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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 2, 2009

NATO Information Bureau officials stripped of accreditation leave Moscow

By Interfax

From Interfax: The director of the NATO Information Bureau in Moscow, Canadian diplomat Isabelle Francois, has left Russia after being stripped of accreditation in retaliation for a similar measure taken in relation to two officials of Russia’s representative office at the alliance, sources familiar with the situation told Interfax on Wednesday. Canadian diplomat Mark Opgenorth, […]

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2009

NATOSource: German contribution to the NATO Response Force

By defpro.com

From defpro.com: The Bundeswehr contributes with some 2,900 soldiers to the meanwhile 13th cycle of the NATO Response Force (NRF), the rapid deployment force of the Alliance with a current strength of approximately 17,000 soldiers. This commitment comprises allmost every service and organisational section of the Bundeswehr: The Air Force (Luftwaffe) provides six Tornado fighter […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 2, 2009

Tony Blair: President of Europe?

By James Joyner

Tony Blair is reportedly opening campaigning for the yet-to-be-created position of European President.  Sweden and Spain are quietly trying to thwart him.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2009

Twelve-nation consortium ready for first C-17

By af.mil

From af.mil: Officials of the12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability, or SAC, consortium will celebrate the activation of the operational unit, known as the Heavy Airlift Wing, and arrival of the unit’s first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Pápa Air Base, Hungary, in a ceremony on July 27 . . . The 12 participating nations — Bulgaria, […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2009

SPO leader pushes for NATO membership

By B92.net

A glimpse into some of the true motivations for alliance membership in potential applicants. From B92.net: “NATO membership is a sure ticket into the European Union,” [leader of Serbia’s SPO party, Vuk] Drašković said. He said that he believed that NATO membership would enable Serbia to achieve a presence in Kosovo, claiming that membership would […]

BG Barry Nicholson

New Atlanticist

Jul 2, 2009

U.S. Launches Major Afghan Offensive

By James Joyner

Operation Khanjar, a massive show of force in Helmand Valley, has kicked off today in what may be the last chance for the success of the NATO mission in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan NATO

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

Open Letter to President Obama on Russia

By Damon Wilson

Dear Mr. President:   You have stated your intention to forge a positive relationship between the United States and Russia. We write on the eve of your summit meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev to express our belief that such a relationship requires a commitment by both countries to democracy and human rights and to urge […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

Contradictions in Counterinsurgency: U.S. Drone Strikes in the Tribal Areas

By Brendan Boundy

U.S. and Pakistani anti-Taliban operations along the AfPak border are plagued by contradiction, recent reports say.  A counterinsurgency doctrine emphasizing population protection that also relies upon unmanned armed drones will inevitably kill innocents in addition to terrorists.

Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

Rule Britannia

By Harlan Ullman

Late last month Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pointedly restated Great Britain’s longstanding designation as Tehran’s public enemy No. 1, surpassing the Great Satan America and Zionist Israel. In this verbal assault, the clerics credited “Perfidious Albion” with manipulating and even controlling the actions of the United States in confronting Iran and containing its […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

Jones: International Community Still Failing in Afghanistan

By James Joyner

A January 2008 Atlantic Council report began, “Make no mistake, the international community is not winning in Afghanistan.” General Jim Jones, who was chairman of both the Council and that report, tells WaPo’s Bob Woodward that, “We are doing the same things well and the same things poorly.”

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