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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

Feb 16, 2012

Greek FM: NATO has not responded to ‘significant threat’ of Turkey

By the Athens News

From the Athens News:  Greece’s participation in Nato has not managed to respond to the significant threat represented by Turkey, the foreign minister, Stavros Dimas, told a special event held to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s membership of the military bloc. "Since the mid-1970s, Greece has been facing a standing threat by one […]

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Feb 16, 2012

Power Struggle Between Parliament and the SCAF Plays Out in Presidential Election Law

By Salem Mostafa Kamel

Egypt’s newly elected parliament was delegated full legislative powers by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on January 24, but lawmakers have begun to assert greater powers and many are claiming the authority to review and challenge military decrees. The developing power struggle between the People’s Assembly and SCAF over whether or […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 16, 2012

Why England Needs a First Amendment

By Julian Lindley-French

A democracy without a written constitution is always in peril from political law. Three current controversies underline the extent to which England today faces just such peril: the attempt to deport radical Islamist Jordanian cleric Abu Qatada; the Leveson inquiry into press standards and ethics; and the February arrest and jailing of a woman for […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Feb 16, 2012

BHO Equals W on Steroids!

By Harlan Ullman

Ironic humor, fortunately, is never far from politics. Few may recall the so-called “freedom agenda” advanced by President George W. Bush a decade ago. Spreading democracy by muscular means would “transform” the Middle East as autocratic regimes crumbled. And it did but not the way Bush intended. Afghanistan and Iraq were the test cases and […]

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2012

Kosovo shows how the west can intervene in Syria

By Radwan Ziadeh, the Financial Times

From Radwan Ziadeh, the Financial Times:  A well-rounded intervention strategy would involve the following. First, as in Kosovo, the international community – be it a joint UN-Arab League mission or a coalition of “Friends of Syria” – must designate safe zones to be protected by air power.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2012

NATO to spend almost $4 billion on UAV program

By Justyna Pawlak, Reuters

From Justyna Pawlak, Reuters: NATO is to buy five U.S.-made unmanned drone aircraft capable of countering Afghan insurgents, hunting pirates off Somalia or monitoring arms embargoes, an alliance official said on Wednesday. . . . "The acquisition itself is plus 1 billion (euros)," a NATO official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The cost […]

Drones Technology & Innovation

MENASource

Feb 15, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Claims US Funding “Destroying Egypt”

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood’s weekly statement claimed that the United States has spent over $105 million since the revolution on “destroying Egypt and its society.”

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2012

France presses for Syria aid corridors at U.N.

By John Irish, Reuters

From John Irish, Reuters:  France said Wednesday it wanted the U.N. Security Council to set up humanitarian corridors in Syria to alleviate civilian suffering and that it was negotiating with Russia on a new U.N. resolution on the conflict.

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2012

1.5 million Soviet/Russian soldiers involved in foreign interventions since WWII

By RIA Novosti.&n

From RIA Novosti. 

MENASource

Feb 15, 2012

29 Egyptian NGOs Echo U.S. Condemnation of Civil Society Crackdown

By Mara Revkin

On February 15, 29 Egyptian civil society organizations issued a scathing denunciation of the government’s "politically motivated" legal assault on 43 NGO employees, debunking the myth — put forward by Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga and other architects of the crackdown — that Egyptians overwhelmingly view foreign-funded NGOs as a threat to national […]

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