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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 11, 2013

Secretary General: Door is open for Ireland to join NATO

By Suzanne Lynch, Irish Times

From Suzanne Lynch, Irish Times :  The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) would welcome any application by Ireland to join the organisation, its secretary general has said, although he stressed that the decision to seek membership was a matter for each individual country.

MENASource

Feb 11, 2013

Top News: US Ambassador – Egypt’s foreign reserves at critical low

By Egypt Source

Saying that "Egypt’s numbers paint a bleak picture," US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson said that the country must focus on its citizens’ economic needs. 

MENASource

Feb 11, 2013

Egypt Iran Rapprochement? Not Yet.

By Adel Abdel Ghafar

Pictures of Presidents Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mohamed Morsi warmly embracing in Cairo have reverberated around the world. For some, the pictures were cause for worry, for others, a cause for celebration. After the 2011 Egyptian uprising, there have been continued efforts on the diplomatic front for rapprochement between the countries who severed relations more than […]

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2013

Abandoning the MEADS missile defense program may cost the U.S. more than completing it

By Tom Kington and Albrecht Muller, Defense News

From Tom Kington and Albrecht Muller, Defense News:  Italy and Germany have warned the U.S. that it could be liable for penalty payments of $400 million if it pulls out of a trilateral anti-missile program, almost exactly the sum U.S. politicians want to save by canceling U.S. involvement.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2013

Deputy Prime Minister: Sweden needs Patriot missiles to deter Russia

By Local (Sweden)

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2013

Foreign Minister Bildt: “Sweden will not be neutral if Baltic states are attacked”

By Jorge,  Lithuanian Tribune

From Jorge,  Lithuanian Tribune:  [Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt] did recognize that Russian military capabilities are being develop to a great extent but he expressed that they still haven’t manage to achieve the arsenal they had during the Soviet era.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 10, 2013

The Atlantic Council, Foreign Funding, and Intellectual Independence

By James Joyner

Opponents of Senator Chuck Hagel’s confirmation to be the next secretary of defense have waged a smear campaign accusing him of everything from anti-Semitism to anti-gay bigotry to poor treatment of staffers.

NATOSource

Feb 8, 2013

Looted arms from Libya may have turned the tide in Mali conflict

By C.J. Chivers, New York Times

From C.J. Chivers, New York Times:  Since the war that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi began in 2011, arms-tracking analysts have warned that weapons looted from the colonel’s stockpiles could find their way to militants in sub-Saharan Africa.

NATOSource

Feb 8, 2013

NATO Combined Air Operations Center activated in Spain

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  In the presence of Spanish Minister of Defence, D. Pedro Morenés Eulate, and the Spanish Chief of Defence, General Admiral Fernando García Sánchez, NATO’s Combined Air Operations Centre Torrejón (CAOC TJ), Spain, was activated during a ceremony at its new premises north east of the Spanish Capital of Madrid

MENASource

Feb 8, 2013

The Egyptian Civilizational Model

By Yussef Auf

Among the many external and internal challenges facing Egyptian state and society, the issue of how to reclaim Egypt’s historical regional leadership is the most pressing. In my opinion, creating an ‘Egyptian civilizational model’ is the key ingredient to renewed regional influence.

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