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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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MENASource

Apr 30, 2013

Space for Culture, Time for Art

By Elisabeth Jaquette

Despite a backdrop of sporadic clashes, presidential power grabs, and crackdowns on freedom of expression, Egypt’s arts and culture sector has flourished since January 2011. While many artists feel unable to respond effectively to political events in their personal work, and traditional institutions have been faced with varying challenges, the past two years have given […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2013

A Transatlantic Trade Deal Within Reach, With Significant Benefits At Hand

By Garrett Workman and Tyson Barker

According to a recent Atlantic Council-Bertelsmann Foundation study of trade experts and policymakers from the United States and Europe, there is widespread optimism that that two sides will be able to successfully negotiate a trade and investment deal. A transatlantic deal would have significant positive effects on the economies of both regions, particularly at this […]

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2013

John S. Watson Honored for Distinguised Business Leadership

By Rachel Weatherly

John S. Watson is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Chevron Corporation, a position he has held since 2010.

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2013

Anders Fogh Rasmussen Honored for Distinguished International Leadership

By Rachel Weatherly

Anders Fogh Rasmussen was born in Ginnerup, Jutland, on January 26, 1953. After passing the baccalaureate at Viborg Katedralskole in 1972, he studied economics at the University of Aarhus, graduating with a Master of Science in economics in 1978. The same year he became member of the Danish Parliament representing the Liberal Party.

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2013

Hillary Clinton Honored for Distinguished International Leadership

By Rachel Weatherly

Hillary Rodham Clinton served as the 67th US Secretary of State from January 21, 2009 until February 1, 2013, after nearly four decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, first lady, and senator.

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2013

Juanes Honored for Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership

By Rachel Weatherly

With six solo albums to his credit and multi-platinum sales of more than 16 million copies, Juanes is the world’s leading all-Spanish language rock artist. The multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winner is also frequently recognized as one of the Spanish-speaking world’s leading social media voices with an online following of more than 12 […]

MENASource

Apr 30, 2013

Top News: Egypt Pulls Out of Talks to Protest Middle East Nuclear Arms

By Egypt Source

Egypt said on Monday it was withdrawing from a second week of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) talks in Geneva in protest at what it called the failure to implement a 1995 resolution for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons. That was an implicit reference to Israel which neither confirms nor denies having nuclear arms and […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2013

Tony Bennett Honored for Distinguised Artistic Leadership

By Rachel Weatherly

Tony Bennett is an artist who moves the hearts and touches the souls of audiences. He is not just the singer’s singer, but also an international treasure honored by the United Nations with its Citizen of the World award, which aptly describes the scope of his accomplishments.

MENASource

Apr 30, 2013

Eroding Civil Liberties in Kuwait

By Mary Ann Tetreault

The sentencing of popular Kuwaiti opposition leader Musallem al-Barrak on April 15 for insulting the amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is part of a pattern of deteriorating civil liberties in Kuwait. Although the roots of the current conflict can be traced back to a 2006 social movement whose aim was to change the election […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Apr 29, 2013

Europe’s defense capabilities gap

By Thomas Enders and Wolfgang Ischinger, Munich Security Conference

From Thomas Enders and Wolfgang Ischinger, Munich Security Conference:  Demands are growing – as the recent crises in Mali and Libya illustrate – even as defence budgets steadily decline.

European Union International Organizations
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