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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 23, 2012

Lavrov: Patriot missile deployment in Turkey will lead to further regional destabilization

By RT

From RT:  [ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei] Lavrov iterated Russia’s concerns about plans to deploy Patriot missile systems on Turkish territory in a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

MENASource

Nov 23, 2012

Egypt: Divided into Two Camps

By Nancy Messieh

On Friday, President Mohammed Morsi gave a heated speech outside the presidential palace, before an enthusiastic crowd of his supporters, chanting “The people want God’s law,” calling also for the dissolution of the Supreme Constitutional Court. An equally enthusiastic group of Egyptians amassed in Tahrir protesting against a constitutional decree passed by Morsi the day […]

NATOSource

Nov 22, 2012

NATO chief rejects Russia’s criticism of deploying Patriot missiles in Turkey

By Gabriela Baczynska and Martin de Sa’Pinto, Reuters

From Gabriela Baczynska and Martin de Sa’Pinto, Reuters:  NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen rejected Russian criticism on Thursday of the alliance’s possible deployment of Patriot missiles near Turkey’s border with Syria.

NATOSource

Nov 22, 2012

If NATO approves Patriot missiles for Turkey, deployment could still be weeks away

By AP

From AP:  Even if NATO quickly approves Turkey’s request for the deployment of Patriot missiles on its border with Syria, winning parliamentary approval, selecting sites for the air defense batteries and transporting them there means they probably wouldn’t be operational for weeks.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 22, 2012

Turkey’s official statement on request for ‘Allied air defense elements’

By Foreign Ministry of Turkey

MENASource

Nov 22, 2012

Morsi, a New Pharaoh in Town?

By Dalia Rabie

President Mohamed Morsi’s controversial constitutional declaration left many wondering whether it was a necessary evil to purge Egypt’s judiciary or merely a power grab disguised as such. The seven-article constitutional declaration announced Thursday night arguably paved the way for a new dictatorship as Morsi significantly broadened his powers, giving himself complete immunity until a new […]

NATOSource

Nov 22, 2012

Russia opposes NATO missiles on Turkey-Syria border

By Voice of America

From Voice of America:  Russia has warned against NATO’s possible deployment of Patriot missiles near Turkey’s border with Syria.

MENASource

Nov 22, 2012

Morsi Rewrites the Rules of the Game, Again

By Tarek Radwan

Just when Egyptians thought that the interim period had started to settle down, President Mohammed Morsi issued a game-changing constitutional decree that has set the political scene on fire. Despite the Constituent Assembly’s problems in drafting the new constitution, the parliamentary vacuum giving Morsi unprecedented power, and the judicial adversity to the executive branch, the […]

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2012

United States can’t pivot away from Middle East

By Robert Kagan, Washington Post

From Robert Kagan, Washington Post:  No one was suggesting the United States could or ought to have all the answers, but among this gathering of Arab, North African, South Asian and European diplomats and international civil servants, the overwhelming consensus was that the superpower is AWOL. The only question was whether the absence is temporary […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2012

Westerwelle: Germany will accept Turkey’s request to NATO for Patriot missiles

By Reuters

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