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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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EconoGraphics

Oct 29, 2015

The Old World and the New Economy

By Global Business and Economics

One of the most significant challenges currently facing European leaders is how to shepherd their economies, particularly their businesses, into the modern era. In the United States, massive tech giants rapidly blossom from small startups, significantly impacting the economy over the past decade.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

SyriaSource

Oct 29, 2015

The West’s Reaction to Syria’s Atrocities is Inaction

By Frederic C. Hof

Frederic C. Hof, Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center, delivered an address on October 28 at the British Parliament. His remarks highlight the courage of one Syrian, known as Caesar, who smuggled out photographs of the Syrian government’s mass killings, in hopes that the West would respond and stop the horrors that are happening. […]

Syria

MENASource

Oct 29, 2015

Top News: SOHR Reports Russian Raids in Syria’s South for First Time

By MENASource

Russia appears to have carried out strikes in southern Syria’s Deraa province for the first time in an apparent expansion of its aerial campaign, the Syrian Observatory for Human Right (SOHR) said.

SyriaSource

Oct 29, 2015

Top News: October 29, 2015

By SyriaSource

Increased strikes kill thirty-five in Syria hospitalsFour-way Syria talks begin in Vienna; Syria criticizes Saudi ArabiaChina, Germany call for political solution in Syria; Russia opposes resolution on barrel bombsMonitoring group reports Russian raids in Syria’s south for first timeTurkey marks 92nd Republic Day amidst deep political, social strainMembers of Iraq’s ruling coalition threaten to withdraw […]

Syria

MENASource

Oct 29, 2015

Top News: US Contributes $45 Million to Entrepreneurship and Employment Programs in Egypt

By EgyptSource

The US Embassy in Cairo announced two new programs with a total investment of $45 million that will promote small businesses in Egypt and train students to help them successfully compete for jobs.

New Atlanticist

Oct 29, 2015

Turkey Votes: Heading into a Familiar Deadlock?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The Atlantic Council’s Aaron Stein says second round of voting is unlikely to produce a clear winner Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will not be on the ballot in the Nov. 1 elections, yet the vote is in many ways about him. Turks will participate in their second election in five months after the previous […]

Turkey

MENASource

Oct 29, 2015

EconSource: Iraq to Adjust 2016 Military Spending in Line with Budget Cuts

By EconSource

A financial squeeze is forcing Iraq to put major weapons deals on hold, but the country will hire 10,000 additional paramilitary forces in order to combat the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL), Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said Wednesday.

Trade in Action

Oct 29, 2015

TTIP & Trade Action – October 28

By Global Business & Economics Program

US Chief Negotiator Dan Mullaney and EU Chief Negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercero shake hands after the completion of the 11th round of TTIP negotiations last week in Miami. (Photo credit: United States Mission to the European Union) This Week’s Trade Highlights Looking at last week’s 11th round of TTIP negotiations in Miami, here are the key takeaways: […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
NATO military leaders at Trident Juncture exercise, Oct. 17, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2015

Europe Must Pay More of its Own Defense

By Editorial Board, Boston Globe

Russia’s military posture makes the NATO alliance between the United States, Canada, and Western Europe more crucial than at any time since the end of the Cold War.

Europe & Eurasia NATO
US soldiers training in Lithuania, March 2, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2015

NATO Looks at Stationing More Troops Along Eastern Flank

By Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal

NATO countries are discussing increasing the number of troops stationed in members bordering Russia and putting them under formal alliance command, part of a new effort to deter aggression from Moscow,

Germany NATO
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