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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 13, 2011

Gaddafi thanks Congress for challenging Obama on Libya Op

By Mark Landler, the New York Times

From Mark Landler, the New York Times:  Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi has written to members of Congress thanking them for criticizing President Obama last week over his involvement in the NATO-led military campaign in Libya.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Jun 13, 2011

Turkey Cracks Down on ‘Anonymous’

By Marc Champion, the Wall Street Journal

From Marc Champion, the Wall Street Journal:  Turkish police have arrested 32 people in connection with attacks by the international hackers’ group Anonymous on the websites of government agencies. The Ankara police department that deals with smuggling and organized crime detained the suspects in cities all around the country Sunday, on suspicion of "illegally entering […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jun 13, 2011

Can European leaders avoid driving NATO over a cliff?

By Joseph Wood, the German Marshall Fund of the US

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 13, 2011

Turkish Election: An AKP Victory with Limits

By Ross Wilson

The unprecedented third consecutive electoral victory won by Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Sunday’s parliamentary elections owes to a widespread feeling of satisfaction with eight years of the Erdogan government’s rule. According to preliminary results, the party won 50 percent of the vote. This was at the top end of expectations and exceeded […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 13, 2011

Goldilocks and Afghanistan: How Big a Withdrawal?

By Don Snow

President Obama’s stated promise to begin the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan by July 2011, a commitment he made when he committed 30,000 additional troops to the war early in his presidency, is coming near. The major question is how large a withdrawal he will order, and what the consequences of whatever size drawdown […]

Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

Jun 13, 2011

Atlantic Update 6/13/2011

By HuiHui Ooi

Is Erdogan’s win in Turkey good for its future? NATO is in a dilemma about its future after the critical speech by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Private creditors in Europe are assuming some burden to the Greek financial crisis whereas Germany seeks to attach strings to bailout packages. 

NATOSource

Jun 13, 2011

NATO using Twitter to help target air strikes in Libya

By AFP

From AFP:  A NATO official said Libyans have been tweeting from the rebel-held city of Misrata, Ajdabiya and Tripoli, providing information ranging from movements of troops and tank columns to shellings of towns and fleeing refugees. "Twitter is a great source," the official said on condition of anonymity. The official stressed that any information gleaned […]

NATOSource

Jun 13, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 12

By NATO

NATOSource

Jun 13, 2011

‘Collective Military Irrelevance’

By the Editors of the Wall Street Journal

From the Editors of the Wall Street Journal:  Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaving office with a bang, and yesterday his target was a NATO alliance that he said is risking "collective military irrelevance" by spending so little on defense that it can’t defeat a two-bit dictator like Moammar Gadhafi

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 12, 2011

Erdogan wins election in Turkey, but falls short of two-thirds majority

By Deutsche Welle

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