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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

May 7, 2012

Vaclav Klaus: ‘Europe’s nations must break free from the Brussels straitjacket’

By Vaclav Klaus, the Telegraph

From Vaclav Klaus, the Telegraph:  European integration was originally based on a rational idea to liberalise Europe, to open it up and to expand trade by building a common market and a large, interconnected economic space.

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

May 7, 2012

Obama invites Hollande to special meeting before G8 and NATO summits

By the White House

From the White House:  President Obama called President-elect Francois Hollande of France to congratulate him after the results of the French election were announced today.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 7, 2012

Central European nations agree to set up joint combat force

By AFP

From AFP:  Defence ministers from Visegrad Group states grouping the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia agreed Friday to create a 3,000-strong joint combat unit to be put at the EU’s disposal.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

May 7, 2012

Notes on the Bloodshed at Abbassiya

By Haitham Tabei

Last week, Cairo witnessed a blood bath in Abbassiya next to the headquarters of the Defense Ministry, which ended on Friday afternoon with another show of force, in which the armed forces dispersed a sit-in of supporters of disqualified presidential candidate Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail and other protesters who had been demonstrating in solidarity with […]

MENASource

May 7, 2012

Top News: Allegations of Torture Following Abbassiya Clashes

By Tarek Radwan

El Badil news website has published the accounts of two reporters who were allegedly abducted and tortured by the army following last week’s clashes in Abbassiya, in which a soldier died and almost 400 people were wounded.

New Atlanticist

May 7, 2012

In Sudan, Give War a Chance

By Gerard Prunier

Less than a year after South Sudan declared its independence, it appears headed for war once again with its northern neighbor, Sudan. At the same time, marginalized northerners are rebelling against the government of Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The international community has called for a cease-fire and peace talks, but the return of violence […]

East Africa Sudan

MENASource

May 6, 2012

Why the Tide Will Turn Against Political Islam in Egypt

By Dalia Ziada

While the blood of innocent Egyptians is being shed on asphalt outside the Ministry of Defense in Abbassiya, Cairo is getting ready to meet its first fairly elected civilian president. This week in Abbasya, protesters — most of them supporters of disqualified Salafi presidential candidate Hazem Saleh Abu Ismael – clashed violently with armed thugs […]

NATOSource

May 5, 2012

UK urges Germany to pull its weight more on defense

By Gareth Jones, Reuters

From Gareth Jones, Reuters:  Britain urged Germany on Wednesday to beef up its contribution to European defence and security, in line with its economic might, as the United States focuses increasingly on the Asia-Pacific region.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

MENASource

May 5, 2012

A Wave of Anger Threatens to Disrupt Presidential Election / موجة الغضب تشوش على الانتخابات الرئاسية

By Magdy Samaan

A microbus was moving slowly down Ramses Street in downtown Cairo due to the clashes in Abassiya Square between angry youth and military police near the Ministry of Defense. On the bus, a female passenger expressed her anger about the return of violence. The woman did not know who was killing whom, or what was […]

NATOSource

May 5, 2012

UK Defense Minister: Germany can make biggest impact on NATO capabilities

By Philip Hammond, British Ministry of Defense

From Philip Hammond, British Ministry of Defense:  The responsibility of European nations to defend their citizens can no longer be discharged by a strategy of homeland defence and a Fortress Europe.

United Kingdom United States and Canada
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