Atlantic Council blogs

Atlantic Council blogs provide short-form analyses from Council experts and a wider community of global voices on the world’s most important news stories.
View all
of our blogsSubscribe to our
newsletters

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.

Latest from across our blogs

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2013

French President: US Spying Threatens Free-Trade Talks

By Frank Jordans and Sarah DiLorenzo, AP

From Frank Jordans and Sarah DiLorenzo, AP:  French President Francois Hollande demanded on Monday that the United States immediately stop its alleged eavesdropping on European Union diplomats

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Jul 1, 2013

Top News: Egyptian Military Gives Forty-Eight-Hour Ultimatum to Brotherhood, Political Forces

The armed forces are giving all political forces forty-eight hours as a last chance to address ongoing problems, or else the armed forces will announce a new roadmap for the future, and will enforce certain measures with the help of all factions including the youth, without excluding anyone.

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2013

Former NSA Director Defends US Spying on Allies

By Stephen Castle and Eric Schmitt, New York Times

From Stephen Castle and Eric Schmitt, New York Times:  European officials and politicians reacted angrily on Sunday to reports that the United States has been spying on its European Union allies

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2013

Europeans are Furious Over Reports of Spying by US on Its Allies

By Claus Hecking and Stefan Schultz, Spiegel

From Claus Hecking and Stefan Schultz, Spiegel:  Europeans are furious. Revelations that the US intelligence service National Security Agency (NSA) targeted the European Union and several European countries with its far-reaching spying activities have led to angry reactions from several senior EU and German politicians.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Jul 1, 2013

Syria: The Allies Angle

By Frederic C. Hof

Allies and friends of the United States around the world are intensively watching the reaction of Washington to the effects of chaos in Syria on American allies and friends within reach of the Assad regime’s survive-through-terror campaign.

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2013

New NSA Leaks Show how US is Bugging its European Allies

By Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger, Guardian

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2013

How the NSA Targets Germany and Europe

By Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach, Fidelius Schmid, Holger Stark and Jonathan Stock, Spiegel

Cybersecurity European Union

MENASource

Jun 30, 2013

How to Win an Election and Lose a Presidency

By Nadine Wahab

To the casual observer, it would appear that President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling party’s problem is that they have no plan and have offered little in the way of real solutions to the major crises facing Egypt: electricity and fuel shortages, a spiraling economy, a lack security sector reform, rights abuses, and ailing education, […]

MENASource

Jun 30, 2013

EgyptSource Special News Roundup: Eye on June 30

Follow live updates of June 30 protests on EgyptSource and Ahram Online JUNE 30: ONE YEAR UNDER MORSI As President Mohamed Morsi completes his first year in office, Daily News Egypt takes an in-depth look at key events and milestones involving the judiciary, security, Sinai, tourism, foreign affairs, the economy, protests, and human rights. Other […]

MENASource

Jun 30, 2013

Live Updates from Egypt’s June 30 Protests

Follow EgyptSource’s live updates on Egypt’s June 30 protests here with an exclusive dispatch at Cairo’s Presidential Palace from Abdel-Rahman Hussein.

Load More