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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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New Atlanticist

May 18, 2012

The Atlantic Alliance Transformed

By Brent Scowcroft

As the US inclination and ability to act unilaterally decline, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization becomes an even more vital tool for foreign and defense policy. However, NATO will only be relevant to new US strategic priorities and geopolitical realities if it changes the way it does business. Despite flaws in its execution, the ultimate […]

Afghanistan Libya

New Atlanticist

May 18, 2012

NATO Inaction on Enlargement Risks Balkan Stability

By James Jones

For a half century, the NATO alliance has been the cornerstone of the United States’ and Europe’s shared security. The alliance’s enlargement has been a priority at each major meeting of NATO heads of state since the fall of the Berlin Wall. This weekend, when NATO leaders convene in Chicago, enlargement may be swept under […]

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

May 18, 2012

Is Egypt’s Presidential Election for Sale?

By Hoda Youssef

With presidential elections already in progress for Egyptians abroad, and only a few days remaining for those voting in Egypt, many citizens are concerned about the role money may play in shaping the results of the first post-revolution elections. This is a legitimate fear, given that the use of money in politics, known as political […]

NATOSource

May 18, 2012

New Report Critiques Germany’s NATO Policy

By Gregor Peter Schmitz, Spiegel

From Gregor Peter Schmitz, Spiegel:  Germany may be Europe’s driving force in the euro crisis, but a prominent US think tank has accused the country of shirking its defense duties.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

May 18, 2012

Yes to Missile Defense, With Russia

By Wolfgang Ischinger

The NATO summit in Chicago starting on Sunday is expected to declare an “interim capability” of a NATO missile defense shield. Although Russia had been invited by NATO at its summit in Lisbon in 2010 to cooperate in setting up a joint ballistic missile defense system, or B.M.D., the alliance is now poised to proceed […]

Missile Defense NATO

NATOSource

May 18, 2012

Ahead of NATO’s Chicago summit, members eye the Afghan exits

By Paul Richter, the Los Angeles Times

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 18, 2012

What NATO Should and Shouldn’t Do in Chicago

By Jeanne Shaheen, Foreign Affairs

From Jeanne Shaheen, Foreign Affairs:  At this year’s summit, the West must push back and remind the world that the United States and its NATO allies still wield unrivaled power to shape the world for the better.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 17, 2012

New Foreign and Defense Ministers Named in France

By France 24

NATOSource

May 17, 2012

Germany’s Reputation in NATO Has Hit Rock Bottom

By Ulrike Demmer and Christoph Schult, Spiegel

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 17, 2012

Taking Stock of the Atlantic Alliance

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the New York Times

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the New York Times:  As secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I travel often to Washington.

United States and Canada
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