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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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Trade in Action

Feb 19, 2015

TTIP Action | February 19

By Global Business & Economics Program

Speeches & Official Announcements TTIP: Subsidiarity and Other Shared Transatlantic Principles, by Cecilia Malmström “You can rest assured that TTIP will not limit our ability to regulate or provide public services the way we want. […] TTIP won’t undermine our ability to help and protect the people we represent, it will strengthen it.” Addressing the […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Feb 19, 2015

Top News: The United States identifies 1,200 fighters for Syria training

By MENASource

The United States has so far identified about 1,200 Syrian opposition fighters for potential participation in a US military-led program to help train and equip them to battle the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).

MENASource

Feb 19, 2015

Top News: Qatar Recalls Ambassador to Egypt over Accusations of Supporting Terrorism

By EgyptSource

Qatar said Thursday it has recalled its ambassador to Cairo to protest comments made by Egyptian delegate to the Arab League, Tarek Adel, over his country’s decision to carry out air strikes in neighboring Libya. While the Arab League issued a statement saying it “understands” Egypt’s position, Qatar had expressed reservations over the attack and the arming […]

MENASource

Feb 19, 2015

Libya is Now Beyond Any Easy Solutions

By Hafed Al-Ghwell

On February 17, Libya marked four years since the uprising that toppled Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and ignited the country’s civil war. The war that began as a fight between two camps — Gaddafi and his supporters against other Libyans who were determined to topple him with the help of Nato forces — is now a […]

Libya

MENASource

Feb 18, 2015

Iraq’s National Guard and the Perils of Decentralization

By Adam Simpson

Iraq’s Council of Ministers promulgated a long-gestating law to create a National Guard on February 3. The proposal would create local fighting forces comprised of militias answerable to respective provincial governments and the prime minister.

Iraq

New Atlanticist

Feb 18, 2015

Egyptian Airstrikes Will Not Defeat ISIS in Libya, Says Mezran

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analyst says military intervention could doom UN effort to build a national unity government Egyptian airstrikes in Libya have opened the door for similar intervention by other countries in the region and could doom a United Nations-brokered effort to build a national unity government in the North African nation, according to Atlantic Council […]

Italy Libya

MENASource

Feb 18, 2015

The Debate over Gamal Mubarak

By Sonia Farid

The release of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak was seen as a staggering blow to the January 25 Revolution by its supporters. While the Mubarak brothers were released on bail in accordance with article 143 of the Criminal Procedures Law, which states that preventive detention should not exceed 18 months, the uneasiness with which the ruling […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 18, 2015

Top News: Western Powers Stress Need for ‘Political Solution’ in Libya; US Respects Egypt’s Decision to Defend Itself

By EgyptSource

Western powers stressed on Tuesday the need for a political solution to the crisis in Libya, apparently distancing themselves from calls by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for military intervention in the north African state.

MENASource

Feb 18, 2015

Top News: Italy Warns of Libya Threat as Pressure for Action Grows

By MENASource

Italy called for urgent international action to halt Libya’s slide into chaos and said it was ready to help monitor a ceasefire and train local armed forces. The UN Security Council is set to meet today to discuss the violence and a growing fear of local Libyan militias allying themselves with the Islamic State.

UkraineAlert

Feb 18, 2015

Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Battle Slogs Ahead

By Olena Tregub

New Prosecutor Briefly Arrests an Oligarch; Anti-Corruption Bureau Seeks a Director The Ukrainian campaign to actually begin cleaning up Europe’s most corrupt government and economy is progressing more slowly than many Ukrainians have demanded. But the past week showed some movement in two critical government agencies: the prosecutor general’s office and the nascent National Anti-Corruption […]

Ukraine
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