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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

Oct 30, 2011

Obama administration has proposed a new security alliance with 6 Arab nations

By Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers, the New York Times

From Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers, the New York Times:  With an eye on the threat of a belligerent Iran, the administration is also seeking to expand military ties with the six nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 30, 2011

Britain and France should not give up on EU defence co-operation

By Clara Marina O’Donnell, the Center for European Reform

From Clara Marina O’Donnell, the Center for European Reform:  Britain and France must work with Poland to refocus the EU debate on military capabilities. Britain should adopt a more constructive stance towards operational headquarters and agree to explore the matter so long as other EU countries improve their armed forces beforehand. Instead of asking EU […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Oct 30, 2011

Fidel Castro calls NATO “brutal” for Libya role

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro denounced NATO on Monday for its role in the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying the "brutal military alliance has become the most perfidious instrument of repression the history of humanity has known." Castro, 85, also expressed indignation at the killing of Gaddafi last week and the […]

NATOSource

Oct 30, 2011

Syria’s Assad warns Western powers

By Reuters

NATOSource

Oct 30, 2011

Police raid Bosnian village linked to Friday’s attack against US embassy

By Almir Alic and Aida Cerkez, the AP

From Almir Alic and Aida Cerkez, the AP:  Special police units raided homes Saturday in a Bosnian village linked to the gunman who fired an automatic weapon at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo in what authorities called a terrorist attack.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 29, 2011

No Taxation Without Representation!

By Julian Lindley-French

The 26 October Euro Summit Statement and the decision by the seventeen Eurozone countries to move towards ever deeper economic and fiscal integration will make Britain and the British people third or fourth class European citizens, after the likes of Belgium and Luxembourg. For the world’s fifth or sixth largest economy and Europe’s strongest military […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2011

NATO makes final decision to end Libya operation on October 31

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Today, we confirmed the decision taken by the North Atlantic Council a week ago. Our operation for Libya will end on October 31.

New Atlanticist

Oct 28, 2011

Eurozone Crisis Solved . . . Again!

By Alexei Monsarrat and James Joyner

The overnight deal to address the Eurozone debt crisis follows an eerily familiar pattern. Waiting until action was long overdue, Europe’s leaders have come up with a solution they will sell as final and complete while leaving important — and potentially deal killing — details for later. The markets surged yesterday on the news of […]

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2011

The continuing need for a strong NATO

By Tom Donilon, the Washington Post

From Tom Donilon, the Washington Post:  President Obama has made strengthening our security alliances in Europe and Asia a cornerstone of America’s engagement with the world.

MENASource

Oct 27, 2011

News Update: October 27, 2011

By Mara Revkin

Following the appearance of hundreds of posters supporting the presidential candidacy of Field Marshal Tantawi, an anonymous military official close to the SCAF insisted that the military council had “nothing at all to do with this campaign" and claimed that "we are committed to handing power over to civilians." As Islamist parties continue to expand […]

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