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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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NATOSource

Jun 21, 2013

NATO and Russian Naval Commanders Meet in the Gulf of Aden

By NATO

From NATO:  Commodore Henning Amundsen, who currently commands NATO’s counter-piracy effort, Operation Ocean Shield, welcomed Captain first rank Ivan Kovalyov, Commander of the Russian Federation Baltic Fleet Task Group, on board the NATO flagship HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen.

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2013

US Should Support Kosovo Joining NATO

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  Hashim Thaci, onetime leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army and now the country’s prime minister, was in Washington last week to talk about an accord he reached with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic to normalize the two countries’ relations.

European Union International Organizations

Trade in Action

Jun 20, 2013

A New Declaration of Interdependence

By Garrett Workman

Commentary Frederick Kempe and Aart de Geus | National Interest  On July 4, 1962, US President John F. Kennedy declared “that the United States will be ready for a Declaration of Interdependence, that we will be prepared to discuss with a united Europe the ways and means of forming a concrete Atlantic partnership, a mutually […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Jun 20, 2013

Where is the Egyptian Pound Headed?

By Mohsin Khan

On June 19, the Egyptian Pound fell to a low of 7.03 to the US dollar at the official foreign exchange auction. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) sold $38.9 million at the auction but that did not prevent the rate from crossing the CBE’s implicit threshold level of EGP 7 against the US dollar. […]

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2013

President of Lithuania: Unilateral Nuclear Cuts Would Be Irresponsible

By 15min.lt

From 15min.lt:  The United States should not unilaterally reduce its arsenal of nuclear weapons or succumb to Russia during talks on the missile defense system in Europe, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Jun 20, 2013

Egypt’s Countdown to June 30

By Tarek Radwan

What began as a humble attempt to translate countrywide discontent with the way President Mohamed Morsi has governed Egypt, the Tamarod–or "Rebel" campaign–has mobilized millions of Egyptians for a protest that promises to be epic on the anniversary of Morsi’s inauguration. Although opposition forces initially kept the signature drive that demands Morsi’s removal from office and early […]

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2013

Let Europe Defend Itself

By Sarwar Kashmeri and Jolyon Howorth, U.S. News & World Report

From Sarwar Kashmeri and Jolyon Howorth, U.S. News & World Report:  Twenty years ago the EU set up its Common Security and Defense Policy to create an autonomous military capability for Europe.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2013

Time to Pull US Troops from Europe

By Sean Kay, Foreign Policy

From Sean Kay, Foreign Policy:  Impressions of European "free-riding" on the United States for military operations have been deepening in Congress and among the American public for years now.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 20, 2013

Toward a Global Missile Defense Architecture

By Ian Brzezinski

The increasing prevalence of ballistic missiles has been highlighted by the latest tensions with North Korea, the ongoing confrontation with Iran, and Syria’s savage civil war. Approximately thirty countries are now armed with ballistic missiles. This number will grow, as will the range, accuracy, and lethality of the ballistic missiles available to friend and foe […]

Missile Defense Security & Defense

MENASource

Jun 20, 2013

Rouhani Win Could Bring Dividends in Syria

By Barbara Slavin

Since the surprise election of Hassan Rouhani as Iran’s next president, most expert commentary has focused on the potential to improve US-Iran relations and resolve the long-running dispute over Iran’s nuclear program. However, the replacement of the abrasive Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by a veteran negotiator nicknamed the ‘diplomat sheikh’ could also provide an opportunity to ease […]

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