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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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New Atlanticist

Apr 29, 2013

Obama Should Remember Rwanda as He Weighs Action in Syria

By Anne-Marie Slaughter

The Rwanda genocide began in April 1994; within a few weeks, nongovernmental organizations there were estimating that 100,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus had been massacred. Yet two months later, Reuters correspondent Alan Elsner and State Department spokeswoman Christine Shelly had an infamous exchange: Elsner: “How would you describe the events taking place in Rwanda?” Shelly: […]

Syria United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 29, 2013

New foreign and defense ministers of Italy sworn in

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  Italy’s new cabinet, lead by Prime Minister Enrico Letta, was sworn in on Sunday, starting their task for breaking the impasse the country had been locked for months.

NATOSource

Apr 29, 2013

Davutoglu: Turkey first NATO state with Shanghai Cooperation Organization ties

By Turkish Press

From Turkish Press:  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey, which became "dialogue partner" with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), was the first NATO member state establishing such a relation with SCO.

MENASource

Apr 29, 2013

Chuck Hagel in Egypt’s Economic Chaos

By Zeinab Abul-Magd

In his civilian black suit and blue tie, US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel landed in Egypt last week saluted by numerous military officials in uniform. After talking to his Egyptian counterpart, General Abd Al-Fattah al-Sisi, Hagel met with President Mohammed Morsi.  In a short visit of only a few hours, Hagel commended the “responsible” […]

NATOSource

Apr 29, 2013

France releases Defense White Paper: Hollande to cut 24,000 military jobs

By Greg Keller, AP

From Greg Keller, AP:  France said Monday it will cut another 24,000 military jobs by 2019 as it attempts to maintain a force ready to deal with global threats at the time when the bill for France’s decades of deficit spending is due.

Cybersecurity Economy & Business

MENASource

Apr 29, 2013

Top News: Egypt Presidency, Judiciary Draw Closer on Proposed Legislation

By Egypt Source

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has told Egypt’s top judges that he would personally adopt their proposals for a new judicial authority law in hopes of containing mounting tension between Egypt’s Islamist forces and the judiciary.   GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Morsi’s office ‘surprised’ at claims it restricts media access The office of Egypt’s president has expressed its […]

NATOSource

Apr 29, 2013

The danger of repeating the cycle of American isolationism

By Joseph I. Lieberman and Joh Kyl, Washington Post

From Joseph I. Lieberman and Joh Kyl, Washington Post:  The case for American retrenchment has gained new traction in Washington. Much as in the past, economic problems and public war-weariness have spurred calls from Democrats and Republicans alike for neo-isolationist policies

NATOSource

Apr 29, 2013

Britain may restore a permanent military presence in the Gulf

By David Blair, Telegraph

From David Blair, Telegraph:  The withdrawal of all British troops from Afghanistan next year will create a unique opportunity to reverse the "East of Suez" decision that formed a landmark in Britain’s retreat from imperial power, the Royal United Services Institute will say in a paper to be published today.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 26, 2013

Dutch diplomat jailed for giving secret NATO documents to Russian agents

By AP

From AP:  A Dutch court has sentenced a diplomat to 12 years in prison for delivering confidential Nato and European Union documents to Russian agents.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Apr 26, 2013

Obama: ‘We cannot stand by and permit the systematic use of chemical weapons’

By Antoine Mariotti, AFP

From Antoine Mariotti, AFP:  US President Barack Obama reiterated on Friday that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime was a “game changer,” but stated that intelligence proving that such weapons had been used was not yet concrete.

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