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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

Mar 12, 2012

Obama asks Pentagon for ‘preliminary military options’ for Syria

By Elisabeth Bumiller, the New York Times

From Elisabeth Bumiller, the New York Times:  One senior defense official said over the weekend that even creating “safe havens,” or protected areas inside Syria for civilians, would be such a complex operation that military planners were “looking at a serious contingent of U.S. ground troops”

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 12, 2012

French Presidential frontrunner outlines views on NATO and Europe

By Steven Erlanger, the New York Times

From Steven Erlanger, the New York Times:  Mr. Sarkozy has crept closer to the Socialist Party candidate, François Hollande, in opinion polls for the first round of voting, he remains more than 10 percentage points behind Mr. Hollande in a projected runoff between the two men.

NATOSource

Mar 12, 2012

Lugar Introduces NATO Enlargement Bill

By the Office of Senator Richard Lugar

From the Office of Senator Richard Lugar:  U.S. Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) has introduced the NATO Enhancement Act, a bill to encourage further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to deepen U.S. strategic partnerships with NATO allies.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 11, 2012

Statement by the NATO Secretary General on tragic incident in Kandahar Province

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I want to express my shock and sadness at the tragic shooting incident in Kandahar province

NATOSource

Mar 11, 2012

US soldier in custody after sixteen Afghan civilians shot dead

By Ahmad Nadem and Ahmad Haroon, Reuters

From Ahmad Nadem and Ahmad Haroon, Reuters:  Sixteen Afghan civilians, including nine children, were shot dead in what witnesses described as a nighttime massacre on Sunday

United States and Canada

MENASource

Mar 10, 2012

Egyptian Women: What Have They Gained?

By Tarek Radwan

Before International Women’s Day (IWD) 2012 rapidly fades from memory and policy-makers return to other problems faced in their respective countries, a look at how this day played out in Egypt may shed some light on the massive challenges Egyptian women will face in the coming years. Recent events indicate that activists may find the […]

NATOSource

Mar 10, 2012

China suspected of Facebook attack on NATO’s supreme allied commander

By Nick Hopkins, the Guardian

From Nick Hopkins, the Guardian:  Nato’s most senior military commander has been repeatedly targeted in a Facebook scam thought to have been co-ordinated by cyber-spies in China

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 10, 2012

NATO: Georgia “Getting Closer” To The Alliance

By Joshua Kucera, the Bug Pit

From Joshua Kucera, the Bug Pit:  NATO’s special representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia has praised Georgia’s cooperation with the alliance

NATOSource

Mar 10, 2012

Mitigating NATO’s Invisible Risk

By Jordan Becker, the New Atlanticist

From Jordan Becker, the New Atlanticist:  As Europe becomes a modest producer rather than a consumer of security and the US engages in a “strategic pivot” toward the Asia Pacific

Drones Technology & Innovation

NATOSource

Mar 9, 2012

NATO signs largest contract to date for cyber defense

By NATO

From NATO:  The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) celebrated with a ceremony on 8 March 2012 the award of a contract for upgrading the NATO cyber defence capabilities.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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