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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

Feb 24, 2010

Medvedev Objects to Endless NATO Expansion

By  Reuters

  From Reuters: Russia’s new military doctrine does not identify NATO as its major threat but Moscow is disturbed by the alliance’s "endless enlargement," President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on Thursday. Russia has made future NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia, two former Soviet republics, a "red line" in its relations with the […]

NATOSource

Feb 24, 2010

Russian Army to Acquire Almost 300 New Tanks, Priority to the Caucasus Region

By  Interfax

From Interfax: The Russian Army will be supplied with about 300 T-90 tanks this year, Army Commander Col. Gen. Alexander Postnikov said on Thursday. "It is planned to buy 261 modern T-90 tanks," he said. "We have switched from modernization to purchase of new hardware," he said. There is twice more armor than necessary now, over […]

NATOSource

Feb 24, 2010

No “New START” in 2010, Hill Sources Predict

By the Cable

  From the Cable: There’s a growing realization both inside the administration and on Capitol Hill that Senate ratification of the START follow-on treaty with Russia will probably not happen this year. One problem, of course, is that there is no agreement as yet to ratify. President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reportedly talked over […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 24, 2010

Why the Baltics Worry About Arms Sales to Russia

By the Wall Street Journal

  From the Wall Street Journal: I have just returned from a committee meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels, where the issue was hotly debated. From the NATO side, the response was that this is a bilateral issue, meaning anyone can sell anything to anyone, especially a so-called partner country. When, at NATO’s North […]

NATOSource

Feb 24, 2010

Denmark Rallies Public Behind Afghan War

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: Among allied forces fighting in Afghanistan, few countries have deployed a bigger share of their armed forces than Denmark, and fewer still have taken higher levels of casualties. But the small Scandinavian country is emerging as an unlikely example of how to maintain public support for the war. The popularity of […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Feb 24, 2010

NATO: 600 New Trainers for Afghan Forces

By the AP

 From the AP: NATO allies have pledged 600 more instructors to train the expanding Afghan security forces – a key element in the allied strategy for defeating Taliban insurgents. NATO spokesman James Appathurai said Wednesday that the new trainers, along with 1,000 pledged in December, make up about half of the number needed for the training […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2010

Jones: NATO Must be Lean, Agile, and Flexible

By James Joyner

In a provocative closed door session yesterday, National Security Advisor Jim Jones proclaimed that “NATO must be prepared to address, deny, and deter the full spectrum of threats, whether emanating from within Europe, at NATO’s boundaries, or far beyond NATO’s borders.”

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2010

NATO’s New Strategic Concept Must Make Alliance Relevant

By Harlan Ullman

From its creation in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO in English and OTAN in French, nicely reflecting long-standing and often-competing views within the alliance – has faced one perilous crossroads or another.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2010

U.S. and EU Must Prioritize Energy Geopolitics

By Alexandros Petersen

What little-known international issue is key to our relationship with Afghanistan, Iraq, China, Russia, Turkey, the countries of Central Asia and our European allies? Eurasia’s energy geopolitics cut across more U.S. foreign and energy policy priorities than any other topic of discussion in Washington.

Energy & Environment European Union

New Atlanticist

Feb 23, 2010

Clinton: NATO Reform Needed

By James Joyner

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an impassioned plea for NATO institutional reform, an issue she dubbed “critical” for the survival of the Alliance.

NATO Security & Defense
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