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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

Jul 3, 2009

Finland should join NATO’s cyber defense co-op, says defense minister

By Xinhua

From Xinhua: Finland should accept NATO’s offer to join the military alliance’s cyber defense cooperation, Defense Minister Jyri Hakamies said on Thursday. Finland is a highly developed information society and therefore vulnerable to cyber attacks, Hakamies said.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2009

Russia’s Neighbors Resist Wooing and Bullying

By NYTimes.com

From NYTimes.com: There are few projects that matter more to Russia than restoring its influence in the former Soviet republics, whose loss to many in Moscow is still as painful as a phantom limb. Competition over Georgia and Ukraine has brought relations between Moscow and Washington to a post-cold-war low, and the matter is bound […]

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2009

OSCE RIP in Georgia

By the Jamestown Foundation

From the Jamestown Foundation: The remaining international presence in Georgia is that of the European Union’s Monitoring Mission (EUMM) since October 2008. Unlike the OSCE’s now-deceased mission, the EUMM is not subject to Russian veto power. The EUMM’s presence is crucial as a trip-wire and eyewitness to possible Russian or proxy military attacks. Russia bars […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2009

FACTBOX: Five facts about Afghanistan’s Helmand province

By Reuters

From Reuters: Helmand is Afghanistan’s largest province, about 60,000 sq km (23,000 miles), making it slightly smaller than the Republic of Ireland. The U.S. Marines join some 9,000 British troops who have been working under Taskforce Helmand since 2006 and are based near the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.Canadian, Dutch and other NATO troops have been […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2009

NATO to launch a public debate on the Strategic Concept

By NATO

From NATO: NATO will formally launch the process leading to the new Strategic Concept of the Alliance at a major security conference in Brussels. The Conference – taking place under the authority of the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer – will also mark the beginning of a dialogue with the wider public. The […]

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2009

Before the Summit, the U.S. Forgives Russia for Invading Georgia

By the Jamestown Foundation

From the Jamestown Foundation: U.S. officials insist they are not ready to trade horses on important issues with Russia or throw Georgia under the bus. But it seems that in the run up to the summit the U.S. has already effectively forgiven Russia for invading Georgia, and not withdrawing its military forces from Abkhazia and […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2009

Italian Eurofighter wing undergoes successful first operational evalutation by NATO

By defpro.com

From defpro.com: Excellent results were achieved after the first operational evaluation made by NATO of a Eurofighter Typhoon Wing. A NATO evaluation team certified the Italian Air Force’s 4th Fighter Wing at the Grosseto Base as a NATO Quick Response Force. This means that the 4th Wing becomes the first Eurofighter flight unit to obtain […]

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2009

In search of détente, once again

By the Economist

From the Economist: When Barack Obama goes to Moscow, he will find a sulky former superpower that no longer wants to be part of Western clubs . . . A new school textbook teaches Russian teenagers that the West has always been hostile to Russia; that Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2009

NATOSource: Adm. Stavridis begins command of NATO forces

By NATO

On June 30, 2009, Admiral James Stavridis became commander of all U.S. forces in our European Command. Today, Admiral Stavridis assumed command of all NATO forces as the new Supreme Allied Commander Europe SACEUR. The following is an excerpt from his speech at the change of command ceremony.From NATO: Men and women of Allied Command […]

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2009

U.S. Hardens Its Stance Ahead of Summit With Russia

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: White House officials, in turn, signaled Wednesday that they don’t plan to offer overt concessions or even softer reassurance on issues at the top of the Kremlin’s list — the deployment of missile-defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic and the possible acceptance of Georgia and Ukraine into the […]

United States and Canada
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