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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 13, 2013

NATO Secretary General Honors Stavridis with Medal

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Admiral, Jim [Stavridis], you are the first naval officer to have served as NATO commander in Europe. But you have navigated these uncharted waters with great skill.

MENASource

May 13, 2013

Justice Conference: A Step Toward Reform or a New Crisis?

By Yussef Auf

With a volatile and tumultuous environment surrounding the relationship between the judicial authority and the ruling regime, a Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) delegation visited President Mohammed Morsi on April 28. This visit came amid tension caused by the introduction of amendments to the Judicial Authority Law (JAL). During the visit, they presented a proposal to the president […]

NATOSource

May 10, 2013

Turkey would Support U.S.-Led No-Fly Zone in Syria, Report

By Reuters

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 10, 2013

Turkey’s PM Erdogan: Syria has Crossed Red Line, Used Chemical Weapons (Video)

By Tracy Connor, NBC News

From Tracy Connor, NBC News:  Turkey’s prime minister is charging that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its people and has called on the U.S. to take stronger action

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 10, 2013

Breedlove Takes Command of EUCOM

By Claudette Roulo, American Forces Press Service

From Claudette Roulo, American Forces Press Service: Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove took command of U.S. European Command here today during a ceremony at the command’s headquarters with Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter presiding.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 10, 2013

Swedish Angst as Russia Mocks its Defense Capabilities

By Richard Milne, Financial Times

New Atlanticist

May 10, 2013

Europe’s Defense Double Dutch

By Julian Lindley-French

On this anniversary of the 1940 Nazi invasion of the Low Countries it is perhaps appropriate to consider the state of Europe’s defense. Two events highlighted the essential contradiction between resources and commitments that bedevils European defense.  On 29 April the French published their first defense review in over twenty years.  Full of Parisian sophistry it failed […]

Maritime Security Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 10, 2013

Defense: And What Will Europe Do?

By Sven Biscop

The debate about European defense tends to focus on the need to spend more and deploy more. One deceptively simple question is usually ignored: why? Americans seem to assume that more European capabilities will be deployed where it is convenient for the United States. Europeans just seek to avoid the difficult debate that it would […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

NATOSource

May 10, 2013

NATO Delegation Visiting US Nuclear Facilities

By Sheryl Hingorani, American Forces Press Service

From Sheryl Hingorani, American Forces Press Service: A group of NATO officials are learning about  work being done to support the extended nuclear deterrence mission and broader national security programs

United States and Canada

MENASource

May 10, 2013

Top News: Islamists Stage Demonstration at Azhar Mosque to Support Jerusalem, Protest Israel

By Egypt Source

Islamist powers staged a million-man demonstration on Friday at al-Azhar Mosque to express their support for Jerusalem and protest against Israeli violations and the siege of al-Aqsa Mosque. The demonstration aims at asserting that Arabs are not busy with their own domestic affairs and that Jerusalem’s issue is the most important one for Arabs and […]

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