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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

Sep 13, 2012

Russia: There is a danger of NATO turning into a “global policeman”

By Voice of Russia

From Voice of Russia:  Both Russia and NATO realize that two such major agents in the sphere of global security – the largest state in Eurasia and the leading military political organization (one must admit it is so) – must preserve a normal relationship

NATOSource

Sep 13, 2012

Russia worried about NATO activity in Baltic region

By Voice of Russia

From Voice of Russia:  Alexander Victorovich, you have mentioned twice that Russia is worried by certain NATO activity. What exactly do you mean?

New Atlanticist

Sep 13, 2012

Mitt Romney’s Opaque Foreign Policy

By James Joyner

In the wake of the murder of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney inexplicably and ironically declared, “President Obama has demonstrated a lack of clarity as to a foreign policy.”

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Sep 13, 2012

The System of Government in Egypt’s Draft Constitution / نظام الحكم بمشروع الدستور الجديد؛ رؤية نقدية

By Yussef Auf

The formation of the Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the constitution of post-revolution Egypt has been described using largely the same terms used to depict the first transitional period from February 2011 to August 12th of this year: haphazard, confusing and ambiguous.  This state of confusion has reigned since the election of members of the […]

MENASource

Sep 13, 2012

Top News: Morsi Condemns Film, Pledges to Protect US Embassy Staff

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsy condemned on Thursday the amateur film which many see as offensive to Prophet Mohamed and Islam and which is prompting protests across the region. Morsy called the Prophet a red line that should not be crossed, and said he supported peaceful protest but not attacks on embassies. 

New Atlanticist

Sep 13, 2012

Foreign Service and Ambassador Stevens

By Ross Wilson

The death in Benghazi of US Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three other staff members of the US mission in Libya is a chilling reminder of the risks that American diplomats and American diplomacy face at a time of violence and uncertainty in the Middle East and the world. 

Libya

MENASource

Sep 13, 2012

Misunderstanding Plagues the US Embassy Protest over anti-Muhammad Film: A First Hand Account

By Jayson Casper

The sad spectacle on display at the US Embassy in Cairo on September 11 shows nearly everyone in a poor light. Sadder still is that most parties involved acted from a sense of virtue, but misunderstanding and prejudice corroded the good intentions. As EgyptSource resident contributor Tarek Radwan ably described, the protests at the US […]

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2012

Cyber Vigilantes and Digital Hit Men: The private sector ‘going on the offensive’ against cyber attackers

By Tim Maurer, Foreign Policy

From Tim Maurer, Foreign Policy:  [G]overnment is not the only one taking on cyber threats. Corporations, which have long worked to defend their networks from intrusion, are increasingly going on the offensive, turning from firewalls to retaliation.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2012

Release of NATO sponsored manual on the international law applicable to cyber warfare

By NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence

From NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence:  The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, written at the invitation of the Centre by an independent ‘International Group of Experts’, is the result of a three-year effort to examine how extant international law norms apply to this ‘new’ form of warfare.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Sep 12, 2012

Breaking Down the Attack on the US Embassy in Cairo

By Nancy Messieh

In the wake of the attack on the US embassy in Egypt, talk of attempts to sow sectarian strife are once again at the forefront of local media, and this time the Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood both point at a group of Coptic emigrants living in the US. While protesters directed their anger […]

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