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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

Sep 3, 2010

Merkel Stands Up Against Islamophobia

By James Joyner

German central banker Thilo Sarrazin has stirred international controversy with his new book Germany Does Away With Itself: How We are Risking the Future of our Nation, which contains what many believe are anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant sentiments. CSM‘s Robert Marquand has the back story ("German banker comments raise concerns about new ‘intellectual racism’"): The book […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2010

Cry for me Pakistan

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The United States spent nine years (1980-89) working closely with Pakistan’s military against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan; followed by 11 years (1990-2001) of punishing Pakistan with all manner of sanctions for its secret nuclear weapons development that it kept denying even existed; followed by nine years (2001-10) making up with Pakistan as "a major […]

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2010

Russia, EU to establish defense and security coordination group – General Staff

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Russia and the European Union are set to establish a joint defense and security working group, the chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, said on Friday. "We held a detailed, frank dialogue, and shared opinions on European security and outlined the steps to be taken, including the establishment […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2010

Russia irate over Lukashenko’s ‘Moscow thugs’ comments

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  [Belarus] President Alexander Lukashenko‘s remarks suggesting Russia could have been behind an attack on its own embassy in Minsk are "obscene", Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. A day after Russia strongly condemned the attack, Lukashenko retaliated by saying that "thugs and scoundrels" from Moscow may be to blame. "I […]

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2010

Gates clarifies July deadline and Petraeus discloses data

By Adam Ellick and Sangar Rahimi, the New York Times

From Adam Ellick and Sangar Rahimi, the New York Times: [U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert] Gates took the opportunity to repeat assurances that President Obama’s deadline to begin withdrawing troops was flexible.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2010

Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans

By Adam Ellick and Sangar Rahimi, the New York Times

From Adam Ellick and Sangar Rahimi, the New York Times:  Airstrikes by  by NATO forces that killed 12 people on Thursday in northern Afghanistan have produced sharply conflicting accounts

NATOSource

Sep 2, 2010

U.S. Air Force assumes command of NATO Baltic air policing mission

By defpro.com

From defpro.com:  The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, assumed command of the NATO Baltic air policing mission Sept. 1 from the Polish air force at Lithuania Air Force Air Base. For the next four months, the squadron, comprising approximately 125 people, is responsible for ensuring the air sovereignty of […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 2, 2010

Lavrov declares Afghan drug trade most important question in NATO-Russian relations

By Sergey Lavrov,  Russian Foreign Ministry

From Sergey Lavrov,  Russian Foreign Ministry:  We expect greater intelligibility from our partners in NATO. The dual existence of the alliance – between the past and the future – has become protracted too long.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Sep 2, 2010

NATO selects new Assistant Secretary-General for Defense Investments

By Pierre Tran, Defense News

From Pierre Tran, Defense News:  NATO has appointed Patrick Auroy to one of the six assistant secretary-general posts in the alliance headquarters, where he will be responsible for defense investments, Laurent Teisseire, spokesman for the French Ministry of Defense, said on Sept. 2.

New Atlanticist

Sep 2, 2010

European Militaries Shrinking, Becoming More Useful

By Raymond Pritchett

The Germans are talking about military reform and to be honest, it is actually a very interesting issue to follow. This article can bring you up to speed on some of the issues if you are interested, but for more depth to the debate you’ll need to look elsewhere (and most of it is in […]

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