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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

Jan 6, 2010

South Asia in 2010: Shoals Ahead

By Shuja Nawaz

2009 was a year of major decisions in South Asia, especially in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater, as local populations and governments took decisive actions.

New Atlanticist

Jan 6, 2010

South Asia in 2010: A Pivotal Year

By Jonathan Paris

In addition to the obvious trouble spots – Afghanistan, Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict – the countries that will preoccupy the Obama administration in the coming year are the PITEY nations: Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, and Yemen.

New Atlanticist

Jan 6, 2010

Strategic Incompetence: The Greater Threat?

By Harlan Ullman

To most Americans, with deference to climate change and Iran, the major national security threat to the nation emanates from al-Qaida. Yet strategic incompetence on our part may be a greater danger. This characteristic is not new.

NATOSource

Jan 5, 2010

Poles Wary of Nord Stream Pact

By Global Post

From Global Post: History suggests that when Russia and Germany announce a deal that is slightly too sweet, Poland has reason to be wary. Which is why the Polish foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, acidly dubbed a plan to build an underwater natural gas pipeline from Russia’s Siberian gas fields to Germany’s Baltic coast “the Molotov-Ribbentrop […]

Energy & Environment European Union

NATOSource

Jan 5, 2010

Bulgaria Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

By the AP

From the AP: Bulgaria says it will send 30 more troops to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan early next year. The government said in a statement Wednesday the troops will join a Bulgarian unit guarding the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. Bulgaria currently has 497 troops in Afghanistan, with 270 of them […]

NATOSource

Jan 5, 2010

French Fighters Start Baltic Air Police Mission

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Four French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighters have started a four-month NATO mission to patrol the skies over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said Monday. A French unit, comprised of 150 personnel, took over the rotating role of patrolling the Baltic airspace from Germany… Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia reached […]

NATOSource

Jan 5, 2010

Afghanistan’s NATO force needs top civilian: UN

By AFP

From AFP: The NATO-led international security force in Afghanistan should appoint a senior civilian official to help improve political and development coordination, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in a report released Monday. The report also stressed the need to beef up the international coordination structure in the war-torn country “under a United Nations umbrella.” Ban […]

NATOSource

Jan 5, 2010

Oil Feud Reflects Growing Rift Between Russia and Belarus, Once Close Allies

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: The oil price dispute that erupted over the weekend between Russia and Belarus has been depicted as a threat to European energy supplies — a development that has become something of an annual cold weather ritual. The greater threat, however, seems to be to relations between the two countries, often […]

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Jan 5, 2010

What Yemen Tells Us About Afghanistan

By Douglas Farah

The recent and growing attention to the critical situation in Yemen, where al Qaeda’s presence is spreading and the government is weak and does not control much of the physical space, is perhaps the best argument for pursuing a vigorous Afghanistan policy.

Yemen

New Atlanticist

Jan 5, 2010

Assessing the Thwarted Christmas Attack

By Bernard Finel

The details of the thwarted attack on Northwest 253 on Christmas are still emerging.  Nevertheless, there are several issues worth exploring even as investigations continue.  Many commentators seem to feel that this event requires a major rethinking of our approach to counter-terrorism. 

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