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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

Feb 16, 2013

This Week in Egypt – February 16, 2013

By Egypt Source

Catch up on the latest EgyptSource content every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos and more.

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2013

Europe’s Foreign-Policy Resilience

By Vaira Vike-Freiberga and Antonio Vitorino, Project Syndicate

From Vaira Vike-Freiberga and Antonio Vitorino, Project Syndicate:  For starters, the coherence of Europe’s policies toward Russia improved

Energy & Environment European Union

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2013

Royal academy doubts Sweden’s ability to defend itself

By AFP

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2013

A NATO-led force can help stabilize Libya and North Africa

By Jason Pack & Karim Mezran, New Atlanticist

From Jason Pack & Karim Mezran, New Atlanticist:  From Cairo on the Nile to Tunis on the Mediterranean, a political vacuum has descended across North Africa.

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2013

Panetta to lead U.S. delegation to NATO defense ministerial

By American Forces Press Service

From American Forces Press Service: Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta will continue in his position until former Sen. Chuck Hagel is confirmed

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2013

U.S.-EU trade deal will be good for Canada – when it happens

By Jason Langrish, Globe and Mail

From Jason Langrish, Globe and Mail:  The United States has finally agreed to a grand bargain that the European Union has been pursuing for years

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 15, 2013

Libya Must Be Stabilized

By Jason Pack and Karim Mezran

From Cairo on the Nile to Tunis on the Mediterranean, a political vacuum has descended across North Africa. The Arab Spring ushered in new freedoms, but it also weakened existing state structures and unleashed a cultural and political free-for-all, favorable to mobilization, assassinations and propagation of extremist ideology. The region’s newly elected governments are rapidly […]

Libya

MENASource

Feb 15, 2013

Learning to Stare at the Sun

By Alaa Al Aswany

Some years back the US press uncovered a scandal in which Catholic priests were abusing children at church. The US press fought to document the abuses until the church finally apologized and the accused priests went on trial. The church recently appointed a special investigator, Father Robert Oliver, to look into any sexual abuse within […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 15, 2013

Is China Choking on Success?

By Robert A. Manning

A popular app on smartphones in Beijing is the US Embassy’s Air Quality Index measurement. No wonder: Until last year, even as the air in China’s capitol has increasingly come to resemble that of an airport smoking area, its ruling elite have refused to make public its air-quality levels or even admit a problem.

China Energy & Environment

MENASource

Feb 15, 2013

Top News: NSF and Nour Party Agree – Qandil and Cabinet Must Go

By Egypt Source

The Salafist Nour Party met with members of the National Salvation Front (NSF) opposition umbrella group in a closed meeting on Thursday. The NSF and Nour Party agree on the importance of the resignation of Hisham Qandil’s cabinet.

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