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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

Apr 10, 2012

Disarmament by Timetable

By Andrew Wilson

Britain’s nuclear weapons—and its international relationships—are under challenge.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 10, 2012

Obama and NATO should act before the Syria crisis spreads further

By Simon Tisdall, the Guardian

United Kingdom United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Apr 10, 2012

Bringing Turkey and Russia Closer to the European Neighborhood Policy

By Kristina Mikulova

As NATO and the EU have shelved enlargement – the juiciest “carrot” motivating reform in aspirant countries – it is even more crucial for the transatlantic community to refine existing institutional frameworks for engagement in order to prevent reform inertia – or worse – backsliding.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Apr 10, 2012

Brotherhood’s Presidential Bid Divides Egypt’s Islamists / الإخوان يثيرون انقساما بين الإسلاميين بالترشح للرئاسة

By Magdy Samaan

The Brotherhood’s decision to run for the presidency has thrown an unexpected wrench in an already unpredictable presidential race, creating tensions and divisions within the Islamist political movement. Al-Shater’s entry into a field of candidates that already includes three Islamists could split the Islamist vote. In addition to Khairat al-Shater, the Brotherhood’s deputy Supreme Guide, […]

NATOSource

Apr 10, 2012

Europe has yet to make Europeans

By Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times

From Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times:  The construction of a group identity typically takes generations. But Europe’s politicians no longer have the luxury of time.

Economy & Business European Union

MENASource

Apr 10, 2012

Top News: Court Suspends Constituent Assembly Over Constitutional Challenge

By Mara Revkin

The High Administrative Court suspended the constituent assembly on April 10 after ruling in favor of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the assembly’s formation.

New Atlanticist

Apr 10, 2012

US Returning to Security Council To Protect Syrians, Says Burns

By Barbara Slavin

Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns is a rare breed in Washington — a career foreign-service officer in a job typically held by political appointees and a man esteemed by both Democrats and Republicans. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who kept Burns on as undersecretary of state and then promoted him to his current job […]

International Organizations North Africa

NATOSource

Apr 10, 2012

Pentagon to fast-track cyberweapons acquisition

By Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post:  The Pentagon is planning to dramatically speed up the development of new cyberweapons, giving it the ability in some cases to field weapons against specific targets in a matter of days, according to a new Pentagon report to Congress.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 10, 2012

Turkey considering unilateral action in Syria and possible NATO protection

By Abdullah Bozkurt, Today’s Zaman

MENASource

Apr 9, 2012

Top News: Mubarak VP to Run for President

By Mara Revkin

On April 6, former vice president and head of intelligence Omar Suleiman announced that he will run for president, reneging on an earlier decision to drop out of the race.

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