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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 5, 2013

Hagel: NATO’s ‘Over-Dependence’ on US Capabilities ‘Brings with it Risks’

By Chuck Hagel, Department of Defense

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jun 5, 2013

NATO Boosts Cyber Defenses but Members Differ on Its Role

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  NATO ministers agreed on Tuesday to strengthen the organization’s cyber defenses but differed about how much NATO should do to protect smaller allies from potentially devastating hacking attacks.

Cybersecurity NATO

NATOSource

Jun 5, 2013

NATO’s Cyber Defenses to be Fully Operational by Autumn

By NATO

Cybersecurity NATO

NATOSource

Jun 5, 2013

NATO Watching Georgia Border Situation ‘With Interest’

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  NATO is closely watching events in Georgia, the alliance’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday, after Tbilisi accused Russia last week of setting up wire fences along the South Ossetia-Georgia border.

New Atlanticist

Jun 5, 2013

Southern Gas Corridor: Godot Finally Comes?

By David Koranyi

If all goes well, by the end of this month the multinational Shah Deniz Consortium will select the European leg of a grand pipeline project known as the Southern Gas Corridor to ship Caspian gas to Europe.

Energy & Environment

MENASource

Jun 5, 2013

Top News: Syria Rebels Say They Have Lost Battle for Qusayr

Syrian forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies seized control of the border town of Qusayr on Wednesday after a rapid overnight offensive, dealing a strategic defeat to rebel fighters.

MENASource

Jun 5, 2013

An Argument for Military Voting

By H.A. Hellyer

The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) of Egypt certainly does not leave any legal specialist in a state of boredom for very long. In most countries, the highest court in the land is hardly the topic of conversation in public discourse, except on rare occasions. Egypt’s SCC, however, breaks that mould quite regularly, issuing statements and […]

MENASource

Jun 5, 2013

What Does the Supreme Constitutional Court’s Decision Mean?

By Yussef Auf

On June 2 2013, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) issued its ruling in the cases of the Shura Council and Constituent Assembly. These rulings mark the continuation of the state of political and legal confusion that Egypt has endured over the last twenty-eight months (the age of the Egyptian Revolution) and will doubtless spark new, […]

MENASource

Jun 5, 2013

Syria: Hezbollah’s Military Intervention

By Frederic C. Hof

The loss of the strategic town of Qusayr by Syrian rebels clearly demonstrates that the presence of Hezbollah fighters inside Syria is a life preserver of sorts for a regime badly in need of one. That Bashar al-Assad can use the help is beyond question. Yet the wisdom of this intervention is very much in […]

MENASource

Jun 5, 2013

Top News: US, Germany, and Rights Groups Slam Egypt’s NGO Trial

US Secretary of State John Kerry voiced concern Tuesday about the sentences handed down by a Cairo court on 43 Egyptian and foreign NGO workers, denouncing it as a "politically-motivated" trial. 

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