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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

Apr 12, 2012

Clinton says US supports UN force in Syria, but no comment on NATO role

By Hillary Clinton, the Department of State

From Hillary Clinton, the Department of State:  Assad will have to go, and the Syrian people must be given the chance to chart their own future.

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Francois Hollande shakes supporters hands

New Atlanticist

Apr 12, 2012

Presuming President Hollande

By Nicholas Dungan

If François Hollande, the Socialist Party challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy, is elected president of France on May 6, he will face an immediate sizing-up of his leadership at the G8 and NATO summits on the morrow of his taking office on May 17.  He should be expected to arrive at those summit meetings as a […]

France

NATOSource

Apr 12, 2012

NATO hints at ‘political’ agreement with Russia on missile defense

By the Global Security Newswire

From the Global Security Newswire: A NATO official in a Wednesday radio interview hinted that a "political" agreement on missile defense cooperation could be reached with Russia in the coming months, ITAR -Tass reported

New Atlanticist

Apr 12, 2012

Enrichment Freeze at Fordow Key to Progress in Iran Nuclear Talks

By Barbara Slavin

As diplomats from Iran and the world’s big powers assemble in Istanbul on the inauspicious day of Friday 13, the key to managing the Iranian nuclear crisis lies deep in a mountain near the Shiite theological center of Qom.

MENASource

Apr 12, 2012

Top News: Egypt Expected to Sign IMF Deal by May 15

By Mara Revkin

Egypt’s Finance Minister said on April 12 that the Egyptian government expects to sign a $3.2 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund by May 15, before the presidential election.

NATOSource

Apr 12, 2012

State Department: Missile threat to Europe ‘is increasing both quantitatively and qualitatively’

By Frank A. Rose, the Department of State

From Frank A. Rose, the Department of State:  Missile defense plays an important role in the broader U.S. international security strategy, supporting both deterrence and diplomacy.

NATOSource

Apr 12, 2012

Rasmussen: ‘NATO is here as Afghanistan’s partner for the long term’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  We are on track to reach the goal we set together with you, Mr President [Hamid Karzai], in Lisbon: an Afghanistan with Afghans fully in charge of their own security by the end of 2014. That goal remains unchanged.

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2012

Erdogan: Turkey may invoke NATO’s Article 5 over Syrian border fire

By Today’s Zaman

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2012

Pentagon expanding international partnerships to address “global cyber arms race”

By Cheryl Pellerin, Armed Forces Press Service

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Apr 11, 2012

Game-Changing Court Decision Escalates Egypt’s Constitutional Crisis

By Tarek Radwan

On April 10, the Administrative Court in Cairo ruled to stop the implementation of parliamentary speaker Saad al-Katatny’s formation of the constituent assembly in response to a number of lawsuits challenging the legitimacy and constitutionality of the highly controversial body.  The lawsuit is just the latest blow the legitimacy of the assembly, which has seen […]

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