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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

Feb 13, 2013

France ready to unblock EU-Turkey talks

By Valentina Pop, EUobserver

From Valentina Pop, EUobserver:  France wants to "give a new impetus" to Turkey’s EU membership talks, allowing negotiations to resume this week after a break of almost three years.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 13, 2013

Obama spotlights cyber security in State of the Union speech

By White House

From White House:  America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 13, 2013

Time to Pivot Back to Europe

By Harlan Ullman

Last year, the Obama administration released its latest strategic guidance for the Pentagon. The lead headline read “U.S. pivots to Asia.” 

Europe & Eurasia NATO

New Atlanticist

Feb 13, 2013

When Will NATO Get its Nobel?

By Julian Lindley-French

The citation that announced the awarding of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union last October stated, “The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy, and human rights in Europe.”  

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 13, 2013

Obama executive order seeks better defense against cyber attacks

By Alina Selyukh, Reuters

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Feb 13, 2013

Obama’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity

By White House

From White House:  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Feb 13, 2013

Egypt’s Mock Authoritarianism

By Zeinab Abul-Magd

Last month, after large-scale protests in the Suez Canal region, President Mohamed Morsi declared a state of emergency, imposing a curfew across three major cities in the area. Army tanks rolled into Suez, Port Said and Ismailia, to enforce Morsi’s decision. Instead, residents of these cities engaged in late night festivities in a willful, and […]

MENASource

Feb 13, 2013

Top News: US concerned over Egypt’s “climate of impunity”

By Egypt Source

The United States expressed concern on Tuesday about growing political polarization in its major ally Egypt and a "climate of impunity" over abuses by police and security forces in the most populous Arab nation.

NATOSource

Feb 13, 2013

Nearly 450 British military drones lost in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Nick Hopkins, Guardian

From Nick Hopkins, Guardian:  Almost 450 drones operated by the British military have crashed, broken down or been lost in action during operations in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last five years, figures reveal.

Drones Technology & Innovation

New Atlanticist

Feb 12, 2013

Presidential Cyber Direction Looks Quite Familiar

By Jason Healey

 The actions in the president’s new executive order on cybersecurity are narrowly focused, best seen as small steps–the latest in a fifteen-year parade of five different White House documents across three presidencies.  These actions are worthwhile on their own, but are only a small step as executive orders do not create policy, just implement it […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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