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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

Feb 17, 2011

Rasmussen plans to discuss Ukraine’s participation in NATO missile defense system

By Interfax

From Interfax:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that during his visit to Ukraine, he plans to discuss Ukraine’s possible participation in the NATO missile defense system. "What I would like to discuss during my visit to Ukraine is the question of Ukraine’s possible contribution to the Euro-Atlantic architecture of a missile defense […]

Ukraine

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2011

Italian President Silvio Berlusconi is charged

By the Economist

From the Economist:  The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has rarely been out of trouble during his 18-year-long political career. But file 5657/2011 of the Milan prosecutors’ office looks as if it could give him his worst problems so far.

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2011

Adm. Stavridis discusses his role as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe

By Sean Palter, the Atlantic Council of Canada

From Sean Palter, the Atlantic Council of Canada:  The current NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) logged over 300,000 air miles last year on his way through 40 plus countries.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2011

Turkey criticizes US ambassador on press freedoms

By Suzan Fraser, the AP

From Suzan Fraser, the AP:  The newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Turkey drew criticism from the government Thursday for comments about the media freedoms in Turkey following the detention of a dissident journalist.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Feb 17, 2011

Map of World Alcohol Consumption

By James Joyner

The above map of world alcohol consumption courtesy of The Economist. The Patterson School’s Robert Farley, a scholar of transnational politics and national security, notes the United States’ poor showing compared to Europe and jokes, "It is obvious that our national honor must be restored; we cannot allow an alcohol gap to persist." Alas, moving into […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 16, 2011

China’s Economic Rise: Interview with Economist Linda Yueh

By Sarwar Kashmeri

China may have become the second largest economy in the world, but in terms of GDP per capita it still ranks among some of the poorest countries. In the first contribution to the New Atlanticist Podcast Series for 2011, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri interviews Linda Yueh, economics fellow at Oxford University and economics […]

Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

Feb 16, 2011

Atlantic Update 2/16/11

By Jason Harmala

A UK Parliamentary committee report finds the EU’s Afghan police mission is "failing," and a top adviser to German Chancellor Merkel is chosen as the new head of Germany’s central bank.

NATOSource

Feb 16, 2011

Study shows that defensive military alliances enhance peace

By U.S. News and World Reports

From U.S. News and World Reports:  Countries that enter into defense pacts with other nations are less likely to be attacked, according to new research from Rice University. And those countries are not more likely to attack others.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 16, 2011

A Rare Voice Against Plan to Leave Afghanistan

By Judy Dempsey, the International Herald Tribune

From Judy Dempsey, the International Herald Tribune:  Just as the European Union’s police training mission in Afghanistan has carved out a role, its chief, Brig. Gen. Jukka Savolainen, is one of the few to question the decision by NATO to pull out troops by 2014.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 16, 2011

Obama awards Medal of Freedom to Angela Merkel

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  Growing up in communist East Germany, Angela Merkel dreamed of freedom.  And when the Wall finally crumbled and Germany was reunited, she broke barriers of her own, becoming the first East German — and the first woman — to become chancellor of Germany.

United States and Canada
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