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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

Oct 9, 2012

Top News: Morsy Issues General Amnesty for Revolution-Related Crimes, Egypt Remembers Maspero Clashes on Tuesday

By Egypt Source

On Monday President Mohamed Morsy issued a mass pardon for all those accused or found guilty of crimes pertaining to the events of the 25 January revolution — with some exceptions. The decision to issue general amnesty was based on the recommendation of Morsy’s military trial review committee.

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2012

NATO’s role threatened by financial and sovereign pressures, says Norwegian defence minister

By Nicholas de Larrinaga, Jane’s

Economy & Business

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2012

Rasmussen: NATO has plans to defend Turkey if need be

By Reuters

From Reuters:  The head of NATO said on Tuesday that the 28-member military alliance had plans in place to defend Turkey against attack from Syria if necessary, but that he hoped the two countries would find a way to stop tensions escalating.

NATOSource

Oct 8, 2012

Norway increasing its 2013 defense budget, including 30% boost for cyber security

By Ministry of Defense of Norway

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 8, 2012

UK on BAE-EADS Merger: France and Germany ‘must reduce stake’

By BBC

From BBC:  France and Germany must reduce their stakes in defence firm EADS if the UK is to allow a proposed merger with BAE Systems to go ahead, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Oct 8, 2012

Turkey deploy tanks and missile defense assets to border as clashes with Syria continue

By Selcan Hacaoglu, Bloomsberg

From Selcan Hacaoglu, Bloomsberg:  Turkey deployed additional tanks and missile defense systems to the Syrian border following five days of artillery exchanges with President Bashar al-Assad’s armed forces.

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2012

New Georgian leader Ivanishvili meets NATO Liaison Officer

By Civil Georgia

From Civil Georgia:  Georgian Dream leader, Bidzina Ivanishvili, met with NATO Liaison Officer in Tbilisi, William Lahue, and reiterated his coalition’s commitment to NATO integration.

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2012

New incident of Syrian shelling and Turkish retaliation

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Turkey has returned fire after a mortar bomb shot from Syria landed in a field in southern Turkey.

MENASource

Oct 5, 2012

ANHRI Documents 43 Violations on Freedom of Expression in the Past Three Months

By Nancy Messieh

The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) published a report (Arabic) about the current state of freedom of expression in Egypt, under President Mohammed Morsi. In a statement announcing the report, ANHRI pointed to the “absence of the regime’s political will in Egypt, under the rule of the first civilian-elect president, to respect the […]

New Atlanticist

Oct 5, 2012

NATO: All SHAPE and No Arms?

By Julian Lindley-French

In the 1950s the Americans used to have a NATO joke (they have about one per decade). NATO, they said, was like the Venus de Milo, all SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) and no arms.  You are meant to laugh now.  The essential point was that NATO was fast becoming lots of military headquarters with no military […]

NATO Security & Defense
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