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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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Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

Jun 13, 2011

Atlantic Update 6/13/2011

By HuiHui Ooi

Is Erdogan’s win in Turkey good for its future? NATO is in a dilemma about its future after the critical speech by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Private creditors in Europe are assuming some burden to the Greek financial crisis whereas Germany seeks to attach strings to bailout packages. 

NATOSource

Jun 13, 2011

NATO using Twitter to help target air strikes in Libya

By AFP

From AFP:  A NATO official said Libyans have been tweeting from the rebel-held city of Misrata, Ajdabiya and Tripoli, providing information ranging from movements of troops and tank columns to shellings of towns and fleeing refugees. "Twitter is a great source," the official said on condition of anonymity. The official stressed that any information gleaned […]

NATOSource

Jun 13, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 12

By NATO

NATOSource

Jun 13, 2011

‘Collective Military Irrelevance’

By the Editors of the Wall Street Journal

From the Editors of the Wall Street Journal:  Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaving office with a bang, and yesterday his target was a NATO alliance that he said is risking "collective military irrelevance" by spending so little on defense that it can’t defeat a two-bit dictator like Moammar Gadhafi

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 12, 2011

Erdogan wins election in Turkey, but falls short of two-thirds majority

By Deutsche Welle

NATOSource

Jun 12, 2011

The 24th anniversary of Reagan’s “Tear down this wall” speech in Berlin

By Ronald Reagan, the Reagan Foundation

From Ronald Reagan, the Reagan Foundation:  We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 12, 2011

NATO 2.0: Reboot or Delete?

NATOSource

Jun 12, 2011

The West is still waiting for its Libya gamble to pay off

By Doyle MacManus, the Los Angeles Times

From Doyle MacManus, the Los Angeles Times:  Hope isn’t a strategy. But it was a major part of NATO’s decision to launch an air war against Libya’s Moammar Kadafi almost three months ago.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 12, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 11

By NATO

NATOSource

Jun 11, 2011

Robert Gates’ Harsh Words to NATO

Kurt Volker, Atlantic Council Senior Advisor, Managing Director at Johns Hopkins University – SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, and former US Ambassador to NATO, appeared on Fox News

United States and Canada
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