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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

Jan 28, 2011

Dutch vote to return to NATO mission in Afghanistan

By Mike Corder, the AP

From Mike Corder, the AP:  The Dutch government won the support early Friday of a narrow majority of lawmakers for its proposal to send troops and police to northern Afghanistan to train police recruits. The proposal for the 545-strong training mission is now likely to go ahead within weeks, in a victory for Prime Minister […]

NATOSource

Jan 28, 2011

NATO: Afghanistan war won’t end like Vietnam

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  The Afghan army will not collapse when international troops end their combat role, in the way that South Vietnam’s did in the 1970s, NATO’s top officer said Thursday. Italian Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola said the international community intends to remain committed to Afghanistan after NATO forces hand over responsibility to […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jan 28, 2011

Time to Think, Not Spend, Our Way Out of Danger

By Harlan Ullman

The traditional U.S. solution to military threats has generally been to spend rather than think our way clear of danger. With the wind down of the wars in Iraq and hopefully Afghanistan and the state of the economy with debts and deficits that seem endless, U.S. defense budgets will and must decline, probably dramatically. In […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 28, 2011

Tweeting Davos

By Frederick Kempe

Atlantic Council president and CEO Fred Kempe has been attending the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos.  In addition to his blog posts, he’s been sharing his thoughts via his Twitter account.

Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

Jan 27, 2011

Atlantic Update 1/27/11

By Jason Harmala

The EU reinstates its visa ban on Belarusian President Lukashenko’s regime, Belgium’s political crisis deepens, and Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi faces increased pressure to resign in the face of new scandal details.

NATOSource

Jan 27, 2011

Russia insists on equal part in European missile defense

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  "The main condition for joint work [in the area of missile defense] should be the permanent participation of Russian experts in drafting the European missile defense architecture," Gen. Nikolai Makarov said at a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council on Wednesday. NATO earlier proposed creating two separate systems that would exchange information, while […]

NATOSource

Jan 27, 2011

NATO achieves first step on theatre ballistic missile defence capability

By NATO

From NATO:  On 27 January 2011, NATO’s first ever theatre ballistic missile defence (TBMD) capability has been handed over to NATO’s military commanders. The handover took place at the NATO Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in Uedem, Germany, in the presence of NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, and civil and military authorities from […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jan 27, 2011

Soros: Two-Speed Europe Could Disintegrate

By James Joyner

As with the late E.F. Hutton, when George Soros speaks, people listen.  Especially when he predicts the disintegration of the world’s largest economy. Speaking with BBC from the World Economic Forum in Davos, the billionaire currency trader and philanthropist proclaimed that "The Euro crisis is on the way [to] being solved," thanks to the creation of what […]

NATOSource

Jan 27, 2011

Stop Albania’s Self-Destruction

By Daniel Korski, the International Herald Tribune

From Daniel Korski, the International Herald Tribune:  One moment Albania is Lonely Planet’s “must-see” destination for 2011, a NATO member whose citizens enjoy visa-free travel into the European Union; the next, government forces are shooting and killing protesters on the streets and the British Foreign Office is warning visitors to avoid large crowds in Tirana. […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 27, 2011

Russia says Stuxnet could have caused new Chernobyl

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Russia said on Wednesday that NATO should investigate last year’s computer virus attack on a Russian-built nuclear reactor in Iran, saying the incident could have triggered a nuclear disaster on the scale of Chernobyl.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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