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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 17, 2012

Video Interview: Abdel Rahman Youssef

By Mara Revkin

Abdel Rahman Youssef may be one of the most accomplished multi-taskers in Cairo: A poet, author, political activist and television news anchor, he has documented Egypt’s revolution with the precision of a journalist and the instincts of an insider. In his downtown office on January 27, Youssef spoke candidly about his disappointment with the failure […]

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2012

Conservatives call for Obama to intervene in Syria

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  Fifty-six leading conservative foreign-policy experts wrote an open letter Friday to U.S. President Barack Obama calling on him to directly aid the Syrian opposition and protect the lives of Syrian civilians.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Feb 17, 2012

Top News: SCAF Rejects Brotherhood Proposal to Form New Government

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood announced that the SCAF has refused its proposal to form a new coalition government. Instead, the SCAF is insisting that current Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri’s cabinet remain in place for the duration of the transitional period.

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2012

Turkey will not allow NATO to share intelligence with Israel

By AFP

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2012

Turkish court accepts indictment seeking life for ex-military chief

By Today’s Zaman

New Atlanticist

Feb 17, 2012

Opening Europe’s Mediterranean Window

By Ana Palacio

One year after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, with popular upheavals continuing to roil the Arab world, it is increasingly clear that Europe can no longer sit still and do nothing.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2012

NATO jets sent to ID Russian bombers in Baltic airspace

By the Lithuania Tribune

From the Lithuania Tribune:  Two German fighter jets F-4 Phantom were sent to the sky over Baltic Sea to escort of Russian bombers. “Today in the morning two German fighter jets, part of the NATO Air Policing mission (deployed in Siauliai Air Base), were sent to the sky. They identified and escorted two Russian aircraft […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 17, 2012

Putin’s Campaign

By Anna Borshchevskaya

Shaken by the largest wave of protests since 1991, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has stepped up his campaign for a third presidential term as the March 4 elections draw near.

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2012

NATO military delegation visits Beijing to expand cooperation

By NATO

From NATO:  LtGen Jürgen Bornemann, the Director General of the International Military Staff (IMS) paid an official visit to China from 13 to 15 February, on invitation by the Chinese Military Authorities. LtGen Bornemann and his delegation met with MGen Qian Lihua, the Chief of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Ministry of National Defence […]

NATOSource

Feb 16, 2012

NATO tests its forces in Arctic

By the Voice of Russsia

From the Voice of Russsia:  NATO forces prepare themselves for Cold Response 2012 – military games, up to 16 thousand people as well as fighting ships and aviation from Great Britain, Denmark, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, France, Sweden and the USA are to take part.

Energy & Environment United Kingdom
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