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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

Oct 10, 2012

Turkey sends 25 additional F-16 fighter jets toward Syrian border

By David Cenciotti, Aviationist

From David Cenciotti, Aviationist:  As Syria and Turkey exchange fire for the seventh straight day, Ankara has announced up to 25 F-16 fighter jets were moved closer to the border, at Diyarbakir airbase.

NATOSource

Oct 10, 2012

Turkey: ‘We will respond with greater force’ if attacks from Syria continue

By Joe Parkinson, Wall Street Journal

New Atlanticist

Oct 9, 2012

Three Steps to Siachen

By Arun Kumar Singh

India and Pakistan have been engaged in military-level Track 2 talks for the past 12 months, with the delegates of the two sides meeting in Dubai, Bangkok and finally in Lahore in September this year. Smaller “sub-group” meetings in Chiang Mai (Thailand) and Palo Alto (California) have also featured in the Track 2 process. A […]

India Pakistan

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2012

Russia repeats warning to NATO to stay out of conflict in Syria

By Sebastian Moffett and David Alexander, Reuters

From Sebastian Moffett and David Alexander, Reuters:  Russia, which has blocked U.N. Security Council resolutions that would allow greater western intervention in Syria, warned NATO not to intervene after the Syrian shelling.

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2012

NATO aims to help defend Turkey if requested: U.S. official

By Sebastian Moffett and David Alexander, Reuters

From Sebastian Moffett and David Alexander, Reuters:  NATO ambassadors threw their support behind Turkey in an emergency meeting last week after Syrian shells struck a border town in Turkey killing five civilians.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 9, 2012

Africa Rising

By Derek Reveron

The latest World Bank study describes the state of the global economy as “volatile, punctuated by natural disasters, large swings in investor sentiment, and periods of relative calm and improving prospects.”

Africa Economy & Business

MENASource

Oct 9, 2012

Morsi Pardons Political Prisoners, Human Rights Groups Call for More to be Done

By Nancy Messieh

Marking his first 100 days in office, President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree pardoning protesters convicted and imprisoned during the January 25th uprising that led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. The decree was met with mixed reactions, with many describing it as a step in the right direction, but lacking certain guarantees.

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2012

Turkish president says “worst case” unfolding in Syria

By Hamdi Istanbullu, Reuters

From Hamdi Istanbullu, Reuters:  Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Monday the "worst-case scenarios" were now playing out in Syria and Turkey would do everything necessary to protect itself, as its army fired back for a sixth day after a shell from Syria flew over the border.

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2012

Ministers try to limit impact of defense cuts on NATO

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  NATO ministers wrestled on Tuesday with how to prevent austerity-driven defense cuts in many member countries from undermining the power of the 63-year-old Western alliance.

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2012

NATO Secretary General stresses closer defence cooperation amid tighter budgets

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stressed the importance of closer cooperation on defence at the start of today’s Allied defence ministerial meeting.

NATO Security & Defense
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