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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

Apr 16, 2010

Congressional Opposition to Sale of Mistral to Russia

By Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Hill

From Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Hill : Last month, when French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Washington, administration officials had a golden opportunity to confront the French leader about his nation’s proposed sale of advanced amphibious warships to Russia. This sale threatens to shake the NATO alliance to its core, bolstering Russia’s offensive military capabilities as […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 16, 2010

US Air Base in Kyrgyzstan Resumes All Flights

By the AP

From the AP: The U.S. air base near Kyrgyzstan’s capital was fully back in action Thursday providing critical support to the NATO campaign in Afghanistan, with planes taking off and landing throughout the day. The flights were halted April 7 after a day of violent protests that ousted the president and as a new provisional […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 16, 2010

US Plans Full European Missile Shield in 8 Years

By Reuters

From Reuters: U.S. anti-ballistic missile systems will cover all of Europe by 2018, a senior Pentagon official said, laying out an ambitious target for defending against a perceived threat from Iran. "One hundred percent," Bradley Roberts, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, said in reply to a question at a […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 16, 2010

NATO’s “Brilliant Mariners” Rescue 3 Sailors From Sinking Vessel

By Allied Maritime Command Northwood

From Allied Maritime Command Northwood:  Danish Minehunter HMDS Makrelen was diverted from the major NATO exercise “Brilliant Mariner 2010” late last night ,13 April, to rescue two adults and one teenage girl from the sinking cutter Kristine. Danish Navy Command Operations Room received a call just before midnight from the Danish Police reporting a report […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 16, 2010

Georgia 2010 as Cyprus 1974

By Nikolas Gvosdev

Speaking at the Atlantic Council yesterday, President Mikheil Saakashvili outlined his vision for Georgia’s future. Listening to it, I was struck by similarities to the approach that Cyprus took after the 1974 invasion and occupation of the northern third of the island and Saakashvili’s handling of South Ossetia and Abkhazia after the 2008 Russian invasion.

New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2010

Nuclear Energy: Think Small

By Dave Schuler

Just for moment let’s consider, in quick bullet fashion, some of the energy problems we face: We continue to need increasing amounts of energy. Increased energy means increased prosperity. Simple as that. Much of our energy is currently produced by burning fossil fuels, e.g. coal, oil, or natural gas. We’re importing an increasing proportion of […]

Goodluck Jonathan Ansari Launch

New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2010

Nigeria: Internal Stability and International Order

By Martin Kimani

“Clean!” was Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan’s emphatic response when asked for a promise about the upcoming 2011 elections.  At the formal launch of the Atlantic Council’s Ansari Africa Center, Dr. Jonathan spoke to a standing room only crowd about his vision for good governance and accountability, youth and hope, peace and security.  The speech […]

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2010

Belarus Will Not Give Up Its Weapons-Grade Uranium

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Belarus possesses hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium and is not going to get rid of it, the country’s Belta news agency quoted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as saying. The statement came after the 47-nation nuclear security summit, hosted in Washington by U.S. President Barack Obama on April12-13. Belarus was not […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2010

Bosnia Approves Sending Troops to Afghanistan

By Reuters

From Reuters: Bosnia’s collective presidency agreed on Wednesday to send an infantry unit to join the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan as part of the Danish contingent, an official statement said. Sending troops to Afghanistan was one of the conditions NATO placed on Bosnia’s application to join the alliance’s Membership Action Plan (MAP), on which Sarajevo […]

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2010

NATO Cyber Defence Workshop

By NATO

From NATO: The 13th NATO Cyber Defence Workshop will take place from 26 to 28 May 2010 in Tallinn, Estonia. It is jointly organised by the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) and Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). The workshop is aimed at bringing together high-level experts from NATO member states as well […]

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