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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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MENASource

Sep 5, 2012

Who Are Egypt’s New Governors?

By Nancy Messieh

President Mohamed Morsi appointed ten new governors in key areas of Egypt including Cairo, North Sinai, Alexandria and Minya. The ten governors include four members of the Muslim Brotherhood and three army generals. Military generals were appointed as governors of North Sinai, the Red Sea and Suez governorates, all lying on the Egypt’s borders. The […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 5, 2012

America’s Euro Fatigue

By Stanley Sloan

At a time when the United States and all its allies are looking at years of reduced resources for all kinds of discretionary government spending, including defense, American interest and faith in the transatlantic alliance seems to be fading fast. Is this a sign of permanent decline in the sense of “Atlantic community,” or is it […]

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 5, 2012

What Roosevelt Would Do in the South China Sea

By James Clad and Robert Manning

Planting flags on islets, declaring cities where there are too few residents to fill a restaurant, and huffing and puffing over uninhabited rocks are acts more suited to a Gilbert and Sullivan farce than to nations in the 21st century. Absurdities aside, the tensions in the South China Sea could shape the balance of power […]

China

NATOSource

Sep 5, 2012

Clinton tells China ‘it is vital’ to curb increasing number of cyber attacks

By the Department of State

From the Department of State:  Excerpts from remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 5, 2012

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers arrested or fired over ‘green on blue’ attacks

By the BBC

From the BBC:  Hundreds of soldiers in Afghanistan have been dismissed or detained after a probe into a surge of insider attacks against foreign forces, officials say.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 5, 2012

Turkish PM: U.S. elections hampering Syria action

By CNN

From CNN:  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the United States is "lacking of initiative" on Syria and suggested that could be because of the upcoming U.S. election.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Sep 5, 2012

Top News: Morsy Appoints 10 New Governors, Including Three Military Generals

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsy appointed 10 new governors, of whom four are affiliated with the Brotherhood, three are retired military generals and five are academics.  

NATOSource

Sep 5, 2012

NATO vows action on insider attacks in Afghanistan

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  The surge of assaults by Afghan soldiers and police on their foreign allies will not derail plans to draw down international troops from Afghanistan, but in the meantime, NATO will "do everything it takes" to stop such insider attacks

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2012

NATO kicks off multinational close air support exercise

By Stars and Stripes

From Stars and Stripes:  Exercise Ramstein Rover 2012, a two-week training mission for NATO’s close air support providers, begins Wednesday and runs to Sept. 21 in the Czech Republic.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Sep 4, 2012

Egypt’s First Veiled News Anchor is not a Sign of the ‘Brotherhoodization’ of State Media

By Nancy Messieh

One of the latest stories to emerge about changes to Egypt’s media landscape is the appearance of the country’s first-ever veiled news anchor, Fatma Nabil. Her appearance on state TV’s news broadcast has been lumped together with recently made changes which have been viewed as the ‘Brotherhoodization’ of the press. On closer inspection, the headlines […]

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