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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

Aug 9, 2012

U.S.-EU Statement on the Asia-Pacific Region

By the Department of State

From the Department of State:  Secretary Clinton and High Representative Ashton noted that interdependence between Asia, the United States and the European Union has reached unprecedented levels.

Cybersecurity European Union

MENASource

Aug 9, 2012

Egypt’s Journalists Fear a Continuation of Mubarak-Era Constraints

By Nancy Messieh

On Wednesday, the Upper House of Parliament (Shura Council) named 50 new editors for the country’s state-run newspapers, amid a backlash, led primarily by the Journalist’s Syndicate. The union accused the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Shura Council of trying to regulate state-owned media in the interest of their party, earning a comparison to Hosni Mubarak and the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 9, 2012

Reflections on the Oak Creek Sikh Temple Tragedy

By Deepa Iyer

I have worked with South Asian community members and organizations since September 11, 2001, and the tragic events of this past Sunday in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, has shaken me to the core. As our country tries to make sense of the tragedy that occurred last Sunday at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, it […]

United States and Canada

MENASource

Aug 9, 2012

Sinai Attack Reveals More Than Just Security Vulnerabilities

By Haitham Tabei

Sixteen soldiers were killed and seven injured in a terrorist attack on the border between Egypt and Israel, exposing one of many crises facing the current regime, which is an amalgamation of old and new. The president, the military, state media and national security are all intertwined in an uneasy marriage, one which is coming […]

MENASource

Aug 9, 2012

Top News: In Biggest Deployment Under Peace Treaty, Egypt Army Pushes More Reinforcements into Sinai

By Egypt Source

Major military reinforcements arrived to the outskirts of El-Arish in Sinai Thursday morning coming from the Second Field Army Command in Ismailiya. The reinforcements sent to the border city with Israel include armoured vehicles, tanks and missile batteries in addition to hundreds of soldiers.

NATOSource

Aug 8, 2012

Russian generals attack Medvedev over Georgia war

By Gleb Bryanski, Reuters

From Gleb Bryanski, Reuters:  A group of retired Russian generals has accused Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of indecision during Moscow’s 2008 war with Georgia, the most serious attack on the country’s No. 2 politician since he stepped down as president in May.

NATOSource

Aug 8, 2012

Teddy bear feud escalates: Belarus expels all Swedish diplomats

By Camille Bas-Wohlert, AFP

From Camille Bas-Wohlert, AFP:  Sweden’s ties with Belarus soured further Wednesday as Minsk expelled all Swedish diplomats and closed its mission in Stockholm, five days after the ex-Soviet state expelled the Swedish ambassador.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Aug 8, 2012

Afghan civilian casualties fall 15 percent in first half of 2012

By Mirwais Harooni, Reuters

MENASource

Aug 8, 2012

Top News: Morsi Appoints New Security Officials in Response to Rafah Incident

By Egypt Source

President Morsi appoints Maj. Gen. Mohamed Ahmad Zaki commander of the Republican Guard, and Maj. Gen. Mohamed Ra’fat Shehata as intelligence director replacing Maj. Gen. Murad Mowafi. Morsi also dismissed the Sinai governor and will appoint a new military police chief to replace Gen. Hamdi Badeen in response to the recent instability. SECURITY Egyptian troops […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 8, 2012

Infrastructure Alarm Sounds

By Harlan Ullman

Last week, three events should have sounded deafening alarms and issued unmistakable warnings about the vulnerabilities facing mankind. And a fourth was further frosting on this rather explosive cake. None did and complacency still reigns.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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