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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

Sep 25, 2012

U.S. and NATO support for moderates can make a difference in the Middle East

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  In the days since the riots, there has been a broad backlash against the violence in both countries — culminating Friday in Benghazi, where tens of thousands of people marched on the base of an Islamist militia suspected of involvement in the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 25, 2012

Estonia signs defense cooperation treaty with Georgia

By Ministry of Defense of Estonia

From Ministry of Defense of Estonia:  [I]n Tbilisi, Estonia’s Minister of Defence Urmas Reinsalu and Georgia’s Minister of Defence Dimitri Shashkini concluded a defence cooperation treaty between the two countries. According to Minister of Defence Reinsalu, the key position in the treaty is Estonia’s support for Georgia’s aspiration in the direction of NATO. “Georgia is […]

NATOSource

Sep 25, 2012

Russia: Transit Facility at Ulyanovsk Ready For NATO

By Interfax

From Interfax:  A transit centre in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk is ready to receive NATO cargoes for Afghanistan, said the Russian presidential envoy Zamir Kabulov in a statement in New York. It is for NATO to decide when exactly it will start its cargo shipments, Kabulov said, adding that the presence of US servicemen […]

MENASource

Sep 25, 2012

EIPR to Bring Egypt’s ‘Virginity Tests’ Case to the African Commission

By Nancy Messieh

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and INTERIGHTS have launched a case against Egypt in regard to the now infamously known ‘Virgnity Tests’ case in which Egyptian activist Samira Ibrahim accused military personnel of sexual abuse during her detention in military prison. The case, which is being brought before the African Commission on Human […]

MENASource

Sep 25, 2012

Top News: Clinton Reassures Egypt’s Morsi on U.S. Assistance

By Egypt Source

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reassured Egypt’s new Islamist president on Monday that the United States would forge ahead with plans to expand economic assistance despite anti-American protests that cast new shadows over U.S. engagement with the region.

NATOSource

Sep 25, 2012

Weaknesses of US and European models of cyber defense

By Chris C. Demchak, American Interest

From Chris C. Demchak, American Interest:  [F]ew of the strategic or institutional support elements of a security resilience strategy are in place today, either within or across the various democratic trading states.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 24, 2012

Deputy SecGen Vershbow: NATO must continue to adapt to meet security demands of the 21st century

By atlantic-community.org

From atlantic-community.org:  Excerpts from Atlantic Community sponsored Q&A with Deputy Secretary General of NATO Ambassador Alexander Vershbow.

NATOSource

Sep 24, 2012

NATO signs cooperation accord with Iraq

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO on Monday (24 September 2012) signed a cooperation agreement with Iraq which will foster closer security ties and help Iraq build up its security institutions. NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow and Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh Faisal Al-Fayyadh signed the so-called Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programme (IPCP) at NATO headquarters. […]

NATOSource

Sep 24, 2012

NATO Enlargement Reloaded

By Karl-Heinz Kamp, NATO Defense College

From Karl-Heinz Kamp, NATO Defense College:  [T]he four aspirant countries (Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYROM, Georgia and Montenegro) cannot be treated as a homogenous group, but require individual approaches regarding the accession to NATO.

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2012

Founding Father of a Federal Europe

By Ben Carliner

Formally, the European Central Bank has but a single mandate – price stability. But as the debt crisis facing the Eurozone has evolved into an existential challenge, the ECB has been pushed into taking on responsibilities far beyond its original raison d’etre.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
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