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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

Aug 10, 2011

Moscow draws up blacklist of US officials in response to US ban against Russians

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Moscow has prepared a blacklist of U.S. officials who will be banned from travelling to Russia in response to a U.S. blacklist of Russian officials linked to the controversial death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in detention, Russian daily Kommersant reported on Wednesday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 10, 2011

Libyan TV refutes death of Gaddafi’s son with video

By Joseph Nasr, Reuters

From Joseph Nasr, Reuters:  Libyan state television showed on Tuesday what it said was footage of Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis, who rebels said last week had been killed, visiting Libyans wounded in an air attack east of Tripoli.

NATOSource

Aug 10, 2011

Former French general: NATO strike on Syria is technically feasible

By Andrew Rettman, EUObserver

From Andrew Rettman, EUObserver:  A Nato strike to disable the Syrian army is technically feasible according to experts, such as former French air chief Jean Rannou. But it could make the country’s internal situation worse.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Aug 10, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 9

By NATO

New Atlanticist

Aug 9, 2011

London’s Burning

By Julian Lindley-French

“London’s burning! London’s burning! All across the town, all across the night”. So goes the song by The Clash from the last time London burned in the early 1980s. Last night I watched aghast as streets I know were torched by a mindless, criminal mob. People were robbed in their beds before being burned out […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Aug 9, 2011

Moscow warns NATO against extending missile shield

By AFP

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 9, 2011

Finland’s Defense Minister: Budget cuts “increase the need to join” NATO

By YLE

From YLE:  Finland’s Minister of Defence, Stefan Wallin, has told the newspaper Savon Seudun Sanomat that all extra funding cuts planned in the defence forces increase the need to join NATO.

NATOSource

Aug 9, 2011

What Next in Libya?

By Derek Reveron, the New Atlanticist

From Derek Reveron, the New Atlanticist:  To be clear, NATO is assuming risk today by attempting to achieve particular desired ends without the available means.

NATOSource

Aug 9, 2011

Under NATO’s Flag: An Interim Assessment of the Mission In Libya (Part One)

By Vladimir Socor, the New Atlanticist

From Vladimir Socor, the New Atlanticist:  NATO had expected to fight for a few weeks; it set a three-month deadline for the combat and post-combat phases

New Atlanticist

Aug 9, 2011

What Next in Libya?

By Derek Reveron

It’s been over four months since NATO launched its air campaign in Libya. Dubbed Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, NATO pilots have logged at least 17,924 sorties, 6,788 of which were strike missions “to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under attack or threat of attack.”

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