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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 18, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on October 17

By NATO

NATOSource

Oct 18, 2011

Republicans and Foreign Policy

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  Recently, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman Jr. have delivered foreign policy speeches and issued white papers. But they are pretty thin, with few new ideas and many unanswered questions.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 18, 2011

Why the US Explored “Cyber War” Against Libya, And Why It Backed Down

By Jason Healey

We should not be surprised that, according to the New York Times, the Obama administration and military commanders considered “a cyberoffensive to disrupt and even disable the Qaddafi government’s air-defense system.” Indeed there are three key reasons why military leadership would be negligent if they did not ask about cyber options:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 18, 2011

Clinton in Libya to Meet Leaders and Offer Aid Package

By Steven Lee Myers, the New York Times

From Steven Lee Myers, the New York Times:  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton landed here on Tuesday to demonstrate support for Libya’s new transitional government, even as a senior administration official expressed concern that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi remained a “lethal nuisance.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 18, 2011

High Noon for Europe’s Banks

By Michael Lafferty

There is a gigantic hole in the balance sheets of Europe’s banks – from France to Germany, from Spain to Italy. Even the UK, which thought it had put all this behind it with an unprecedented bailout of major banks in 2008, cannot be excluded. The banks desperately need vast amounts of new capital to […]

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Oct 18, 2011

Looking Ahead to The London Conference on Cyberspace

By William Hague

The advent and development of cyberspace is transforming our world and revolutionising our everyday lives. This may become a global challenge and require a global, co-ordinated response. However, until now, the debate around what form this response should take has been fragmented and lacked focus. The UK believes this must change. More international consensus is […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2011

West must keep Pakistan ties, says NATO chief

By Peter Spiegel and James Lamont, the Financial Times

From Peter Spiegel and James Lamont, the Financial Times:  The west must continue to co-operate closely with Pakistan despite US claims that Pakistan’s intelligence agency is assisting Islamist insurgents fighting allied troops in Afghanistan, Nato’s secretary-general has said.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2011

U.S. Debated Cyberwarfare in Attack Plan on Libya

By Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, the New York Times

From Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, the New York Times:  Just before the American-led strikes against Libya in March, the Obama administration intensely debated whether to open the mission with a new kind of warfare: a cyberoffensive to disrupt and even disable the Qaddafi government’s air-defense system, which threatened allied warplanes.

Cybersecurity Drones

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on October 16

By NATO

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2011

Tensions High On Kosovo-Serbia Border As KFOR Deadline Approaches

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:  Tensions along Kosovo’s northern border with neighboring Serbia are high as NATO forces have announced they will dismantle makeshift barricades on roads leading to border crossings.

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