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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

Jul 24, 2012

Russia warns Syria against using chemical weapons

By the AP

MENASource

Jul 24, 2012

Negotiating with Egypt’s Military Industrial Complex

By Mehrunisa Qayyum

Saying Egypt’s military is large and influential is pretty much like saying “It is what it is.” This type of complacency has survived because the military tends to assume an influential role in many large powerful countries boasting a military-industrial complex, such as Turkey, China, and even the United States.    Egypt has lived through […]

NATOSource

Jul 24, 2012

Assad names new national security team

By Albert Aji, the AP

From Albert Aji, the AP:  President Bashar Assad on Tuesday reshuffled the generals at the core of his regime’s highly secretive security apparatus after last week’s bombing that killed four top officials charged with fighting the tenacious rebellion rocking the country, an official said.

NATOSource

Jul 24, 2012

Video: How NATO’s Supreme Commander thinks about global security

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  On 26 June 2012, SACEUR, Admiral James Stavridis, spoke at the TEDGlobal 2012 Conference in Edinburg, Scotland; title of his remarks "Open-Source Security."

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2012

75% of Scots support an independent Scotland in NATO

By Tom Peterkin, the Scotsman

From Tom Peterkin, the Scotsman:  Three-quarters of Scots believe that an independent Scotland should stay in Nato, according to a new poll published as the SNP considers ending its long-standing opposition to the nuclear defence alliance. The overwhelming popular support for Scotland remaining within the Nato fold after any break-up of the UK will boost […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2012

U.S. to offer multinational command training for senior European officers

By Steven Beardsley, Stars and Stripes

From Steven Beardsley, Stars and Stripes:  After years of training Europe’s soldiers in on-the-ground tactics, U.S. Army Europe is focusing several echelons higher, training Europe’s senior leaders in the concepts of multinational command.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2012

Gen. Allen: US Afghan withdrawal halfway done for 2012

By Deb Riechmann, the AP

From Deb Riechmann, the AP:  This year’s pullout of 23,000 American troops from Afghanistan is at the halfway mark, U.S. Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces, said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Jul 23, 2012

Top News: Hamas: Egypt Delegation to Visit Gaza, West Bank to Discuss Reconciliation

By Tarek Radwan

Egypt intends to send two delegations to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to discuss Palestinian reconciliation, Hamas political bureau member Mahmoud al-Zahar said Sunday. Zahar told Palestinian news agency Maan News that the move comes in response to a suggestion made by Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal during his recent meeting with Egyptian President […]

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2012

EU to ‘inspect vessels and aircraft heading to Syria’ with suspicious cargo

By the Council of the European Union

From the Council of the European Union:  In response to the ever increasing violence in Syria, the Council today strengthened the enforcement of the EU arms embargo against Syria.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jul 23, 2012

NATO: Connected Forces, Connected Minds?

By Julian Lindley-French

NATO must contend with two competing and contending inner-realities: a schism in Alliance strategic culture and concept, driven by deepening divisions over the world view and the future of the Euro; and the austerity-driven need for shrinking armed forces to work ever more closely together in a world in which the balance of power is […]

Europe & Eurasia NATO
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