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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 21, 2013

France to Buy Two US Reaper Drones for Mali

By Leigh Thomas, Reuters

From Leigh Thomas, Reuters:  France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday.

Drones Technology & Innovation

NATOSource

May 21, 2013

Grandes Ecoles: The Making of France’s Ruling Elite

By François Picard, France 24

From François Picard, France 24:   “Tell us about the history of Canada…” This curveball question thrown to a startled French student applying to France’s prestigious Sciences Po university is just one example of the so-called ‘instruments of pedagogical torture’

MENASource

May 21, 2013

Delayed Justice

By Ragab Saad

Last October, in one of the most high profile cases involving protester deaths, the court acquitted all defendants accused of their involvement in the so-called “Battle of the Camels.” In the days that followed, the Muslim Brotherhood launched an attack on members of the judiciary associated with the former regime.

MENASource

May 21, 2013

Algeria: A Powder Keg Ready to Explode?

By Karim Mezran

Algeria may be teetering on the brink of a crisis, with the three pillars of the regime’s stability—its powerful military, abundant revenues from hydrocarbons, and the façade of a democratic political system—beginning to crumble. Despite the lack of attention in Western media, Algeria is undergoing what could be viewed as a pre-revolt stage, as the […]

MENASource

May 21, 2013

Top News: US Urges Egypt Government to Defend Political Speech

By Egypt Source

The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind.

NATOSource

May 20, 2013

Cooperation with NATO Essential – Senior Russian Official

By Interfax

NATOSource

May 20, 2013

EU Invites NATO to Boost Cyber Cooperation

By NATO Parliamentary Assembly

From NATO Parliamentary Assembly:  The European Union’s top justice official invited NATO on Saturday to work more closely with the EU to combat cyber-crime and create a safe Internet environment where citizen’s rights and personal data are protected.

Cybersecurity European Union

NATOSource

May 20, 2013

NATO MPs to Visit Israel to Examine Weapons R&D

By Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post

From Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post:  A NATO Parliamentary Assembly committee will examine Israeli research and development in the field of security technology, MKs learned Sunday in Luxembourg.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 20, 2013

The Unique Characteristics of Cyber Weapons

By Panayotis A. Yannakogeorgos, National Interest

From Panayotis A. Yannakogeorgos, National Interest:  Cyber events breaching the threshold of armed attack require the use of cyberweapons. These differ substantially from other malicious code.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2013

Hollande’s Europe

By Julian Lindley-French

“It is my responsibility as a leader of a founder member of the European Union…to pull Europe out of this torpor that has gripped it, and to reduce people’s disenchantment with it.  If Europe stays in the state it is in now, it could be the end of the project.”  Europe owes French President Francois Hollande a […]

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