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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

Feb 27, 2013

The Shale Revolution: Next Phase

By Robert Manning

It had an end of an era feel, when Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy—one of the cutting edge independents that drove the shale revolution—recently retired, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn upped his share of Chesapeake to 8.9 percent.

Energy & Environment Oil and Gas

MENASource

Feb 27, 2013

Laarayedh’s Tunisia Will Continue the Transition to Democracy

By Duncan Pickard

Ali Laarayedh, the prime minister–designate of Tunisia, will enter a more partisan political climate than did his predecessor in December 2011. Hamadi Jebali, the outgoing prime minister, was known to be conciliatory and an avoider of conflict. He took office in the afterglow of democratic elections, in a coalition between Ennahda (his own moderate Islamic […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 27, 2013

Top News: Morsi Opens ‘National Dialogue’ in Run-Up to Parliamentary Polls

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday evening launched the first session of his ‘national dialogue‘ initiative with representatives of political parties and groups to discuss guarantees for free and fair parliamentary elections slated for April. GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Nour Party to demand amendments to electoral law: Spokesman Ashraf Thabet, a spokesman for the Salafist Nour Party, […]

NATOSource

Feb 27, 2013

More than 20 countries hit by cyber campaign to steal geopolitical intelligence

By Josh Halliday, Guardian

From Josh Halliday, Guardian:  Cyber criminals have targeted government officials in more than 20 countries, including Ireland and Romania, in a complex online assault seen rarely since the turn of the millennium.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Feb 26, 2013

U.S. proposes a ‘cyber work plan’ for NATO

By John Reed, Killer Apps

Cybersecurity European Union

NATOSource

Feb 26, 2013

Ukraine to join in NATO’s anti-piracy mission

By Helen Maguire, DPA

From Helen Maguire, DPA:  Ukraine is to take part in NATO’s anti-piracy operation in the Indian Ocean, the alliance’s secretary general announced Friday, ahead of talks between NATO defence ministers and their new Ukrainian counterpart, Pavlo Lebedev.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Feb 26, 2013

Is Iran Essential to Syria’s Future?

By Loren White

After 23 months of fighting, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power is increasingly tenuous. Fearing its greatest ally could be ousted, Iran has reportedly begun forming large sectarian militias in Syria to bolster the regime in the short term, and also to preserve its influence should Assad be overthrown. With so much at stake, […]

Iran Syria

MENASource

Feb 26, 2013

Live Updates: Egypt’s National Dialogue Aired Live for the First Time

By Egypt Source

Live updates of Egypt’s national dialogue

NATOSource

Feb 26, 2013

First rotation of U.S. Air Force personnel & aircraft arrive in Poland

By U.S. Embassy in Poland

From U.S. Embassy in Poland:  The first rotation of  U.S. Air Force personnel and aircraft is arriving at Powidz Air Base this weekend, marking the beginning of quarterly exercises between U.S. and Polish troops.

MENASource

Feb 26, 2013

Detention of Minors: A New Wave of Brutality

By Amira Mikhail

A new era of brutality has emerged in Egypt where the targeting of children has become far too frequent. Ahmed Moselhy, a lawyer in the Egyptian Coalition for Child Rights (ECCR), estimates that at least 7,415 minors were arrested in the past year in Alexandria and Cairo alone. Since January 25, 2013, with the most […]

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