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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

Jun 22, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 21

By NATO

NATOSource

Jun 22, 2011

Libya War-Funding Fight Escalates

By Siobhan Hughes, the Wall Street Journal

From Siobhan Hughes, the Wall Street Journal:  U.S. lawmakers staked out starkly different positions Tuesday on the legitimacy of the American intervention in Libya, suggesting more legislative challenges are ahead in a debate the White House had hoped to put to rest.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 22, 2011

Steny Hoyer: Defunding Libya undermines NATO

By Seung Min Kim, POLITICO

From Seung Min Kim, POLITICO:  House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said Tuesday he opposes the idea percolating in the House to defund U.S. involvement in Libya. “It certainly would undermine the confidence of NATO in the ability of the president of the United States to participate in support of an effort that NATO had agreed […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 22, 2011

Gates warns of lack of vision and walking away from US leadership in the world

By John Barry and Tara McKelvey, Newsweek

From John Barry and Tara McKelvey, Newsweek:  Aboard the Pentagon jet on his last foreign trip as secretary of defense, Robert Gates takes a moment to peer across the American horizon—and the view is dire: the U.S. is in danger of losing its supremacy on the global stage, he says.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

Obama to announce Chicago to host NATO Summit in 2012

President Barack Obama will announce during tomorrow night’s speech on Afghanistan that Chicago will be the site of the NATO Summit in 2012.

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

Ukraine secretly ramps up ties with NATO: report

By AFP

From AFP:  Ukraine is ramping up cooperation with NATO, dealing a blow to Moscow’s hopes that its neighbour would align itself closer to Russia under President Viktor Yanukovych, a report said on Tuesday.

Energy & Environment Ukraine

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

Video of crashed NATO helicopter drone in Libya

By Amy Butler, Aviation Week

From Amy Butler, Aviation Week:  A U.S. Navy MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned rotorcraft was lost June 21 while conducting a mission over Libya, according to program sources.

Drones Technology & Innovation

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

New Commander for NATO’s Joint Warfare Center

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  French Army Major General Jean Fred Berger assumed command of NATO’s Joint Warfare Centre today in a Change of Command ceremony, replacing German Army Lieutenant General Wolfgang Korte

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

New Commander for NATO’s Counter Piracy Task Force

By Allied Command Operations

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

Sarwar Kashmeri on Gates’ speech and NATO’s relevance

By SKY News

From SKY News:  Interview with British MP Mike Gapes of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and Sarwar Kashmeri, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and author of NATO 2.0: Reboot or Delete?    

United States and Canada
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