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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

Apr 22, 2013

NATO Air Forces Hone Skills in Baltics

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  The fourteenth Baltic Region Training Event (BRTE XIV) took place on 16 and 17 April 2013 in the skies over the Baltic Region, Sweden and Poland to sharpen skills of aircrews and air controllers in responding to unexpected events in Alliance airspace. During the first day, a Lithuanian C-27J transport aircraft […]

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

About 5,000 NATO soldiers to participate in collective defense exercise in Baltic region

By BNS

From BNS:  Up to 5,000 NATO soldiers will attend Steadfast Jazz 2013, an exercise to be held in the Baltic States and Poland this fall, a NATO officer has said.

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

Russian jets practiced attacks on Sweden

By Local (Sweden)

From Local (Sweden):  Russian fighter planes carried out training missions just outside the Swedish border over Easter; Sweden’s military, however, was too slow to react and had to rely on help from Nato, the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper (SvD) revealed on Monday.

NATOSource

Apr 20, 2013

Britain, France claim Syria used chemical weapons

By Colum Lynch and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post

From Colum Lynch and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post:  Britain and France have informed the United Nations that there is credible evidence that Syria has used chemical weapons on more than one occasion since December, according to senior diplomats and officials briefed on the accounts.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 20, 2013

US congratulates Serbia, Kosovo, and EU for reaching ‘important agreement’

By John Kerry, Department of State

From John Kerry, Department of State:  I congratulate Serbia and Kosovo for reaching agreement today in the European Union-facilitated Dialogue led by High Representative Catherine Ashton.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Apr 20, 2013

Details of Kosovo-Serbia agreement

By T.J., Economist

From T.J., Economist:  “HABEMUS PACTUM!” tweeted Vlora Citaku, Kosovo’s minister for European integration. Serbia and Kosovo had just reached a deal.

European Union International Organizations

Congressional Relations

Apr 19, 2013

Senate confirms Breedlove as NATO’s new Supreme Allied Commander Europe

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  U.S. Air Force General Philip M. Breedlove was confirmed by the United States Senate as NATO’s next Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Apr 19, 2013

Useless Speculation on Twitter Standard Time

By James Joyner

Since the news broke this morning that the likely perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing are two brothers from Chechnya, speculation has been rampant about their ties to militant groups there. That zero evidence supports that proposition seems irrelevant. We’re on Twitter Standard Time and we expect answers instantaneously.

Cybersecurity National Security

NATOSource

Apr 19, 2013

Germany’s troop proposal indicates acceptance of leadership role in post-2014 Afghanistan mission

By Matthias Gebauer, Spiegel

From Matthias Gebauer, Spiegel:  In a surprise move, Germany’s government announced on Thursday plans to keep up to 800 military trainers in Afghanistan after NATO combat troops withdraw in 2014.

NATOSource

Apr 19, 2013

NATO Secretary General welcomes ‘historic agreement’ between Serbia and Kosovo

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I congratulate all parties for their constructive approach to finding a lasting solution in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

European Union International Organizations
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