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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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MENASource

Apr 15, 2013

Top News: Mubarak to Remain in Custody on Corruption Charges

By Egypt Source

Egyptian television announced that the South Cairo Criminal Court has released former president Hosni Mubarak pending retrial over charges of complicity in murdering protesters during the January 2011 uprising Monday. Mubarak will however remain in custody pending investigations over other corruption charges related to the misuse of funds allocated for the renovation of presidential palaces.

New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2013

Euro-Realism: A British-German Axis?

By Julian Lindley-French

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder once said, “They have it wrong if they ask if Schroeder favors Britain over France or France over Britain. Schroeder favors Germany.”  Watching David Cameron with family enjoying a German weekend break with Angela Merkel one could be forgiven for thinking all is well in the British-German relationship.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Apr 15, 2013

Create Jobs, or Kiss the Revolution Goodbye

By Nathan Field

There were many reasons that Egyptians supported the revolution when it occurred in early 2011.  Lawyers usually did so out of a desire to reform the legal system or draft a new constitution.   Others were angry about the use of torture by the police and security forces.   But for many – perhaps even the majority […]

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2013

West has ‘evidence’ of chemical weapons used in Syria, diplomats say

By AFP

From AFP:  Western diplomats say they have "hard evidence" chemical weapons have been used at least once in the Syrian civil war, but the Assad regime is refusing to let international experts into the country to investigate the claim.

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2013

How to Handle North Korea: The Pageant of Proposals

By Rajan Menon

By now, those of you who have been following the Korean crisis have encountered plenty of proposals from pundits. Let’s consider some of them.

China Korea

MENASource

Apr 15, 2013

Consent of the Governed: A New Middle East Political Order?

By Frederic C. Hof

Despite the grim realities we face on so many fronts in the Middle East today, there is reason to be optimistic about the long-term political trajectory of the Arab world. Arabs—especially young Arabs—are finally beginning to answer, on their own and from the ground up, the key question of the past century: what will follow […]

Middle East

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2013

NATO and Japan sign Political Declaration for a stronger partnership

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  This Declaration highlights our shared values and our shared interests.  And it indicates areas where we can develop closer cooperation.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2013

Rasmussen: ‘NATO and Japan – natural partners’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  My visit to Asia is about partnerships. It is an opportunity to showcase these partnerships and to make them stronger. Because our partnerships are in the interest of peace.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 12, 2013

Turkey, Egypt, & Tunisia block NATO meeting with Mediterranean partners

By Serkan Demirtaş, Hurriyet Daily News

From Serkan Demirtaş, Hurriyet Daily News:  An initiative to bring Israel and six Arab countries’ ministers together under NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue group for the first time since 2008 has been nixed by Turkey and Egypt, who said “it was not the right time” for such a meeting. “The general-secretary was planning to invite the foreign […]

NATOSource

Apr 12, 2013

Russia threatens to use ‘asymmetrical’ measures to neutralize space weapons

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  Russia will considerably beef up its space forces by 2030 to counter possible threats, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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