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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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Enders Says Europe Foreign, Security Policies Grow Less Coherent

NATOSource

Sep 26, 2013

EADS Head Says EU Lacks Clear Security Policy

By Daniel Michaels, Wall Street Journal

European policy on foreign affairs and security is less coherent now than at any point since the Cold War ended, widening a military gap with the U.S.

Europe & Eurasia European Union

New Atlanticist

Sep 26, 2013

Why Nairobi

By Bronwyn Bruton

The attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall is a vicious development in the war on terrorism: It signals the evolution of an unpopular splinter faction of a radical Somali group into a truly transnational terrorist organization. It also marks a major failure for the United States’ counterterrorism strategy in Somalia.

Chinese S-300 launcher

NATOSource

Sep 26, 2013

Turkey Selects Chinese Missile Defense System Over US & European Options

By Anadolu Agency

Ankara has granted a long-awaited tender for long-range missile and air defense systems to Chinese contenders

China France

MENASource

Sep 26, 2013

Top News: Tunisia Ruling Parties Willing to ‘Push Forward’ Without Opposition

By MENASource

The Tunisian government is facing increased political pressure after thousands of people demonstrated against the ruling parties on Wednesday. The Tamarrod movement announced its plans to organize a “Day of Rage” on Monday, September 30.

Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy

NATOSource

Sep 26, 2013

Ukraine Joins NATO’s Counter-Piracy Operation Ocean Shield

By NATO

A Ukrainian navy frigate is steaming towards the Horn of Africa to join NATO’s counter-piracy mission Operation Ocean Shield

NATO Security & Defense

Trade in Action

Sep 26, 2013

Politicians Eye Strategic Aims of Transatlantic Trade Talks

By Garrett Workman

On September 24th, the Atlantic Council hosted UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, and Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) for an in-depth conversation about the economic and geostrategic benefits on offer from an ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and the Prime Minister of Libya, Ali Zeidan

NATOSource

Sep 26, 2013

NATO Secretary General Holds Talks with Libya, Turkey

By NATO

The Alliance remains open to help the Libyan government rebuild its security sector, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan

International Organizations Libya

MENASource

Sep 26, 2013

Top News: Egypt Minister Says Relations with United States Unsettled

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s relations with the United States are “unsettled” as the country struggles to redefine its national interests vis-à-vis other countries, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, March 18, 2013

NATOSource

Sep 26, 2013

NATO Still has Vital Role, Secretary General Says

By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

NATO, the alliance born and bred in the Cold War, has provided good value for the U.S. taxpayer

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Sep 26, 2013

In Defense of the ‘Piece of Candy’

By Alaa Al Aswany

Suppose you have a daughter at the age of marriage and an appropriate groom proposed to her: somebody who’s well off, well educated, with a promising future ahead of him, in addition to his good upbringing and religiosity. The only fault with him is that he was divorced with no children. Would you accept that […]

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