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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 18, 2010

Russian Defense Pact with Abkhazia Upsets NATO

By Iran’s PressTV

From Iran’s PressTV: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has hit back at Moscow for signing a deal with Abkhazia for the construction of a military base in the Black Sea enclave. The alliance swiftly urged the Kremlin to reverse what it called its “invalid” agreement, saying it violates restrictions on military forces set in […]

NATOSource

Feb 18, 2010

Poland to Host NATO Exercises?

By Polskie Radio

From Polskie Radio: Poland is lobbying to host the NATO Response Force (NRF) maneuvers on its territory. According to the daily Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland having the opportunity to host such military exercises would increase the country’s security. NATO maneuvers could be a response to the joint exercises of the Russian and Belorussian armies planned in […]

NATOSource

Feb 18, 2010

NATO’s New Strategy of Global Use of Force Worries Russia – Lavrov

By Russia Today

From Russia Today: Moscow is concerned about NATO’s new strategy which allows the alliance to use force all around the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “It does not fully comply with the UN Charter, and, of course, raises our concerns,” the top diplomat said Thursday during a meeting with Russian NGOs. “NATO […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 18, 2010

Extending Vietnamization to Afghanistan

By Don Snow

The war in Afghanistan took a familiar turn this week, as the U.S. Marines began an Aghan “surge” to wrest the city of Marja in the opium-infested province of Helmand from the Taliban. The term “surge” kept coming up to describe the purpose and intent of the operation, presumably because of the widely advertised “success” […]

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2010

Russia to Put Military Base in Georgia’s Abkhazia

By theAP

  From theAP: President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is to station a permanent military base in Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, another separatist-held part of Georgia, declared independence after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Thousands of Russian troops are thought to have remained in the Moscow-sponsored republics, which Georgia and the West […]

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2010

The Russo-Turkish Dance

By the New Atlanticist

From the New Atlanticist: While in Moscow, [Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan said that Russo-Turkish “relations are developing and becoming more diversified in the political, military, economic and cultural spheres. What is exciting for me is that both sides have a positive will” to strengthen ties. On the question of visa requirements, Erdogan said […]

Energy & Environment European Union

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2010

NATO Commander meets Republic of Korea Navy in the Gulf of Aden

By NATO

From NATO: On 13th February 2010 NATO Commander, Commodore Christian Rune met Captain Kim, Myung-Sung, the Commanding Officer of the Republic of Korea Navy destroyer Chungmugong Yi Sun-Shin, onboard the NATO flagship HDMS Abasalon. “This is yet another building block to counter the piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali Basin. It shows […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 17, 2010

The (New) German Question

By James Joyner

The unfolding Euro crisis has raised a new variant on the old German Question.  For much of its history as a state, Germany has been the pivotal state in Europe.  After the Cold War and the reunification of East and West, the fate of "Europe" as a unified political and economic space depended entirely on […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 17, 2010

Iran Options: Sanctions and Strikes

By Jonathan Paris

The inexorable march of the Iranian regime towards nuclear weapons has produced a growing international consensus for serious sanctions. After a year of engagement by President Obama, the Iranians have made it clear that they are not eager to reciprocate by compromising on their nuclear program. The international community now appears to be following a […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 17, 2010

A Test of Will for the U.S. and Pakistan

By Harlan Ullman

That war is a clash of wills is a cliche. Yet, as one of America’s earliest naval heroes John Paul Jones understood, “men (and by extension women) are more important than guns in the rating of a ship.”

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