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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 23, 2012

U.S. increasing efforts to block flow of weapons and oil from Iran to Syria

By Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes, and Nour Malas, the Wall Street Journal

From Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes, and Nour Malas, the Wall Street Journal:  The U.S. has been mounting a secret but limited effort to speed the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad without using force, scrambling spies and diplomats to block arms and oil shipments from Iran and passing intelligence to front-line allies.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 22, 2012

Obama administration ‘ready to accelerate’ efforts to remove Assad

By Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper, the New York Times

From Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper, the New York Times:  The Obama administration has for now abandoned efforts for a diplomatic settlement to the conflict in Syria, and instead it is increasing aid to the rebels

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 21, 2012

NATO says it’s winning war against Somali piracy

By Saleh Al-Shaibany, Reuters

From Saleh Al-Shaibany, Reuters:  The threat from Somali pirates is receding but the international community must continue to work together to eliminate the menace, a NATO official said on Saturday.

NATOSource

Jul 21, 2012

Russian envoy: Missile defense ‘remains a stumbling block in our relations with the alliance’

By ITAR-TASS

From ITAR-TASS:   "The missile defence system in Europe remains a stumbling block in our relations with the alliance. Finding mutually acceptable solutions to this problem is still possible, although the window of opportunity has been shrinking steadily. We have offered NATO a variety of formulas for joint action in this area, but until now we […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 21, 2012

The more Russia and NATO need each other, the better

By Sergei Oznobishchev, Valdai Club

From Sergei Oznobishchev, Valdai Club:   On setting up a NATO transshipment base in Ulyanovsk The decision is important in geopolitical and strategic terms, as it bolsters Russia’s partner relations with the United States and the North Atlantic alliance. There have been ups and downs in the Russia-NATO relationship, with downs prevailing. Russia has repeatedly frozen […]

NATOSource

Jul 20, 2012

Syria: The moral urge to intervene is countervailed by the moral responsibility for the consequences

By Maria Lipman, BBC

From Maria Lipman, BBC:  "A villainous leader brutally killing his adversaries should be stopped." At first sight the moral clarity of this statement cannot be called into doubt.

NATOSource

Jul 20, 2012

Would Bashar use chemical weapons against a NATO military intervention?

By Bruce Riedel, BBC

From Bruce Riedel, BBC:  Syria’s embattled President Bashar al-Assad is sitting on a powder keg of angry citizens who want his brutal regime to end.

NATOSource

Jul 20, 2012

Clinton: ‘I don’t think any country believes that it should act unilaterally’ in Syria

By CBS News

From CBS News:  Excerpts from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton interview with Margaret Brennan

United States and Canada

MENASource

Jul 20, 2012

Politics Has Destroyed the State of Law in Egypt / السياسة تهدم دولة القانون في مصر

By Haitham Tabei

Egypt is caught in the midst of a tense standoff between two factions – with politics on one side, and the law on the other. The struggle is being played out in the legislative space, as legal experts and politicians attempt to interpret the courts’ decisions and the provisions of the law. Skirmishes have included […]

MENASource

Jul 20, 2012

Top News: Morsi Welcomes Ramadan with Release of 572 Detained by Military

By Tarek Radwan

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday evening ordered the release of 572 Egyptian citizens who had been detained by military authorities since last year’s Tahrir Square uprising, Al-Ahram’s Arabic-language news website has reported. Those to be released include 530 detainees who had already been convicted by military courts and 42 that had been awaiting military […]

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