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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

Apr 29, 2010

2010 Awards Dinner Highlights

By James Joyner

Last night, the Atlantic Council held its annual Awards Dinner, bringing together more than 900 leaders from over 50 countries to honor individuals who have made exceptional and distinctive contributions to the strengthening each of the four pillars of the transatlantic relationship: political, military, business, and humanitarian.

NATOSource

Apr 29, 2010

France’s EDF to Sign Deal in St. Petersburg to Join South Stream Project

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: French energy producer EDF will sign an agreement to join the South Stream gas pipeline project with Russia’s energy giant Gazprom and Italy’s Eni during the International Economic Forum due in Russia’s second city of St. Petersburg on June 17-19, Gazprom has said. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced on Monday that […]

Energy & Environment European Union

New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2010

NATO: Problems with No Solutions?

By James Joyner

NATO risks becoming a relic of the Cold War unless it finds a renewed sense of solidarity and political will while framing its new Strategic Concept.  That’s the central message of  STRATCON 2010: An Alliance for a Global Century, a report by the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Advisors Group.

NATOSource

Apr 28, 2010

NATO and Georgia Sign Agreement on Operation Active Endeavour

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  Major General Zaza Gogava, Deputy Minister of Interior and Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Border Police of the Republic of Georgia, and Vice Admiral Maurizio Gemignani, Commander of Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR, today signed a Tactical Memorandum of Understanding (TMOU) for the contribution of Georgia to NATO’s anti-terrorism mission. […]

NATOSource

Apr 28, 2010

SACEUR Spotlights Bulgaria’s Contributions to NATO

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) visited Bulgaria from 26 -27 April, meeting with the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Chief of Defence. …. The topics of discussion ranged from Bulgaria’s role in NATO’s security plan to their contribution in the United Nations Mandated International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, […]

NATOSource

Apr 28, 2010

Turkey, Bosnia, Croatia Hold Three-Way Talks After Key NATO Move

By Hurriyet

From Hurriyet:  The foreign ministers of Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia held Wednesday a second round of trilateral talks in an effort to improve dialogue between the major players on the Bosnian issue. The meeting comes after NATO foreign ministers agreed last week in the Estonian capital of Tallinn to approve a Membership Action Plan, or […]

NATOSource

Apr 28, 2010

Ukraine to Continue Developing Relations with NATO

By Interfax

From Interfax: Ukraine will continue promoting cooperation with NATO, Ukrainian First Deputy Defense Minister Hryhoriy Pedchenko said at a meeting with the alliance’s delegation led by head of NATO’s Defense Policy Planning Directorate Frank Boland in Kyiv on April 27. We will continue developing our relations with NATO within the Annual National Program, the Ukraine-NATO […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2010

Financial Reform Must Restore Liability

By Harlan Ullman

Will Rogers famously quipped that every time the U.S. Congress wished to make a joke, it passed a law and every law it passed turned out to be a joke.

New Atlanticist

Apr 27, 2010

Nick Clegg Rocking British Election

By James Joyner

We’ve known for more than a year that Gordon Brown and his party were in trouble.  But the surprisingly strong performance of Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg in the first debate has changed the dynamic so much that Labour could come in third. A new Guardian poll suggests Labour, which is polling at a mere 28%, […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Apr 27, 2010

U.S. Not Credible Middle East Mediator

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The nasty spat with Israel over Jewish settlements in Arab East Jerusalem didn’t last long. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu apologized for the unfortunate timing during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s March 10 visit of the announcement of the building of 1,600 housing units, but he also made clear the new housing plans would go […]

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