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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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Royal Australian Air Force Airbus A-330-200 MRTT

NATOSource

Aug 19, 2013

America Pivots to Asia; Europe Arms It

By Robbin F. Laird, Diplomat

A neglected aspect of the analysis of the evolution of Asian defense and security is the contribution of the European defense industry. . . .

Europe & Eurasia Indo-Pacific

MENASource

Aug 19, 2013

The Street: Protest Dispersals, ElBaradei’s Resignation, Sectarian Attacks (Video)

By Joanna Mikhail and Ahmed Maher

In EgyptSource: The Street, Ahmed Maher and Joanna Mikhail interview Egyptians from across Cairo on their different perspectives concerning the dispersal of pro-Mohamed Morsi sit-ins, Mohamed ElBaradei’s recent resignation, and the burning of churches around the country. 

New Atlanticist

Aug 19, 2013

America’s Missed Opportunity in Egypt

By Matthew Bryza

The brutal crackdown on August 14 by Egypt’s interim government on supporters of ousted President Mohammad Morsi will produce no winners. Both the secular interim government and its Islamist predecessor demonstrated they lack the intellectual and political tools required to cope with Egypt’s complex challenges. Now, all Egyptians will suffer as the country descends into […]

Economy & Business North Africa

MENASource

Aug 19, 2013

Who Loses from Cutting Off US Military Aid to Egypt?

By Mohsin Khan

Whether Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s recent ouster was a coup or not is a much debated topic in Washington circles, as analysts, government officials and pundits struggle over the question of suspending military aid to Egypt. Most analysts and many US politicians conclude that a coup is a coup and US law says military aid […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 19, 2013

Top News: Weekend Violence Leaves Over 300 Dead Across Egypt

By EgyptSource

The violent events on what the Muslim Brotherhood called ‘Friday of Rage’ left 173 dead, and over a thousand wounded. According to security sources, 1,118 pro-Morsi protesters were arrested for inciting violence and committing acts of vandalism. 

Emerging technologies are proving divisive for allies

NATOSource

Aug 16, 2013

Danger of Emerging Technologies Dividing NATO

By Eddie Walsh, Al Jazeera

Converging technologies also pose fundamental human security challenges.

Cybersecurity NATO
Poland has made modernization of its armed forces a priority

NATOSource

Aug 16, 2013

Concerned About Allies Cutting Military Capabilities, Poland Strengthens its Defense Forces

By Economist

Having weathered the past five years better than most—the economy has grown by a fifth since 2009—and imposed tight spending limits on most departments, the centre-right government of Donald Tusk, re-elected in 2011, has made modernising the armed forces a priority.

Missile Defense NATO
"The cancellation of an invitation for both the exercise within NATO and the bilateral exercise has been conveyed" to Egypt

NATOSource

Aug 16, 2013

Turkey Blocks Egypt from Joining NATO Naval Exercise

By Today’s Zaman

Turkey has canceled two naval military drills with Egypt over the Arab nation’s violent crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protesters that has killed more than 600. . . .

NATO North Africa

New Atlanticist

Aug 16, 2013

Turkey’s Pivot Away from Democracy

By Kathryn Alexeeff

For the second time in two months, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is clashing with secularists and opposition forces. The latest clash brings to the fore the question of whether Turkey will remain democratic, or if it is descending into authoritarianism. While the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) rightly emphasizes that it […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 16, 2013

Gibraltar–Rock of Rages

By Julian Lindley French

Article X of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht is pretty unequivocal. “The Catholic King does hereby, for himself, his heirs and successors, yield to the Crown of Great Britain the full and entire propriety of the town and castle of Gibraltar, together with the port, fortifications, and forts thereunto belonging; and he gives up the […]

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