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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

May 19, 2014

Drone Strike Success in Yemen May Actually Be Failure

By Danya Greenfield and Adam Simpson

On May 9, the Obama administration extended Yemen’s national emergency status-declaring “certain members of the Government of Yemen and others” an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.” This statement and the recent spate of US drone strikes in Yemen should prompt some questioning about deteriorating security […]

Yemen

MENASource

May 19, 2014

Top News: Egyptian Courts Jail more than 160 Brotherhood Supporters

By EgyptSource

A pair of Egyptian courts on Sunday convicted 170 suspected supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsi on charges related to violent attacks last year.

MENASource

May 19, 2014

Top News: Libya’s Army Orders Islamist-Led Militias to Capital After Storming of GNC

By MENASource

Libya’s army chief has ordered the deployment of Islamist-led militias to the capital, a day after the storming of the General National Congress (GNC) building by a renegade general’s troops. This development paves the way for a possible showdown between the militias, which hail from Libya’s western and central regions, and the anti-Islamist troops allied […]

Opening ceremony for Steadfast Jazz Exercise

NATOSource

May 19, 2014

Spiegel: NATO Unprepared If Russia Moved into Baltic Members

By Deutsche Welle

According to the German magazine Spiegel, NATO is examining scenarios in the event of a Russian military move in Eastern Europe. Alarm bells are already ringing in eastern states, and NATO is keen to show it could cope.

Germany NATO

MENASource

May 19, 2014

The Week in Egypt – May 19, 2014

By Daniel Stoker

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

MENASource

May 19, 2014

Party Positions on Presidential Elections: Inside the Decision-Making Process

By Sarah El Sirgany

Political parties in Egypt have three choices for this year’s presidential elections: supporting former defense minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi, or boycotting. It is a simple task that does not require the scrutinizing of multiple electoral programs for their compatibility with party agendas—so simple that it was put to […]

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As chief minister of Gujarat, a state as populous as Italy, Narendra Modi caught the attention of economists and investors with economic growth rates that reached 9 percent annually. What can he do for a country that has more people living in poverty than all of sub-Saharan Africa? (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/CC License)

New Atlanticist

May 18, 2014

India’s Revolution-by-Ballot Offers Economic Hope, Communal Fear

By James Rupert

Prime Minister Modi’s Cabinet Choices May Signal How Risky His Rule Could Be The people of India may have just earned themselves a status as the world’s most decisive electorate. They did not simply dismiss their country’s ruling Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, they humiliated it. In electing the country’s historically Hindu nationalist party to a massive majority […]

India
As chief minister of Gujarat, a state as populous as Italy, Narendra Modi caught the attention of economists and investors with economic growth rates that reached 9 percent annually. What can he do for a country that has more people living in poverty than all of sub-Saharan Africa? (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/CC License)

SouthAsiaSource

May 18, 2014

India’s New Leader Modi Will Signal Key Directions With Cabinet Picks

By James Rupert

The people of India may have just earned themselves a status as the world’s most decisive electorate. They did not simply dismiss their country’s ruling Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, they humiliated it. In electing the country’s historically Hindu nationalist party to a massive majority in parliament, they have launched India into a political revolution both hopeful and […]

India

New Atlanticist

May 16, 2014

Ukraine Magnate’s Steelworkers Confront Secessionist Militias

By Irena Chalupa and James Rupert

Rinat Akhmetov’s Intervention Means Kyiv Government Will Have to Negotiate With Him What does it mean?  Thousands of steelworkers and other employees of Ukraine’s biggest business empire are now patrolling several cities in southeastern Ukraine, working with local police to oppose further violence by Russian-backed secessionist militias. However effective this initiative turns out to be, […]

Russia Ukraine
Troops from nine NATO members are participating in Steadfast Javelin exercise

NATOSource

May 16, 2014

NATO Launches Multinational Military Exercise to Defend Estonia

By NATO

NATO launched a large-scale exercise “Steadfast Javelin 1” in Estonia on Friday (16 May 2014) which will test Allied forces on their ability to work together as well as maintaining NATO’s readiness and combat effectiveness.

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