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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

Aug 6, 2014

EconSource: US Allocates $9 Million for Tunisia

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

MENASource

Aug 6, 2014

Tunisia Calls For Support to Keep Hope Alive

Tunisia’s President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki made an impassioned appeal for reason and support in his speech at the Atlantic Council on August 5, 2014. Despite being a beacon for the promise of the Arab Spring, Tunisia nonetheless still struggles with extremism within and outside its borders.

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 6, 2014

ISIS and the Iraq Economy

By Mohsin Khan

As the jihadists of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), capture more and more territory in Iraq, the question on the minds of observers is what will become of the Iraqi state?

Iraq
British Prime Minister David Cameron at Headquarters of Allied Command Operations (SHAPE), Aug. 4, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2014

UK Prime Minister Calls for Allies to ‘Overcome the Remaining Stumbling Blocks’ Before NATO Summit

By David Cameron, Office of the Prime Minister

Full text of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s letter to leaders from NATO’s member states.

NATO NATO Partnerships

Trade in Action

Aug 5, 2014

Watching Germany on CETA and Making the Case for Including Energy in TTIP

A Twenty-First-Century Trade Agreement: Who Could Benefit? This new Atlantic Council infographic provides a shorthand guide to the prospective benefits on offer from an ambitious TPP agreement. It shows what is at stake for the US and its partners alongside a comprehensive timeline with the most important dates and next steps for the agreement. (Atlantic […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Aug 5, 2014

Top News: Libyan Parliament Elects an Independent Lawmaker as its President

By MENASource

Libya’s new House of Representatives on Monday elected Aguila Saleh Eissa, an independent lawmaker from the eastern town of al-Qobba, as its president. Aguila Saleh Eissa narrowly defeated his rival for the post, Abu-Bakr Baeira, in a 77-74 vote late Monday night from among 158 lawmakers who convened the parliament’s inaugural session in the eastern […]

MENASource

Aug 5, 2014

YemenSource | Houthis Protest Over Fuel Prices After Ceasefire was Reached in Jawf

By YemenSource

On August 2, a presidential mediation committee managed to broker an agreement to suspend confrontations between the Yemeni army and Houthi rebels in Jawf. Just one day after the government announced the creation of a ministerial committee focusing on mitigating the implications of increased fuel prices, Houthi rebels took to the streets on August 4 to protest […]

Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, May 8, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2014

Special Summit Series: Poland and NATO

By Ian Brzezinski

Poland approaches the NATO September 4 summit intent on decisions that will strengthen the Alliance’s capability for collective defense.

NATO NATO Partnerships

MENASource

Aug 5, 2014

Top News: Egypt Brokered Ceasefire Starts in Gaza, Talks Expected in Cairo

By EgyptSource

Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement agreed on Monday to an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire to end four weeks of fighting in the Gaza Strip, following talks between Cairo officials and representatives of different Palestinian factions.

MENASource

Aug 5, 2014

Lifting the Safety Net in Egypt

With the formulation and adoption of a new budget last month, Egyptian authorities took the bold step to reduce fuel subsidies in an effort to correct an economy in turmoil after three years of civil unrest.

North Africa
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