newspaper.

MENASource

Nov 21, 2013

Military Trials for Civilians: Justice Denied

By Mai El-Sadany

With discussions up to the last minute, the fifty-member Constituent Assembly, tasked with re-writing Egypt’s Constitution, has made a final decision on one of the body’s most contentious issues: military trials for civilians.  On November 20, the Assembly voted in favor of maintaining military trials for civilians, despite the significant implications that such a decision […]

North Africa Political Reform
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