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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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New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2012

Euro Crisis Threatens Global Security

By Steven Grundman and A.J. Wilson

“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold,” wrote the Irish poet William Butler Yeats of the dark time he envisioned in the aftermath of World War I. Today, the converse of this proposition overshadows our future: if Europe fails to respond to the euro-zone crisis in a way that reinforces its center, things will begin […]

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Jun 28, 2012

Top News: Egypt’s Tantawi to Remain Defense Minister

By Nancy Messieh

Egypt’s armed forces chief will keep his post as defense minister in a new cabinet to be formed by President-elect Mohamed Mursi, a member of the military council said. 

NATOSource

Jun 28, 2012

Report: Turkey secretly asks NATO to consider no-fly zone in the event of further Syrian aggression

By Michael Weiss, the Telegraph

From Michael Weiss, the Telegraph:  According to a US  government source privy to the Nato meeting called by Turkey on Tuesday, Ankara has requested that the alliance draw up contingency plans for a no-fly zone

NATOSource

Jun 28, 2012

Turkish military reveals details of the search for missing pilots

By Hurriyet Daily News

New Atlanticist

Jun 27, 2012

US Hardens Stance In Iran Nuclear Talks

By Laura Rozen and Barbara Slavin

Iran came to talks in Moscow last week (June 18-19) prepared to discuss stopping enriching uranium to 20% but refused two other conditions that could have led to a partial agreement in the nuclear standoff. Briefings by diplomats whose countries took part in the talks portrayed the meetings as a “dialogue of the deaf,” with […]

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jun 27, 2012

What the Arab Spring Taught the World about Supporting Dictatorships

By Benedetta Berti and Yoel Guzansky

Eighteen months ago, a sudden eruption of social and political protests across the Middle East took the world by storm. Despite widespread awareness that the mix of economic stagnation, sky-rocketing unemployment, demographic pressure, corrupt and inefficient government, and social and political repression represented a serious threat to the stability of the region few anticipated the […]

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2012

US and Finland Sign Agreement to Increase Sharing of Classified Information

By the Department of State

From the Department of State:  Secretary of State Clinton and Foreign Minister Tuomioja today signed the U.S.-Finland General Security of Information Agreement. This marks a significant step in facilitating information sharing between the two countries. The Agreement covers all classified information passed between the two governments, and ensures that each country has appropriate and equal […]

Northern Europe United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2012

Missile defense system passes another important test

By Jim Wolf, Reuters

From Jim Wolf, Reuters:  U.S. forces using a new Raytheon Co interceptor missile downed another missile in space in a high-stakes test of a shield built to thwart advancing capabilities of countries like North Korea and Iran. 

New Atlanticist

Jun 27, 2012

South Asia’s New Regional Realities

By Ronak Desai

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta urged New Delhi to adopt a “more active role” in Afghanistan as NATO troops prepare to withdraw and championed an expansion of the US-India defense and security partnership. Speaking in the Indian capital during a visit there earlier this month, he characterized India as the “linchpin” of Washington’s strategic […]

Afghanistan India

MENASource

Jun 27, 2012

Top News: Islamists Call for Political Solutions to Parliament Dissolution

By Tarek Radwan

The Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi Nour Party have objected to the one-month postponement of the lawsuit filed by MPs against the dissolution of the People’s Assembly. They called on political forces to negotiate a solution with the military council whereby Parliament is reinstated while elections for the one-third of sets reserved for […]

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