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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

Jun 29, 2012

French Defense Ministry Faces Budget, Staff Cuts

By Pierre Tran, Defense News

From Pierre Tran, Defense News:  The French Defense Ministry must cut staff by an annual 2.5 percent and slash spending by 7 percent in 2013, and 4 percent in 2014 and 2015, respectively, as part of the government’s budget reduction efforts

MENASource

Jun 29, 2012

Top News: Egypt President-elect to Address Crowd at Tahrir Square Protesting Military Hold on Power

By Tarek Radwan

Egypt’s president-elect plans Friday to address thousands who have camped out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demonstrate against the military’s hold on power despite the election of a new civilian leader, a nod to the protesters who supported his bid for leadership. Morsi’s spokesman, Yasser Ali, said the president-elect wants to stand with the thousands […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 29, 2012

Is NATO Deterring Itself?

By Julian Lindley-French

Is NATO deterring itself? A two day meeting here in a searingly hot Rome on NATO’s Deterrence and Defense Posture Review (DDPR) reaffirmed to me the deep transatlantic gulf over NATO’s twenty-first century role. Sadly, no answer will be found to NATO’s existential twenty-first century question: is the Alliance integral to America’s world view or […]

Europe & Eurasia NATO

NATOSource

Jun 29, 2012

Turkey sends additional troops to Syrian border, NATO acknowledges defense plans

By Liz Sly and Karen DeYoung, the Washington Post

From Liz Sly and Karen DeYoung, the Washington Post:  Turkey reinforced its border with Syria with additional troops and antiaircraft weapons Thursday, amid heightened regional tensions ahead of a conference of world powers in Geneva this weekend.

New Atlanticist

Jun 29, 2012

Rising Iraqi Oil Output Greases Iran Sanctions

By Barbara Slavin

Iraq’s once-battered oil sector is further eclipsing production in Iran, relieving pressure on world oil markets and facilitating the imposition of draconian new sanctions on Iran.

Iran

NATOSource

Jun 28, 2012

Dozens wounded as Serbs, Kosovo police clash

By Fatos Bytyci and Aleksandar Vasovic, Reuters

From Fatos Bytyci and Aleksandar Vasovic, Reuters:  More than 50 people were injured in clashes on Thursday when the authorities in Kosovo deported a group of visiting Serbs

NATOSource

Jun 28, 2012

Uzbekistan quits Russia-dominated security pact, CSTO

By Vladimir Isachenkov, the AP

From Vladimir Isachenkov, the AP:  Uzbekistan has suspended its participation in a Russia-dominated security pact of ex-Soviet nations, officials said Thursday

New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2012

US Strategy for the 21st Century Needed

By Harlan Ullman

All leaders are easily criticized for either having the “wrong” strategy or “no” strategy at all regardless of the issue. In politics, elections exacerbate these critiques without always offering an alternative. In 1968, trapped in Vietnam, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson’s (flawed) strategy was to continue the status quo of defeating the North Vietnamese army and […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2012

Former Turkish Official: Assad Fall May Lead to Chaos in Syria

By Barbara Slavin

Former Turkish Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis, one of Turkey’s longest-serving diplomats, said the situation between Turkey and Syria might actually get worse if President Bashar al-Assad leaves or is overthrown because chaos will hurt Syria first and Turkey second.

Syria

MENASource

Jun 28, 2012

Stop the Fear Mongering

By Nancy Messieh

With the announcement of Mohamed Morsi’s victory, we’ve gone from zero to fear mongering in 60 seconds. While there are certainly valid arguments to be made when speaking about a mistrust of the Muslim Brotherhood and their pattern of saying one thing, and promptly doing the complete opposite, it may well be worth our while […]

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