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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

Mar 23, 2012

Top News: Mubarak VP to Run for Presidency

By Mara Revkin

Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s former intelligence chief who briefly served as Mubarak’s vice president in the early days of the uprising, has reportedly decided to run for the presidency. Supporters of former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq are defecting from his campaign to back Suleiman.

NATOSource

Mar 23, 2012

Cyber spying uncovered at conference on Belarus dictatorship

By Nina Berglund, Views and News from Norway

From Nina Berglund, Views and News from Norway:  Just as a major conference on the dictatorship in Belarus was getting underway in Oslo on Thursday, came an ominous echo from the Cold War past: All those in attendance were warned from the podium that a spy was among them.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Mar 23, 2012

U.S. Resumes Military Aid Despite Rights Concerns

By Mara Revkin

The State Department has formally released $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt despite the SCAF’s failure to meet pro-democracy goals, using a national security waver to sidestep congressional conditions requiring respect for human rights and support for a transfer of power to an elected civilian government. In a statement ironically entitled, "U.S. Support for […]

MENASource

Mar 23, 2012

Making a Mistake with Egypt

By Michele Dunne

As expected, Secretary Clinton used a national security waiver to override congressional conditions on military aid to Egypt on March 23, repeating a foreign policy mistake the Obama administration has made before: staking out a principled position in rhetoric and then backing down from it the moment the going gets tough.

New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2012

The Afghanistan Strategy: Time for a Reassessment

By James Cook

The horrendous murder of sixteen Afghan civilians by an American soldier has once again raised questions whether the Obama administration has a viable strategy for Afghanistan and if the current timeline for US troop withdrawal should be accelerated.

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2012

Time Frame Shifts On Iran War Threat

By Barbara Slavin

Chances for a US or Israeli strike on Iran are minimal before US presidential elections but increase early next year, according to an adviser to the US government.

NATOSource

Mar 23, 2012

Russian experts warn that a new arms race with the West looks inevitable

By Fred Weir, the Christian Science Monitor

From Fred Weir, the Christian Science Monitor:  A top Russian defense official warned Thursday that NATO’s plans to install an anti-missile shield in Europe are a "litmus test" for future relations between Moscow and the West.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2012

Is the World Moving Towards Chaos and Anarchy?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

What happens when foreign think tank heavyweights get together at the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations to talk about the United States and the state of the world?

China Russia

NATOSource

Mar 22, 2012

Hands Across the Pond

By Andrew Wilson, the New Atlanticist

From Andrew Wilson, the New Atlanticist:  Both Cameron and Obama, therefore, need friends; and friendship was, indeed, what the official visit was designed to project.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 22, 2012

McCain: Syria, NATO Expansion Should Be on Summit Agenda

By Kate Brannen, Defense News

From Kate Brannen, Defense News:  At the upcoming May NATO summit in Chicago, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wants world leaders to address Syria and NATO expansion.

United States and Canada
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