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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

Feb 10, 2012

Soccer, Egypt, and SCAF-Sponsored Hooliganism

By Sahar Aziz and Khaled Beydoun

Across the world, soccer occupies a sacred space that stirs up feverish nationalism and ardent fidelity to a team.  Team loyalties often mirror a nation’s social and political fault lines.  Egypt’s February 2 soccer game-turned-massacre, therefore, was the SCAF’s sinister manipulation of the sport to attack the revolutionary youth and terrify Egyptians into supporting their […]

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2012

Congressman seeks deeper reduction of US forces in Europe

By Mike Coffman, Office of Congressman Mike Coffman

From Mike Coffman, Office of Congressman Mike Coffman:  The place to begin is by making fundamental changes in the way we have based forces in Europe since the end of World War II.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2012

NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission Becomes Permanent

By Ott Tammik, Estonian Public Broadcasting

From Ott Tammik, Estonian Public Broadcasting: NATO has decided to make permanent its Baltic air policing mission, in which larger member states patrol the region with their fighter jets on a rota basis.

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2012

First NATO Military Delegation to visit China

By NATO

New Atlanticist

Feb 9, 2012

Syria Intervention: Ugly Choices

By Daniel Trombly

With Russia and China standing firmly behind Assad’s regime in Syria, it appears increasingly likely that continued violence, and potentially a prolonged civil war, will be the future condition of a country where the opposition is not strong enough to overcome the core elements of the regime’s security forces, and foreign parties lack the willpower […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Feb 9, 2012

Pentagon to spend $1.2 billion on three Global Hawk UAVs for NATO

By Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg

From Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg:  The Pentagon proposes in its new budget to spend $1.2 billion for the first three NATO-version Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) Global Hawk drones and three additional U.S. Navy-version drones, according to an official.

Drones Technology & Innovation

NATOSource

Feb 9, 2012

Ukraine’s President Yanukovych sacks his Defense Minister

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:  Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has sacked Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel, replacing him with Dmytro Salamatin.

Ukraine

NATOSource

Feb 9, 2012

Turkish court summons spy chief over PKK talks

By Daniel Dombey, the Financial Times

MENASource

Feb 9, 2012

Top News: SCAF Claims “Damning Evidence” Against Accused NGOs

By Mara Revkin

The SCAF issued a defiant statement on February 9, asserting that Egypt’s international relations with the US are governed by the common interests of both parties, and that "Egypt does not bow to the domination of anyone." The SCAF reiterated that the NGO case is in the hands of the judiciary, noting that the Ministry […]

MENASource

Feb 9, 2012

Egypt’s Constitution: Conflicting Visions

By Mara Revkin

In the wake of the deadly Port Said soccer riot on February 1, fears that a new Egyptian constitution will produce a dysfunctional and undemocratic outcome are rapidly coming to a head. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has been pushing to draft a new constitution at breakneck speed, and its most recent […]

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