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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

Nov 16, 2010

NATO’s Future: Tough Choices at Lisbon

By Nikolas Gvosdev

When NATO leaders gather in Lisbon on November 19 for the alliance’s annual summit, what sort of conversations should they be having about the future of the organization? How should the Strategic Concept be translated from the realm of aspiration into political realities? The Europe-Russia Study Group at the U.S. Naval War College met to […]

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2010

Germany: What NATO means for us

NATO has released new videos on YouTube providing national perspectives on the Alliance.

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2010

NATO Chief: Lisbon “will be one of the most important summits in NATO’s history”

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2010

Lisbon: The most exciting post-Cold War NATO Summit?

By Simon Tisdall, the Guardian

From Simon Tisdall, the Guardian:  Russian involvement and the friction around plans for Afghanistan add spice to the Lisbon meeting of ‘new Nato.’ Exciting is not a word normally associated with Nato summits. But there’s no denying western officials are unusually worked up about this week’s alliance gathering in Lisbon, which they describe as the […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2010

Turkey Seeks Command of NATO Missile Shield

By Marc Champion, the Wall Street Journal

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2010

David Cameron: End is in sight for Afghan mission

By Andrew Porter, the Telegraph

From Andrew Porter, the Telegraph:  A Nato summit later this week will mark the beginning of the end of Britain’s involvement in Afghanistan, David Cameron said tonight. The Prime Minister said combat forces would be out of the region in five years’ time. In a speech in the City of London he claimed the Government […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2010

Holbrooke: NATO summit a turning point in Afghan war

By Chris Allbritton, Reuters

From Chris Allbritton, Reuters:  The NATO summit in Lisbon this weekend will mark a turning point in the prosecution of the war in Afghanistan as it lays out a roadmap to end combat operations by 2014, the top U.S. envoy to the region said on Monday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 15, 2010

AWACS to support NATO maritime counter-terrorism operation

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from the NATO Air Base in Geilenkirchen Germany, are going to support Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR (OAE), NATO’s maritime counter-terrorism operation in the Mediterranean

NATOSource

Nov 15, 2010

NATO Cyber Defense Exercise begins tomorrow

By NATO

From NATO:  Between 16-18 November, NATO will conduct Cyber Coalition 2010, a cyber defence exercise that will test cyber incident response, inter-agency collaboration, and the strategic decision making processes of NATO and its member states. The scenario of the exercise includes multiple simultaneous cyber attacks targeting NATO and NATO member states. Cyber Coalition 2010 is […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 15, 2010

Obama’s Five Challenges at Lisbon

By Ian Brzezinski

On Friday, President Obama will convene with NATO and E.U. leaders in Lisbon. These summit meetings take place as the trans-Atlantic community is beleaguered by the war in Afghanistan, financial crises, and an increasing sense that the United States and Europe are drifting apart. If the president is to reinvigorate trans-Atlantic solidarity and U.S. leadership, […]

United States and Canada
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