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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

Dec 14, 2010

AfPak After Holbrooke: Replacing an Irreplaceable Man

By Shuja Nawaz

The untimely passage of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke leaves big shoes to fill in the AfPak region. It may take two men to replace him. In a column that Holbrooke wrote for the Washington Post in March 2008, entitled "Hope in Pakistan: the problems are real, but so is progress" he captured the essence of the […]

NATOSource

Dec 14, 2010

France, Germany, Poland propose special EU group for defense cooperation

By Andrew Rettman, the EUobserver

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2010

Richard Holbrooke, 1941-2010

By The Editors

Richard Holbrooke, a distinguished American statesman who served two terms on the Atlantic Council’s Board of Directors in between high government posts, has died. He was 69.  Among those commenting on Holbrooke’s lifetime of service: President Barack Obama: Michelle and I are deeply saddened by the passing of Richard Holbrooke, a true giant of American […]

NATOSource

Dec 14, 2010

Command and Control Questions Divide NATO-Russia Missile Defense Plans

By Fred Weir, the Christian Science Monitor

From Fred Weir, the Christian Science Monitor:  Media reports that the two sides reached a deal at the Lisbon summit were premature, if not wrong.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 14, 2010

NATO chief hails Holbrooke’s “legendary determination”

By DPA

From DPA:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday paid tribute to the late US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, hailing his energy and diplomatic skill.

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2010

Medvedev Frowns

By David Smith

“It’s a victory! We are hosting the 2018 World Cup,” a beaming Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tweeted his countrymen, moments after the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) made its December 2 announcement in Zurich. It was a big turnaround from the frown he wore just 24 hours earlier as he stormed off from the Astana Summit […]

NATOSource

Dec 14, 2010

Impact of German Defense Cuts on Force Structure and Procurement Decisions

By the International Institute for Strategic Studies

NATOSource

Dec 14, 2010

Change of Command in NATO Counter Piracy Task Force

By Allied Command Operations

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Dec 13, 2010

Vietnam Syndrome?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. and NATO supremo in Afghanistan, is as well versed in the history of major post-World War II insurgencies as anyone alive today. From Lawrence of Arabia to Mao’s and Tito’s guerrilla triumphs to France’s 16 years of defeats in Indochina and Algeria, Petraeus knows it all — and […]

NATOSource

Dec 13, 2010

Obama faces fight over missile defense as he presses New START ratification

By Mary Beth Sheridan, the Washington Post

From Mary Beth Sheridan, the Washington Post:  With only days left in the lame-duck Congress, President [Barack] Obama is pushing hard to accomplish something never before done by a Democratic president: successfully get a nuclear arms-reduction treaty through the ratification process.

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