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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

Apr 6, 2011

America Addicted to War? Hardly

By Derek Reveron

Stephen Walt recently posed the question in Foreign Policy, Is America Addicted to War? Prompted by the latest international intervention in Libya, Walt explains:  It remains to be seen whether this latest lurch into war [in Libya] will pay off or not, and whether the United States and its allies will have saved lives or […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 6, 2011

Unintended and Intended Consequences

By Harlan Ullman

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld elevated the words “known and unknown” to high art forms. In essence, Rumsfeld was referring to both the intended and, more importantly, unintended consequences of policy decisions on difficult and often intractable issues. Indeed, in 2011, it is the unintended consequences of what is taking place in North […]

NATOSource

Apr 6, 2011

French FM: NATO may get bogged down in Libya

By Brian Love and Nick Vinocur, Reuters

From Brian Love and Nick Vinocur, Reuters:  French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Wednesday NATO could get bogged down in Libya because leader Muammar Gaddafi had made it more difficult for the military alliance to avoid civilian deaths.

NATOSource

Apr 6, 2011

Leader of Libya’s rebel army: “NATO has become our problem”

By Angus MacSwan, Reuters

From Angus MacSwan, Reuters:  The head of Libya’s rebel army has condemned NATO for its slow chain of command in ordering air strikes to protect civilians, saying the alliance was "letting the people of Misrata die every day.

NATOSource

Apr 6, 2011

US commander: Libya mission upset some in Africa

By Donna Cassata, the AP

From Donna Cassata, the AP:  The military force unleashed on Libya by the U.S. and its partners upset several African nations despite the international community’s widespread concerns over Moammar Gadhafi’s use of force against his own people

NATOSource

Apr 6, 2011

NATO Secretary General discusses Libya with Turkey’s Prime Minister

By Emine Kart, Zaman

From Emine Kart, Zaman:  NATO’s chief held talks with Turkish leaders on Monday in Ankara to discuss the prospect of cease-fire in the northern African country of Libya

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2011

NATO lacking strike aircraft for Libya campaign

By Ian Traynor and Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian

From Ian Traynor and Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian: Nato is running short of attack aircraft for its bombing campaign against Muammar Gaddafi only days after taking command of the Libyan mission from a coalition led by the US, France and Britain.

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NATOSource

Apr 5, 2011

NATO evolution, Southeast Asian security

By Peni Hanggarini, the Jakarta Post

From Peni Hanggarini, the Jakarta Post:  Over the past 62 years, a military alliance of democratic states called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has demonstrated institutional change by expanding into 28 member states since its establishment in Washington DC on April 4, 1949.

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2011

Anders Fogh Rasmussen has won the Afghan War

By Jan Techau, atlantic-community.org

From Jan Techau, atlantic-community.org:  Anders Fogh Rasmussen has won the Afghan War.

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NATOSource

Apr 5, 2011

OSCE laments lack of democracy in Kazakhstan following elections

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The results of Kazakhstan’s presidential elections on Sunday show that the country still lacks democracy and freedom of assembly and speech

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