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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

Apr 27, 2010

Russian Ambassador Responds: Who Needs NATO?

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy: Andrew Bacevich is quite right that Europeans are not happy about NATO being used as an instrument for "underwrit[ing] American globalism" (‘Let Europe Be Europe,’ March/April 2010). And I agree with his premise that European pacifism has taken over the organization, which evidently runs counter to U.S. military aspirations. However, he has […]

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NATOSource

Apr 27, 2010

Norway, Russia Agree on New Barents Sea Border

By the AP

From the AP: In a surprise move, Norway and Russia agreed Tuesday to evenly divide a long-disputed area in the Barents Sea, a promising oil and gas region in the Arctic made more accessible by global warming. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said only technical details remain to be worked […]

Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Apr 27, 2010

Protests as Ukraine Approves Russian Base Extension

By  Reuters

From Reuters:  Opposition lawmakers hurled eggs and smoke bombs inside Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday as the chamber approved an agreement allowing the Russian Navy to extend its stay in a Ukrainian port until 2042. … "Today will go down as a black page in the history of Ukraine and the Ukrainian parliament,’ opposition leader and former […]

Ukraine

NATOSource

Apr 27, 2010

NATO Waste Risks Lives, Says Alliance Head Rasmussen

By Reuters

From Reuters: Poor NATO coordination is putting lives at risks in Afghanistan, with field commanders sometimes using four different radios to communicate with troops around them, the head of the alliance said on Monday. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a speech in Brussels failure to standardise equipment, from helicopters to combat vehicles, was […]

NATOSource

Apr 27, 2010

EU Parliament President Comes to Washington to Open Office, Issue “Wake Up Call”

By Laura Rozen, POLITICO

From Laura Rozen, POLITICO: European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, a former Polish prime minister, arrives in Washington this week to officially inaugurate the new office. He will be meeting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tomorrow. Buzek’s mission to Washington is part “wake up call” that Washington should recognize the growing powers of the 27 nation, […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Apr 27, 2010

Secretary General Calls for Greater NATO-EU Police Training Synergy

By NATO

From NATO: The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, took part in the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday, 26 April 2010. During a session devoted to Afghanistan, chaired by EU High Representative Baroness Catherine Ashton and attended by both Foreign and Defence Ministers, the Secretary General presented his views on […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Apr 27, 2010

North Korea’s Radio Waves of Resistance

By Peter Beck

North Korea remains the most isolated country on earth, with its people effectively cut off from the outside world—or so the world has been told. But there is reason to believe this is no longer the case. My research suggests millions of North Koreans listen to or hear about foreign radio broadcasts. There is evidence […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 26, 2010

China’s Rise Means U.S. Fall in Asia

By Hugh De Santis

Chinese President Hu Jintao’s more conciliatory behavior at the recent nuclear summit is not likely to signal a change in Beijing’s increasing assertiveness in world affairs. Whether China’s reemergence as one of the world’s great powers proves to be advantageous or an impediment to international cooperation, however, remains an open question. How China relates to […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 26, 2010

Balkan Peace Requires Creative Solutions

By Nikolas Gvosdev

Kurt Volker’s commentary last week about “finishing the job” in the Western Balkans is an important reminder for policymakers not to ignore a volatile region of the world simply because it is not in the headlines.

NATOSource

Apr 26, 2010

A NATO Force for Israel?

By Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy

From Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy: What role could an international military force play in securing a two-state Israeli-Palestinian peace? That’s the question addressed in "Security for Peace," released today by the Center for a New American Security after nearly a year of discussions and meetings. I wrote the final chapter for the report, which was […]

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