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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

Nov 12, 2010

Medvedev confirms report of U.S. spy in Russian intelligence

By the AP

From the AP:  Russia’s president suggested Friday changes to the country’s spy agency are coming in the wake of this summer’s arrest of agents in the United States and a report that a top Russian intelligence officer helped capture them.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2010

Moldova asks NATO to support withdrawal of Russian troops in Transnistria

By ITAR-TASS

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2010

NATO to offer Russia access to US satellite data: Report

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO will offer Russia access to some US military satellite data in exchange for its participation in a missile shield project for continental Europe, a Moscow newspaper reported Friday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2010

Is the new Anglo-French Treaty the beginning of a European Defense System?

By Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, the European Council on Foreign Relations

From Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, the European Council on Foreign Relations:  At first sight, the agreement is a step backward in the establishment of a common European defence force.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2010

Ukrainian ship joins NATO’s counter-terrorism operation in eastern Mediterranean

By NATO

From NATO:  This week, Ukraine sent a warship to the Mediterranean to assist NATO’s Operation Active Endeavour, which aims to detect and deter terrorist activity in the region.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Nov 12, 2010

Reports of American Declinism Premature

By Derek Reveron

It’s been popular to discuss the decline of the United States. Yale Ferguson wrote in 2008, “United States capabilities appear to be gravely waning today and its exercise of both hard and soft power has recently been so inept as to limit its current influence and possibly future role in global politics.”

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 11, 2010

The Future of NATO: Fewer dragons, more snakes

By the Economist

From the Economist:  Next week’s NATO summit in Lisbon is likely to be one of the most crucial in the 61-year history of the military alliance.

NATOSource

Nov 11, 2010

Russia-NATO cooperation in Afghanistan brings hidden costs

By James Kirchick, Foreign Policy

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 11, 2010

Top Russian spy defects after betraying ring in U.S.

By Thomas Grove, Reuters

From Thomas Grove, Reuters:  The head of Russia’s deep cover U.S. spying operations has betrayed the network and defected, a Russian paper said on Thursday

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 11, 2010

Turki Talks Turkey

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The midterm election results weren’t only a "shellacking" for U.S. President Barack Obama but they drove the Mideast peace process back into the oubliette. The key was in safe hands. AIPAC — the Israeli lobby — emerged with still more congressional friends than before. Obama got out of Dodge and flew to India as Israeli […]

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