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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

Jun 24, 2009

Four Revolutions in Warfare

By Harlan Ullman

Engaged in Iraq, fighting in Afghanistan and focused on restraining the nuclear weapons ambitions of Iran and North Korea, the United States has quite a bit on its national security plate.

New Atlanticist

Jun 24, 2009

It’s Up to You, EUMM

By David Smith

Last Sunday, Avtandil Akhaladze died of shrapnel wounds sustained when the ambulance he was driving struck a landmine.  His MediClub ambulance was on a European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) patrol near the Mingrelian town of Muzhava.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 23, 2009

Kyrgyzstan Reverses U.S. Base Closing

By NYTimes.com

From NYTimes.com: MOSCOW — Kyrgyzstan has essentially reversed a decision to close an American air base that is central to the NATO mission in nearby Afghanistan, after the United States acceded to sharply higher rent and to minor restrictions on the site, officials said on Tuesday . . .One major change, though, is the rent. […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 23, 2009

U.S.-led “Sea Breeze” Combined Exercise Canceled in Ukraine

By the Jamestown Foundation

From the Jamestown Foundation: On June 22 Ukrainian Naval Headquarters confirmed unofficially that the country’s political deadlock has doomed the multinational military exercise Sea Breeze-2009. According to the Ukrainian headquarters sources, the U.S. Armed Forces European Command (EUCOM) and the U.S. Sixth Fleet notified Ukraine’s defense ministry on June 17 officially that foreign military units […]

Ukraine United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 23, 2009

Senatorial Backing for U.S.-U.K. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty

By Heritage

From Heritage: Speaking at the same event, Dr. Liam Fox, the British Shadow Secretary of State for Defense, explained why the Treaties are in the interest of both nations. For the U.K., the treaties offer economies of procurement scale, i.e. the ability to buy in the larger U.S. market. For the U.S., the treaties offer […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 23, 2009

Russia not seeking to undermine NATO: Lavrov

By Khaleej Times

From Khaleej Times: (AFP) “We’re not attempting to undermine NATO or any other organisation active in the security field,” Lavrov said in a speech to a conference of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe).“Quite the contrary, we are favour of coordination and synergies between existing international structures to ensure that no single […]

NATOSource

Jun 23, 2009

NATOSource: Is the Baltic the new “cockpit of Europe?”

By Foreign Policy

In The Collapse of the Baltic Tigers, Edward Lucas calls attention to the economic and geostrategic dynamics redefining the new frontier between Western Europe and Russia. From Foreign Policy: Russia looms next door to the Baltic states as a contemptuous and even hostile neighbor that has played out repeated military exercises based on the scenario […]

NATOSource

Jun 23, 2009

New NATO Video Contest: Why Afghanistan Matters

By Joint Forces Command HQ Brunssum

From Joint Forces Command HQ Brunssum: Why Afghanistan MattersAre you now, or have you ever been to Afghanistan?Think what we’re doing in Afghanistan is important? Tell us why!Joint Forces Command HQ Brunssum is sponsoring a contest in which you will have the opportunity to share your experiences with the world – and possibly win a […]

NATOSource

Jun 23, 2009

Greece concerned about rise in tension with Turkey

By Taiwan News Online

From Taiwan News Online: (Associated Press) NATO allies Greece and Turkey have been at odds for years over airspace boundaries and flight procedures in the Aegean Sea that forms the border between them, and mock dogfights between fighter jets from each side are common.But [Greek Foreign Minister] Dora Bakoyannis told The Associated Press that Turkish […]

NATOSource

Jun 23, 2009

Russia to sell 1,000 infantry fighting vehicles to Greece

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: We are going through the final stages of negotiations with Greece on the delivery of 1,000 BMP-3 vehicles. They [the Greeks] want to buy vehicles for both ground forces and naval infantry,’ Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, said in an exclusive interview with RIA Novosti.The purchase […]

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