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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 20, 2011

Future RAF missions under threat if Libyan intervention continues

By Thomas Harding, the Telegraph

From Thomas Harding, the Telegraph:  Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant has told MPs that intense air operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East are placing a “huge” demand on equipment and personnel. In a briefing paper delivered to senior politicians and obtained by The Daily Telegraph, the RAF’s second in command said morale among […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2011

Obama to announce Wednesday size of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Julie Pace, the AP

From Julie Pace, the AP:  President Barack Obama will announce the critical next steps in America’s decade-long war in Afghanistan on Wednesday, outlining both a plan to start bringing thousands of U.S. troops home next month and a broader withdrawal blueprint

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2011

Stop the Europe-bashing

By Anne Penketh, the Hill

From Anne Penketh, the Hill:  It’s open season on the Europeans at the moment. Following the lead of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who delivered a stiff warning to NATO the other day, everyone has been piling on.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 20, 2011

7 Questions with Bahaa Hariri

By Damon Wilson

Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council, interviewed Bahaa Hariri, the late Lebanese prime minister’s eldest son and a prominent business leader, on his views on developments in the Middle East, his father’s legacy, and his vision for the Councils’ new Rafik Hariri Center on the Middle East. On May 3, 2011, at the Atlantic […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 20, 2011

Comparing Norms for National Conduct in Cyberspace

By Jason Healey

Over the past few years, many states, intergovernmental organizations, and think tanks have offered proposals for new norms and principles to govern activity in cyberspace. We’re nearing a bifurcation between east and west. There is significant overlap between the proposals of the United States and United Kingdom and significant agreement between them and those of the […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jun 20, 2011

The European Onion and the End of the Euro-Republic?

By Julian Lindley-French

Sallust wrote, “Only a few prefer liberty – the majority seek nothing more than fair masters." What does the Euro crisis say about the state of Europe and the European Onion? I am back in Rome – the Eternal City, writing your blog from a perch on the Aventine Hill. Rome and the Tiber flow […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 19

By NATO

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2011

Is NATO going out of business?

By Patrick Buchanan, the Miami Herald

From Patrick Buchanan, the Miami Herald:  [Secretary of Defense Robert] Gates’ patience with the Europeans is, understandably, just about exhausted.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2011

Insiders: Despite Gates’s Warnings, NATO Remains Relevant

By Sara Sorcher, the National Journal

From Sara Sorcher, the National Journal:  Three out of four National Journal National Security Insiders say NATO has yet to outlive its usefulness

United States and Canada
Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

Jun 20, 2011

Atlantic Update 6/20/2011

By HuiHui Ooi

The Czech Republic announced a surprise exit from the U.S.-backed European missile shield proposal last week. Greece fights to handle its internal chaos as its people are protesting against stricter austerity measures whereas the Eurozone financial ministers are pressuring Greece to approve these measures before they decide on the second Greek loan. In order to […]

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