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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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New Atlanticist

Sep 8, 2011

Tragedy, Hope, and 9/11 Remembered

By William B. Caldwell IV

Ten years have passed since the United States suffered tragedy on September 11th, but the implications continue to ripple throughout American discourse and international politics. As we mourned during the weeks and months that followed the attack, Dan Rather wrote, “if any good has come out of such evil, it is this: we have been […]

Afghanistan United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 7

By NATO

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2011

Iran ups criticism of Turkey over NATO missile shield

By AFP

New Atlanticist

Sep 8, 2011

Ten Years After 9/11 – What Have We Learned?

By Kurt Volker

After a decade defined by the terrorist attacks on the United States, and the reactions and events that followed, one thing is clear:  the global advance of core values –  freedom, democracy, economic opportunity, human rights and the rule of law – remains the best hope for the future of all people.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2011

Ukraine discusses cooperation with NATO’s missile defense system

By Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2011

An EU military HQ would undermine NATO

By Geoffrey Van Orden, the Telegraph

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2011

France: NATO could give Russia missile defence guarantees

By DPA

From DPA:  Brussels and NATO could lay to rest Kremlin fears about a planned European missile defence system by giving guarantees it was not aimed at Russia, a senior French government official said Wednesday. ‘I hope … we can give Russia the guarantees,’ said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. ‘It is not directed against Russia, […]

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2011

NATO suspends transfers to some Afghan prisons

By Quentin Sommerville, the BBC

From Quentin Sommerville, the BBC:  The Nato-led mission in Afghanistan has suspended the transfer of detainees to several Afghan jails, following torture allegations, the BBC has learned. The accusations come in an as-yet unpublished UN report, which describes how prisoners were beaten and in some cases given electric shocks. The jails are run by the […]

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2011

Cyber Attacks Against NATO, Then and Now

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  Now that NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR over Libya is winding down, it is worth noting how few cyber incidents were directed in protest against the Alliance. 

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 7, 2011

Sleepwalking into a Nuclear Nightmare

By Julian Lindley-French

With the West deep in sombre remembrance of 911, a new and dangerous shift in the nuclear balance is taking place in the shadows. There is a New Nuclear Realpolitik afoot that is shaping today’s world… and tomorrow’s. Iran is moving patiently towards a nuclear weapons system. Taken together the empty commitment made towards a […]

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