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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

Mar 25, 2010

NATO Rejects Russian Call for Afghan Poppy Spraying

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO on Wednesday rejected Russian calls for it to eradicate opium poppy fields in Afghanistan, saying the best way for Moscow to help control the drug would be to give more assistance against the insurgency. Russia’s anti-drugs czar, Victor Ivanov, met NATO ambassadors in Brussels and proposed that NATO troops be given a […]

NATOSource

Mar 24, 2010

Hoon Asked to Step Down From NATO Strategy Review Group

By Reuters

From Reuters: NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has asked former British defence secretary Geoff Hoon to step down from a group of experts drawing up NATO’s new mission statement after he was suspended from the Labour Party, a NATO spokesman said Wednesday. "It was the British government that nominated Mr Hoon to be one of […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Mar 24, 2010

International Missile Program Faces Billion Dollar Cost Overrun

By Reuters

From Reuters: The $19 billion U.S.-European MEADS missile development program is facing about $1 billion in added costs, according to officials briefed on the program, but the overrun should not breach congressional thresholds that would trigger a live-or-die review. Gregory Kee, general manager for the NATO agency that manages the Medium Extended Air Defense System […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 24, 2010

NATO’s Counter-Piracy Mission Shows Results After First Year

By NATO

From NATO:  Today marks the first anniversary of NATO ships in the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy. Five NATO ships arrived in the Gulf of Aden on 24th March 2009 as part of NATO’s counter piracy mission, Operation Allied Protector. Their aim was to disrupt and deter the piracy that was rife in the […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 24, 2010

Netanyahu Outdoes Himself

By Don Snow

As anyone who has read this space regularly knows, I am less than an unabashed fan of current Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and will never be mistaken as a supporter of the Likud Party, either the Israeli or American branches. My position has consistently been that Netanyahu and his government abuse American support by […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 24, 2010

US-Pakistan Trust Deficit

By Harlan Ullman

President John F. Kennedy wittily observed that “the only thing worse than being an enemy of the United States was being an ally.” Beyond the humor, JFK was reminding people of the often harsh and unjust treatment America served up to its alleged friends. With the visit of a high-level Pakistani delegation to Washington Wednesday […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2010

Germany Will Consent to Rescue Greece. Eventually.

By James Joyner

Germany continues to be the last holdout on a bailout for Greece.  But the Merkel government is quietly setting up a scenario under which a deal could be struck. A Spiegel feature by Markus Feldenkirchen, Christian Reiermann, Michael Sauga and Hans-Jürgen Schlamp makes clear that there is serious conflict over this issue at the very […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2010

Caspian Security Gambit

By Borut Grgic

The international diplomacy aimed at thwarting Iran’s nuclear program has produced no concrete results. Iran’s leaders, in particular President Ahmadinejad, are set on going nuclear, and doing it soon.

NATOSource

Mar 23, 2010

Russia Says No Arms Reduction Deal Without Missile Defense Clause

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia insists on the inclusion of U.S. missile defenses in Europe in a new strategic arms reduction treaty between the two countries in order to ensure nuclear parity, Russia’s top military commander said. … "The treaty is some 95% ready, but we still have to resolve some issues, including getting the U.S. […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 23, 2010

AWACS Support to NATO Maritime Counter-Terrorism Operation

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from the NATO Air Base in Geilenkirchen, Germany, supported Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR (OAE), NATO’s maritime counter-terrorism operation in the Mediterranean, during the last two weeks. The aircraft operated from the Forward Operating Base in Trapani, Italy. … OAE, a network based operation […]

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