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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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NATOSource

May 29, 2013

China to Conduct First Cyber War Games

By Ben Blanchard, Reuters

From Ben Blanchard, Reuters:  China will next month conduct its first "digital" technology military exercise, state media said on Wednesday, against growing concern in Washington and elsewhere about Chinese hacking attacks.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

May 29, 2013

Top News: Yemen Confronts Rising Pressure to Divide

A federal state is likely to emerge from the National Dialogue, but it is questionable whether the new constitution will be ratified in a countrywide referendum in November, as Herak—the Southern secessionist party that has largely boycotted the talks—demanded that Yemen be partitioned into the northern and southern states that existed before unification in 1990.

Yemen

NATOSource

May 29, 2013

Russian ambassador criticizes NATO exercise for planning to liberate occupied member territory

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  [Russia’s NATO envoy Alexander] Grushko criticized a NATO exercise codenamed Steadfast Jazz 2013 due to be held in November, saying it is based on Cold War logic, which is a source of worry for Russia.

NATOSource

May 29, 2013

Obama to Discuss Afghanistan and Transatlantic Burden Sharing with NATO Secretary General on Friday

By White House

United States and Canada

MENASource

May 29, 2013

Top News: Sudan, Egypt May Call on Arab League Over Nile Dam

Sudan’s ambassador to Egypt, Kamal Hassan, stated on Tuesday that Egypt and Sudan may call for intervention by the Arab League in response to the diversion of the Blue Nile on Tuesday at the construction site of a new Ethiopian dam project. If the dam is found to threaten Egypt and Sudan’s share of the […]

New Atlanticist

May 29, 2013

The Battle of the Atlantic

By Julian Lindley-French

Winston Churchill said “The only thing that ever frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril”. Last Friday in Moscow’s Victory Park I had the honor of an escorted visit to the Hall of Memory and Sorrow in which 2650 ‘teardrops’ commemorate the 26.5 million Russian war dead. It was a truly moving experience. Here in Oslo […]

Maritime Security Security & Defense

MENASource

May 29, 2013

Lessons Not Learned in Egypt

By Faysal Itani

As Egypt struggles to avoid economic collapse amid political instability and widespread unrest, it presents a critical case study of the lessons learned and ignored from the Arab uprisings. Faced with shrinking foreign reserves, a widening budget deficit, and low growth, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-led government appears to be wrestling with the urgency and risks of […]

NATOSource

May 28, 2013

Estonia and Lithuania Disagree on Rotating NATO Air Policing Mission

By Lithuanian Tribune

From Lithuanian Tribune:  Estonian Minister of Defence Urmas Reinsalu is silent on when the issue of the NATO air policing mission’s periodic rotation between Lithuania and Estonia, wanted by Estonia, would be resolved.

NATOSource

May 28, 2013

Confidential Report: US Weapons System Designs Compromised by Chinese Cyberspies

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  Designs for many of the nation’s most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon and to officials from government and the defense industry.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

May 28, 2013

New Rules Will Allow Military Commanders to Counterattack Foreign Cyber Threats

By Zachary Fryer-Biggs, Defense News

From Zachary Fryer-Biggs, Defense News:  After three years of grueling internal debate, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs is poised to approve new rules empowering commanders to counter direct cyberattacks with offensive efforts of their own — without White House approval.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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