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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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New Atlanticist

Apr 24, 2013

America’s Historical Amnesia

By Harlan Ullman

Karl Marx mused that history first appears as tragedy and then as farce. That may not apply to the United States, as Americans are too often amnesia-prone when it comes to history. Americans’ ability to ignore or forget history is legion. Three cases underscore this point.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Apr 24, 2013

Ritual NATO Skepticism

By Stephen M. Saideman

The funny thing about writing a book on NATO and Afghanistan that is pretty critical of the alliance’s performance is that I still end up being a NATO defender.  How so?

NATO NATO Partnerships

MENASource

Apr 24, 2013

Tunisia: Turning Around Finally

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

The announcement on April 19 by Managing Director Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), that the Tunisian government and the IMF had reached agreement on a two-year Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) amounting to $1.78 billion could well prove to be a watershed in Tunisia’s economic recovery. What the announcement means precisely is that the […]

North Africa

MENASource

Apr 24, 2013

Top News: PM to Stay in Egypt Reshuffle; Sources Claim Top Prosecutor May Join Next Cabinet

By Egypt Source

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil, widely criticised as colorless and ineffectual, will keep his job in a limited cabinet reshuffle to be announced within days, a presidential spokesman said on Wednesday. Spokesman Ehab Fahmy told a news conference: "It is a limited reshuffle and the prime minister is not included."

NATOSource

Apr 24, 2013

Foreign ministers discuss danger from Syria to region and NATO

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  The Patriot deployment in Turkey is proof of the commitment and capability of NATO Allies to deter threats and defend Turkey.

NATOSource

Apr 24, 2013

John Kerry: ‘There isn’t a specific NATO role’ in Syria

By John Kerry, Department of State

From John Kerry, Department of State:  I met just the other day in Istanbul with the Friends of Syria Core Group, and we continued the discussion about Syria here today because there’s a lot of concern. While there isn’t a specific NATO role, nor did anybody suggest a very specific role, obviously all of the […]

NATOSource

Apr 24, 2013

Poland criticizes Russia’s mock attack on Sweden

By Matthew Day, Scotsman

From Matthew Day, Scotsman:  Poland has accused Russia of causing “unnecessary alarm” in Europe after Russian aircraft carried out a mock attack on Sweden. Radek Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, yesterday said he had been in touch with Nato’s secretary general over the training exercise which involved two Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 23, 2013

5 More Questions for Henrik Liljegren

By James Joyner

Henrik Liljegren, an Atlantic Council board member, served 42 years in Sweden’s diplomatic corps, including stints as Ambassador to the United States, Turkey, East Germany, and Belgium.  In June 2009, we discussed the Russia “Reset” and the political climate in Turkey. Today, I had the opportunity to revisit these issues with him.

Russia Turkey

MENASource

Apr 23, 2013

A New Deal: Reforming US Defense Cooperation with Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia

By Egypt Source

In “A New Deal: Reforming US Defense Cooperation with Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia” former US Army Chief George Casey and Congressman Jim Kolbe argue that the transitions in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia will be reversible unless and until their security agencies are better equipped to carry out their functions without abusing citizen rights or interfering in politics.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 23, 2013

Russia plans to deploy fighter jets, base in Belarus

By Andrei Makhovsky and Alexei Anishchuk, Reuters

From Andrei Makhovsky and Alexei Anishchuk, Reuters:  Russia plans to deploy fighter jets in Belarus this year and eventually establish an air base in the former Soviet republic, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

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