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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

Nov 26, 2012

NATO moving its Naples-based southern command to high-tech campus

By AP

From AP:  NATO said Monday it is moving its run-down southern command in Italy to a new €164-million ($212 million) high-tech campus 20 kilometers (10 miles) away.

MENASource

Nov 26, 2012

Top News: Morsi Will Not Rescind Power-Consolidating Decree: Source

By Egypt Source

The Egyptian president’s office said on Sunday it was committed to engaging "all political forces" to reach common ground on the constitution and stressed the "temporary nature" of a decree expanding President Mohamed Morsi’s powers. President Mohamed Morsi does not plan to rescind his latest controversial constitutional declaration, but will rather offer proposals to the […]

NATOSource

Nov 26, 2012

Turkey’s military says use of Patriots to create no-fly zone is “out of the question’

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO surface-to-air missiles due to be stationed near Turkey’s border with Syria will only be used to protect Turkish territory and not to establish a no-fly zone within Syria, the Turkish military said on Monday.

NATOSource

Nov 26, 2012

PM and President define Finland’s role in Iceland air policing mission as ‘patrols and exercises’

By Icenews

From Icenews:  Finland’s premier has said that the country’s possible commitment to assist with a NATO effort in patrolling Icelandic airspace will not be a combat mission but merely a series of peacetime training exercises.

MENASource

Nov 24, 2012

Egypt’s Morsi: Back Down or Crackdown?

By Tarek Radwan

If ever there was a time when President Morsi could use a graceful exit, now would be it. After negotiating a fragile ceasefire between Hamas fighters and the Israeli Defense Force for which he received glowing accolades, Morsi now appears to be fighting his own war at home. The streets of Cairo are teeming with […]

NATOSource

Nov 24, 2012

As cyberwarfare heats up, allies turn to U.S. companies for expertise

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  In the spring of 2010, a sheik in the government of Qatar began talks with the U.S. consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton about developing a plan to build a cyber-operations center.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 24, 2012

Iran criticizes Turkish request for Patriots

By Bassem Mrque, AP

From Bassem Mrque, AP:  Iran lashed out Friday at Turkey for requesting that NATO supply it with Patriot surface-to-air missiles to deploy along the border with Syria, denouncing the step by Ankara as counterproductive.

NATOSource

Nov 23, 2012

NATO Allied Land Command activating next week in Turkey

By John Vandiver, Stars & Stripes

From John Vandiver, Stars & Stripes:  A new NATO land command headquarters, restructured to streamline costs and decision making, will be activated next week in Turkey as the new home for planning how infantrymen from the 28-nation alliance fight together.

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 23, 2012

Syria condemns Turkey’s request for NATO missiles as ‘provocative step’

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Syria on Friday condemned Turkey’s request for NATO to deploy Patriot defence missiles near their common border, calling it "provocative", after a spate of fighting there that has raised fears of the Syrian civil war embroiling the wider region.

NATOSource

Nov 23, 2012

Turkey tells Moscow that Patriot missiles are ‘strictly for defense’

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday that Moscow has no reason to worry about the Patriot missiles Ankara has asked NATO to deploy on its troubled border with Syria.

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