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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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New Atlanticist

May 31, 2011

Time for Peace Talks

By Maleeha Lodhi

In more ways than one, Osama bin Laden’s death has changed the dynamic in the region and offered a new opportunity to pursue a political settlement to end the almost decade long war in Afghanistan. Bin Laden’s killing by a covert American mission has injected unprecedented strains in the long troubled Pakistan-US relationship. But in […]

NATOSource

May 30, 2011

Memorial Day message from Adm. Stavridis, SACEUR

By James Stavridis, U.S. European Command

From James Stavridis, U.S. European Command:  We have lost many brave men and women in Iraq.  Army Private First Class Diego Rincon of Georgia wrote his mother a “last letter home.” “Whether I make it or not, it’s all part of the plan.  It can’t be changed, only completed.  “Mother” will be the last word […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 30, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 29

By NATO

NATOSource

May 30, 2011

Rasmussen warns of NATO struggles “to generate the right forces and the right capabilities””

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Taking the political decision to deploy military force is never easy. But the rapid and careful application of force can often prevent a crisis from developing into a more serious one

NATOSource

May 30, 2011

First images of Western “boots on the ground” near Misrata battlelines

By Tony Birtley, Al Jazeera

United Kingdom

NATOSource

May 30, 2011

Op commander sees possible mission for NATO troops in post-Gaddafi Libya

By Tsvetelia Tsolova, Reuters

From Tsvetelia Tsolova, Reuters:  U.S. Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of the Joint Operations Command at Naples conducting the Libya campaign, declined to comment whether NATO would expand its operation with forces on ground.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

May 29, 2011

McCain: U.S.-Led Operation Would Have Gotten Rid of Qaddafi by Now

By Fox News

From Fox News:  The United States should be running military operations in Libya, not leaving it to NATO, Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 29, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 28

By NATO

NATOSource

May 28, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 27

By NATO

NATOSource

May 28, 2011

Iran dismisses UAE’s move on NATO

By PressTV (Iran)

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