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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

Mar 27, 2011

Italy to propose joint plan with Germany on Libya

By Philip Pullela, Reuters

From Philip Pullela, Reuters:  Italy will propose that it and Germany back a joint plan on Libya that involves a ceasefire, a humanitarian corridor and exile for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Mar 26, 2011

NATO Secretary General’s statement on Libya no-fly zone

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  We are taking action as part of the broad international effort to protect civilians against the attacks by the Gaddafi regime.

NATOSource

Mar 26, 2011

“Serious cyber attack” targets EU’s Commission and diplomatic service

By the BBC

From the BBC:  The EU has reported a "serious" cyber attack on the Commission and External Action Service on the eve [3/23] of a summit in Brussels, a spokesman told the BBC.

Cybersecurity European Union

NATOSource

Mar 26, 2011

Why is Obama’s Libya war coalition the smallest in decades?

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  President Barack Obama has touted his emphasis on multilateralism in the U.S. military intervention in Libya, but, for political, operational, and legal reasons, Obama’s "coalition of the willing" is smaller than any major multilateral operation since the end of the Cold War.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 26, 2011

US considers more firepower to hit Gadhafi forces

By Richard Lardner, the AP

From Richard Lardner, the AP:  Even after a week of U.S.-led air strikes, forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are a potent threat to civilians, say Pentagon officials who are considering expanding the firepower and airborne surveillance systems in the military campaign.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 26, 2011

Libya Op run from hi-tech NATO command center in Italy

By Sloboda Lekic, the AP

From Sloboda Lekic, the AP:  Canadian Gen. Charles Bouchard will be in charge of both the air campaign and the naval task force implementing an arms embargo, a NATO official said.

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2011

Libya Soundbites: Head of the French military, Adm. Gortney, former SACEUR, etc.

By Reuters

From Reuters:  France said the war could drag on for weeks. "I doubt that it will be days," Admiral Edouard Guillaud, the head of French armed forces, told France Info radio. "I think it will be weeks. I hope it will not take months."

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2011

Sarkozy reignites row over NATO military role in Libya

By Ian Traynor, the Guardian

From Ian Traynor, the Guardian:  Nicolas Sarkozy has belittled Nato’s role in the military operations against Muammar Gaddafi, re-igniting the row over who replaces the Americans in charge of the campaign in Libya. … The Nato decision is expected by Monday, before foreign ministers meet in London on Tuesday to discuss Libya. Senior officials were […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2011

Is it smart to be friends with NATO?

By Aigerim Shilibekova,atlantic-community.org

From Aigerim Shilibekova,atlantic-community.org:  This context leads to valid assumptions that Kazakhstan’s relations with NATO will be determined in the context of the NATO + Russia scheme. Moreover, it will remain as one of the major cornerstones in Russia’s relations with NATO, though Russia announced her support to the ISAF and even allowed to use her […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 25, 2011

Oh, Canada

By James Joyner

Minutes after the announcement that a Canadian General will be commander of yet to be fully defined NATO operations in Libya, we learned that Stephen Harper’s government has fallen after a no-confidence vote.

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