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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

Jun 4, 2010

Prime Minister of Hungary: Security Remains the “Number One Issue”

By  Viktor Orban, NATO

From Viktor Orban, NATO:  Hungary always considered NATO as a kind of embodiness of transatlantic cooperation and transatlantic cooperation in our understanding is a cornerstone of our security. All Europe, but especially in Central Europe, so we remain as committed as we were for membership in NATO. At the same time we understand that NATO sometimes are […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill A 9/11 Wake-Up Call?

By Harlan Ullman

The explosion on Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico and subsequent torrent of oil pouring into the gulf could be the United States’ worst environmental catastrophe.

Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2010

Greece Decreases Participation in International Missions

By AFP

From AFP:  Greece’s military is to massively scale back a peacekeeping mission to Kosovo and cut anti-piracy patrols in Somalia as the nation battles a major debt crisis, the general staff said on Thursday. The move will overall save the military over 23 million euros (28 million dollars), general staff spokesman colonel Nikos Bonoras told […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2010

President of Romania: “We Insist Georgia is Given MAP”

By Financiarul

From Financiarul:  Romania insists that Georgia is given the Membership Action Plan (MAP), a roadmap to entry to NATO, stated on Wednesday President Traian Basescu in a joint press conference with Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili, who is paying an official visit to Bucharest. In respect of Romania’s position, I would like to be extremely clear […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2010

NSS Review: Europe Given Short Shrift

By Sven Biscop and Thomas Renard

Is the European Union (EU) – or even its Member States – still a key ally for the US? Is the transatlantic alliance in decline?

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2010

NATO or Israel?

By James Joyner

Israel’s attack on a Gaza aid flotilla, killing nine, has earned near-universal condemnation, with even sympathetic observers terming it the act of a bully, tone deaf, staggeringly stupid, tactically incompetent, a major tactical blunder, a moral victory for Hamas, and an unqualified disaster for Israel’s reputation. But Israel is rather accustomed to international scorn and […]

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2010

Germany Expected to Announce End of Conscription

By Judy Dempsey, New York Times

From Judy Dempsey, New York Times: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the defense minister, is expected to formally propose ending conscription this coming Sunday or Monday, when the cabinet retreats to a government house outside Berlin to discuss how and where to make big cuts to reduce the budget deficit. In his attempt to modernize the army, Mr. Guttenberg […]

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2010

D-Day’s Legacies Live Today

By  Cathy Gramling, EUCOM

From Cathy Gramling, EUCOM:  The D-Day Foundation has verified the names about 2,500 American servicemen killed on that one day alone. 2,500 Americans on one day. Our Allies fought alongside us, too, and estimates are that nearly 2,000 of them were killed that day, too. But the anniversary of D-Day isn’t just about the men who died […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2010

NATO Exercise Prepares Allied Command for “Major Contingency Operation”

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  NATO Exercise Bold Ambition II 10 was conducted at the Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein from 15 to 20 May 2010. About 450 personnel from 19 nations and 22 NATO and national headquarters conducted a computer-assisted Command Post Exercise to ensure the Joint Forces Air Component (JFAC) is fully capable of providing […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2010

Ukraine Is Not Yet Lost

By Alexandros Petersen and Tamerlan Vahabov

Since this winter’s presidential election, in which pro-Russian Victor Yanukovich emerged the victor, Ukraine has experienced a massive turnaround. Its politics, security policy, cultural and language policies and energy policy all look toward Moscow for guidance. U.S. and European commentators have begun to speak about the loss of Ukraine.

Energy & Environment European Union
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