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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 16, 2011

NATO Chief: Libya exposes Europe’s reliance on US power

By Pascal Mallet, AFP

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 16, 2011

New NATO Assistant Secretary General

By NATO

From NATO:  Ambassador Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović took up her position as NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy on 4 July 2011.  Having previously served as Croatia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and, more recently, as Ambassador of Croatia to the United States (2008 – 2011), Ambassador Grabar-Kitarović is well-versed in Euro-Atlantic diplomacy and […]

NATOSource

Jul 16, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 15

By NATO

New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2011

US-Morocco Treaty Partnership at 225

By Peter Pham

Today marks the 225th anniversary of the longest unbroken treaty relationship to which the United States is a party. On July 15, 1786 (18 Ramadan 1200), in Marrakech, American agent Thomas Barclay was handed the final protocol of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship by his Moroccan counterpart Taher Ben Abdelhack Fennish. Certified translations of […]

NATOSource

Jul 15, 2011

U.S. recognizes rebels as Libya’s legitimate government

By Matthew Lee, the AP

From Matthew Lee, the AP: [Secretary of State Hillary] Clinton announced Friday that Washington accepts the Transitional National Council as the legitimate governing authority of the Libyan people.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2011

Nervousness About Ukraine Exaggerated

By Adrian Karatnycky

“I wear this wristband in solidarity with the people of Belarus. I sincerely hope that we will not be wearing similar bracelets in support of Ukraine.” This was the dramatic declaration by Freedom House Executive Director David Kramer at a recent Washington D.C. panel in which I also took part.

Ukraine

NATOSource

Jul 15, 2011

Hunt on for creators of Putin spy posters

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  City authorities vowed on Friday to "find and punish" the "hooligans" who put up posters in central Moscow depicting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a secret agent.

NATOSource

Jul 15, 2011

Fun with slopegraphs: NATO defense spending as a percentage of GDP

By Gulliver, Ink Spots

From Gulliver, Ink Spots:  [I]t happens that in a decade of unprecedented global military expenditures and increased operational tempo and warfighting demands on Western countries, the point of highest average proportional spending by the relevant sub-groups was in 2001 — prior to the start of those operations!

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 15, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 14

By NATO

NATOSource

Jul 15, 2011

Pentagon’s New Cyber Strategy

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  The Department of Defense’s new cyber strategy is being released this afternoon and many cyber security professionals who read it may be disappointed that it does not say more.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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