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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 14, 2011

Nato seeks Gulf security partners

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Gulf News

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Gulf News:  I see a number of opportunities to bring fresh momentum, scope and substance to our partnership in the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative.

Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Feb 14, 2011

German court tries Austrian charged with spying for Russia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  A court in the south German city of Munich began on Monday hearing the case of an Austrian man suspected of spying for Russia, local media said. Harald Alois, 52, was arrested on May 27 for providing Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service with technologies developed by the global helicopter manufacturing firm, Eurocopter.  (photo: […]

Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2011

Atlantic Update 2/14/11

By Jason Harmala

A recent influx of Tunisian immigrants tests the EU’s southern states, and Germany’s far-right NPD party faces intense scrutiny from a leak of internal communications.

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2011

Egypt’s Megabyte Revolution

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The "Cairo Necropolis" is a bustling jumble of tombs and mausoleums where some 5 million homeless and impoverished (out of 18 million Cairenes) live and work among their dead relatives and ancestors. Along the base of the Mokattam Hills, the City of the Dead stretches for 4 miles from northern to southern Cairo. With 40 […]

NATOSource

Feb 14, 2011

WikiLeaks: NATO unimpressed by Russia’s military

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  NATO was not impressed by Russia’s military performance after two large maneuvers in 2009 because its forces relied on aging equipment, lacked transport and suffered from manpower shortages, according to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable.

NATOSource

Feb 14, 2011

NATO: 740 trainers still needed for Afghan forces

By Deb Riechmann, the AP

From Deb Riechmann, the AP:  More nations are pledging support, yet NATO still faces a shortage of 740 trainers needed to get Afghan soldiers and policemen ready to take the lead in securing their nation, the coalition’s top training official says.

NATOSource

Feb 12, 2011

162 Turkish officers ordered jailed in coup trial

By Suzan Fraser, the AP

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2011

NATO allies concerned about nuclear weapons in Kaliningrad

By Vanessa Gera, the AP

From Vanessa Gera, the AP:  Rose Gottemoeller, the chief U.S. negotiator of New START, visited Poland, Ukraine and the three Baltic states in recent days to hear how these countries view the issue of tactical weapons.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2011

Europe’s Foreign Policy Chief Faces Criticism on Uprisings

By Steven Erlanger, the New York Times

From Steven Erlanger, the New York Times:  [T]here is growing unease that she [the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton] has not been forceful enough in front of Europe’s nation-states on breaking world events like those in the Middle East and North Africa.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2011

Violence Has Silenced the Majority

By Mohsin Khan and Shuja Nawaz

The recent assassination of governor Salman Taseer of Punjab in Pakistan has highlighted the ongoing and often violent battle for the future of the country. Taseer had spoken out in favour of reviewing and amending the nation’s blasphemy law to make it less susceptible to abuse, especially against minorities, and to reduce punishments by eliminating […]

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