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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 13, 2012

NATO Secretary General: ‘We need a defence recovery’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Defence spending is declining across the Alliance. We need an economic recovery. And based on that, we need a defence recovery. We need to stop the decline. And then we need to reverse it.

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Nov 13, 2012

Petraeus the Paper Tiger

By Joshua Foust

Friday’s resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus after admitting to an affair was a shock to the national security establishment in D.C. General Petraeus has enjoyed a reputation of untouchable integrity and vast achievement, and his sudden fall from grace took many by surprise.

New Atlanticist

Nov 13, 2012

Britain and France in Flanders Fields

By Julian Lindley-French

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Nov 13, 2012

NATO lawmakers: Security threatened by European defense cuts

By NATO Parliamentary Assembly

From NATO Parliamentary Assembly:  Lawmakers from NATO nations issued a series of warnings to Allied governments Saturday highlighting the need to maintain credible defence spending in the face of the economic crisis.

MENASource

Nov 13, 2012

Top News: Constituent Assembly Finalizes 14 Articles, NGOs and Ministry of Defense Reject Draft

By Egypt Source

The draft constitution as it is currently written gives citizens “license to discipline” each other according to Amr Moussa. The former Arab League secretary general made the criticism at the Constituent Assembly’s Monday meeting, at which it approved 14 constitutional articles in the basic principles of state section and referred them to the drafting committee […]

NATOSource

Nov 13, 2012

Czech Defense Minister: NATO members must deepen cooperation or lose military capabilities

By CTK

From CTK:  The militaries of NATO member countries should more cooperate after the ISAF mission ends in Afghanistan in 2014, Czech Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra told the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Prague Saturday.

NATOSource

Nov 13, 2012

Petraeus investigation ensnares Allen, SACEUR nomination put on hold

By Phil Stewart, Reuters

From Phil Stewart, Reuters:  The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation for alleged inappropriate communication with a woman at the center of the scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, a senior U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2012

Deputy PM: Russia will ‘react sharply’ to U.S. Aegis ships

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia will “react in the sharpest manner” to any US ships equipped with the Aegis combat system attempting to sail by its shores, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told RIA Novosti in an interview.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2012

Rasmussen: NATO will ‘defend Turkey’ from Syria attacks

By Al Arabiya

From Al Arabiya:  NATO will defend alliance member Turkey, which struck back after mortar rounds fired from Syria landed inside its border, the alliance’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a meeting in Prague on Monday. “NATO as an organization will do what it takes to protect and defend Turkey, our ally. We have […]

MENASource

Nov 12, 2012

Egypt’s Draft: A Constitution of Conditionals

By Mai El Sadany

Talk to many policymakers and analysts in Washington and you will hear them praise the comprehensive and holistic nature of the latest version of Egypt’s draft constitution. Talk to an Egyptian or someone who has worked on the ground however and they will talk of a document that underhandedly deprives the people of their full […]

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