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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

Jul 21, 2011

Lessons of History Would Help Obama Lead on Libya

By  The Editors, Bloomberg

From The Editors, Bloomberg: “NATO hits one tank and then goes away,” lamented a commander of Libya’s opposition forces to the Washington Post. “But NATO could turn this war around in a day if they wanted to.” Muammar Qaddafi, by threatening to launch terrorist attacks against Europe, has given the Obama administration a solid rationale for […]

NATOSource

Jul 21, 2011

Two Britons arrested in Afghanistan

By BBC

From BBC: Two Britons have been arrested in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Jul 21, 2011

Has Libya Killed Off Denuclearization of North Korea?

By Banning Garrett

An unnoted consequence of the NATO military effort to topple the Gaddafi regime may be any hope of eventual denuclearization of North Korea or Iran. The September 2005 denuclearization agreement with North Korea made security guarantees to Pyongyang in exchange for verifiable elimination of nuclear weapons. The North Koreans signed, but promptly shunned the deal […]

Libya

New Atlanticist

Jul 21, 2011

Bitter Divides Persist Below Bahrain’s Relatively Calm Surface

By Barbara Slavin

When Bahraini ambassador Houda Ezra Nonoo arrived in Washington three years ago, she was greeted as the representative of a close U.S. ally with a reputation for more openness and tolerance than most Gulf nations.

NATOSource

Jul 21, 2011

NATO’s Nuclear Future: Self-Centered Policies Threaten Collective Security

By Franklin Miller at Brookings

From Franklin Miller at Brookings: [The NATO Deterrence and Defense Posture Review] fundamentally is not about nukes. It is about nothing less than the future of NATO, whether this, the most successful alliance in modern history—and perhaps throughout history—will continue to exist and function.

New Atlanticist

Jul 21, 2011

Lions Led by Donkeys?

By Julian Lindley-French

German First World War Generalissimo Ludendorff reportedly said of his British enemies: “The English Generals are wanting in strategy. We should have no chance if they possessed as much science as their officers and men had of courage and bravery. They are lions led by donkeys.” That strategy word again. When I rule the world […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Jul 20, 2011

NATO Chief Sounds Upbeat Note on Libya

By Stephen Fidler, the Wall Street Journal

From Stephen Fidler, the Wall Street Journal:  The civilian head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization gave an upbeat assessment of the progress of opposition forces in Libya

New Atlanticist

Jul 20, 2011

Is NATO Ready to Win Libya?

By James Joyner

If NATO has a plan for achieving victory in Libya, it has been well disguised. Regardless, the world’s most powerful military alliance will surely somehow, some day prevail over a besieged dictator with little support. But is NATO prepared for what happens when they win? Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen took to Twitter last week […]

Libya NATO

New Atlanticist

Jul 20, 2011

Cyber Leadership Gap Looms at DoD

By Jason Healey

The Department of Defense has just crossed a major milestone, finally releasing their new “Cyber 3.0” Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace as well as having been deeply involved in the White House’s International Strategy for Cyberspace.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jul 20, 2011

NATO Secretary General welcomes arrest of Goran Hadzic

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO: I very much welcome the arrest of Goran Hadzic, the last war crimes suspect indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Following the transfer of Ratko Mladic to the Hague, this arrest will allow for the most painful chapter in recent European history to be closed.

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