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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

Dec 1, 2011

EU, NATO condemn attacks by Serb militants

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  The European Union and NATO on Thursday condemned attacks by Serb militants in Kosovo that have injured 50 NATO peacekeepers and jeopardized Serbia’s application to become a candidate for EU membership.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Dec 1, 2011

News Update: December 1, 2011

By Mara Revkin

Early election results indicated that Islamist parties are on track to win a dominant majority in the next People’s Assembly. The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) appears to have won 40 percent of the vote, while Salafis may have claimed up to 25 percent of the vote, giving the two groups combined control of […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 1, 2011

Isolation Won’t Heal Ukraine’s Democratic Deficit

By Adrian Karatnycky

Twenty years ago today, Ukraine’s citizens ratified their country’s independence in a nationwide referendum, thereby ushering in the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union and launching their tortuous march toward a market economy, democracy and sovereignty.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Dec 1, 2011

Spain’s view of NATO and “military missions abroad” according to its official Security Strategy

By the Office of the Prime Minister of Spain

From the Office of the Prime Minister of Spain :  Ensuring the security of Spain, its inhabitants and its citizens is an essential responsibility of the Government and the Public Administrations, but also of society as a whole. Security today is everyone´s responsibility.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Dec 1, 2011

Saving the Euro – and the European Union

By Daniel Price

Germany ought to be able to debate its eurozone partners on the shape of needed economic reform without conjuring up historical fears of hegemony.

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Dec 1, 2011

Talks on Iraq NATO mission stall over immunity

By Rebecca Santana and Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Rebecca Santana and Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  The issue of legal immunity for foreign troops in Iraq, which already torpedoed plans to keep a U.S. military presence in the country, has emerged as a key stumbling block in talks over the extension of a NATO training mission here.

New Atlanticist

Dec 1, 2011

Ukraine Turns Away from Europe and the West

By Taras Kuzio

The incarceration of Yulia Tymoshenko has temporarily halted and may permanently terminate Ukraine’s integration with Europe.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Nov 30, 2011

EU announces projects for pooled defense capabilities

By  Sebastian Moffett and David Brunnstrom. Reuters

From Sebastian Moffett and David Brunnstrom. Reuters:  EU defence ministers agreed on Wednesday to pool resources in 11 defence fields ranging from mid-air refuelling to field hospitals, hoping to shore up European capabilities despite severe budget pressure. The projects are designed to make EU nations – which traditionally have nurtured separate military forces and industries – […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Nov 30, 2011

Time to Let Macedonia Play with the Big Boys

By Metodija A. Koloski and Mark Branov

Rarely has a country’s standing in the community of nations collapsed as quickly as that of Greece.

Economy & Business European Union

MENASource

Nov 30, 2011

News Update: November 30, 2011

By Mara Revkin

Partial results for single-winner races are being released today, with additional results expected after a run-off round on Monday, December 5. The Freedom and Justice Party issued a statement claiming that the FJP-led Democratic Alliance is leading the proportional representation races, followed by the Salafi Nour Party and the liberal-oriented Egyptian Bloc in third place. […]

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