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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

Apr 16, 2012

Leading Candidates Disqualified from Presidential Race

By Mara Revkin

Egypt’s presidential election commission disqualified three out of the five front runners in the presidential race: Omar Suleiman (for falling 31 signatures short of the required 30,000), Khairat al-Shater (for a previous jail sentence), and Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail (over his mother’s having obtained American citizenship).

NATOSource

Apr 13, 2012

American Decline and the Future of Interventionism

By Nicholas k.Gvosdev, World Politics Review

From Nicholas k.Gvosdev, World Politics Review:  For the past 20 years, the United States has shown a willingness to use its armed might, but only in cases where the overwhelming American economic, military and technological advantages could be leveraged to reduce substantially the risk of loss to both people and equipment.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 13, 2012

Loose Lips Sink Ships

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The U.S. high command in Afghanistan has evidently decided to inform Taliban chieftain Mullah Omar of military action plans before U.S. and allied forces leave in 2014 — if not sooner.

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NATOSource

Apr 13, 2012

Denmark arrests Finnish professor for spying for Russia

By Uutiset

From Uutiset: The Danish media reports that officials in Denmark have leveled charges of spying against Timo Kivimäki, a Finnish professor working in the country. In a message to Yle late Thursday, he denied the accusations.

MENASource

Apr 13, 2012

Top News: Thousands of Islamists Rally in Tahrir to Denounce Former Regime Candidates

By Mara Revkin

Tens of thousands of mainly Islamist protesters rallied in Tahrir Square after Friday prayers for a demonstration under the slogan, “The only demand: Together against the remnants of the former regime.”

NATOSource

Apr 13, 2012

Former NATO commander on Afghanistan withdrawal: ‘there was never one master plan… we desperately need a NATO plan’

By Bernd Riegert, Deutsche-Welle

From Bernd Riegert, Deutsche-Welle:  DW: Do you find all the talk about the withdrawal counter-productive?

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NATOSource

Apr 13, 2012

US and Turkey discuss creating buffer zone in Syria

By Elise Labott, CNN Security Clearance

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NATOSource

Apr 12, 2012

Turkey says NATO has duty to defend Syrian border

By DPA

MENASource

Apr 12, 2012

Out of the Headlines and Under the Radar, Noose Tightens around Egyptian Civil Society

By Mara Revkin

With the political pageantry of the upcoming presidential election dominating the headlines this week, a legal campaign targeting Egyptian civil society groups is doing further damage under the radar. A criminal case against 43 employees of democracy-promoting NGOs accused of using foreign funding to foment unrest in Egypt resumed for a second session on April […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 12, 2012

A Gathering Storm for the US: Innovate or Evaporate

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

He was voted one of the “50 Great Americans,” holds 28 honorary degrees, and received the Defense Department’s highest civilian decoration (Distinguished Service Medal) not just once, but five times. At different times, Norman R. Augustine was CEO of Martin Marietta; CEO of Lockheed Martin; chairman of the Committee on the Future of the U.S. […]

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