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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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MENASource

Dec 1, 2014

Top News: Egypt’s Sisi Orders Review of Criminal Procedures after Court Drops Charges on Former President Mubarak

By MENASource

Egypt’s presidency issued its first official reaction to Saturday’s court verdict on former autocrat Hosni Mubarak, saying the president has full confidence in the country’s judicial system. The presidency would not comment on the court’s judicial verdict, but gave orders to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to look into procedures for compensating the families of those killed and […]

MENASource

Dec 1, 2014

EconSource: Jordanian Government Likely to Seek Renewal of IMF Arrangement

By EconSource

The Jordanian government is likely to request an extension of the three-year stand-by arrangement (SBA) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which expires in August next year. The SBA enables Jordan exceptional access to $2 billion, representing 800 per cent of Jordan’s quota in the IMF.

MENASource

Dec 1, 2014

Top News: Two Dead in Protests as Mubarak Charges are Dropped

By EgyptSource

Two people died and nine were injured on Saturday night when security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators near Tahrir Square in central Cairo. The demonstrations came after a court dropped all charges against ousted president Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, December 1, 2014

NATOSource

Dec 1, 2014

Secretary general previews four outcomes from tomorrow’s meeting of NATO foreign ministers

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

2014 has been a year of aggression, crisis and conflict. But NATO stands strong.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

MENASource

Dec 1, 2014

Egypt’s Mubarak Trial a Sign of the Times

By MENASource

A judge looking into the case against Egypt’s thirty-year dictator and once reviled enemy of the January 25 revolution, Hosni Mubarak, dropped charges against him related to the deaths of more than 800 protesters during the ten-day uprising that led to his ouster.

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 29, 2014

The Mubarak Verdict: A Firsthand Account [Photo Essay]

By Jonathan Rashad

Three years after an uprising that ousted former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the verdict is in, and the “Mubarak trial” is over for now. The former dictator, facing charges relating to the deaths of over 800 protesters in 2011, could be free to walk. On November 29, the judge presiding over the case dropped the […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Nov 29, 2014

Obama Likely to Seek a ‘Wartime’ Defense Secretary

By New Atlanticist

Atlantic Council’s Barry Pavel: Pentagon Priorities Have Changed Since Hagel Was Chosen In the days since Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned, two prominent candidates to replace him have said publicly they will not do so. They are former Undersecretary of Defense Michele Flournoy and Rhode Island Democratic Senator Jack Reed. As President Barack Obama seeks […]

New Atlanticist

Nov 28, 2014

The Cheapening of Oil and What It Means

By New Atlanticist

Atlantic Council’s Manning: US May Benefit, But Must Review Its Strategy, in a New World of ‘Peak Demand’ World oil prices have slipped again (to about $73 a barrel) after the global cartel, OPEC, declined on November 27 to cut the amount of crude petroleum its members pump into the planet’s economy. Instead, OPEC followed […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

NATOSource

Nov 26, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving

By Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource

The NATOSource website will be dark until Monday, December 1. Our Twitter account @NATOSource is active and will continue to provide NATO news and analysis during the US holiday.

United States and Canada
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and NATO leaders at the Wales Summit, Sept. 4, 2014

NATOSource

Nov 26, 2014

German Analysis of Russian Aggression in Ukraine and NATO’s Response

By Claudia Major and Jana Puglierin, IP Journal

In the military sphere, the altered security order has led to a renewal of NATO’s role as both a defense alliance and a form of a life insurance, taking precedence over the EU.

European Union Germany
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