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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 12, 2010

NATO Chief ‘Surprised’ By Russia’s Listing Alliance As Threat

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen today expressed surprise that Russia still considers the military alliance a major security threat. Rasmussen, speaking on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich, said, “I have to say that this new doctrine does not reflect the real world.” “To make NATO the main […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 12, 2010

Afghanistan Effort at Critical Juncture in 2010

By Ivo Daalder

President Obama’s decision to send additional troops to Afghanistan reflects the critical juncture reached by NATO and its partners, including the Afghan Government, in this eight-year engagement.   The international community has rallied to the cause with increased troop commitments. 

New Atlanticist

Feb 12, 2010

Euro Debt Crisis: A Discussion with Currency Strategist Marc Chandler

By Peter Cassata

In his latest New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri addresses the Euro debt crisis and the recent hedge fund betting of over $8 billion in short positions against the common EU currency.  He talks with Marc Chandler, the Chief Currency Strategist for the investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman and author of Making […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2010

NATO Allies Worry About France’s Decision to Sell Big Warships to Russia

By the Economist

From the Economist: The possible sale by France to Russia of up to four Mistral-class assault ships, at up to $750m each, is stoking fear and mistrust. The deal, agreed on “in principle” by France, could be formalised during a visit to Paris next month by Russia’s president, Dmitry Medvedev. The ships would enter service […]

Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2010

Russia Names NATO Expansion Missile Defense as National Threats

By Reuters

From Reuters: President Dmitry Medvedev approved Friday a new military doctrine identifying NATO expansion as a national threat and reaffirming Russia’s right to use nuclear weapons if the country’s existence is threatened. The doctrine identifies the expansion of NATO to Eastern Europe and U.S. plans to create an anti-missile shield in Europe as concerns for […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 11, 2010

START Negotiations “Stuck on the Anti-Missile Issue”

By AFP

From AFP: General Nikolai Makarov, chief of staff of the Russian armed forces, raised eyebrows in Washington by saying the START talks, which have dragged past several deadlines, were stuck on the anti-missile issue. Moscow has reportedly insisted that any new pact regulates both strategic offensive missiles and the anti-missile systems designed to thwart them, […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2010

Europe or Europeans: Deciding the Transatlantic Future

By Robert Manning

It is difficult to escape the irony of a Europe who, after anxiously awaiting George W. Bush’s exit, is finding the current administration’s relations with the region are far from what was expected. “Obama disses Europe,” the Washington Post‘s Anne Applebaum writes,  is, “more or less, is how Europeans have described the American president’s decision […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2010

Eurozone and the Five Little PIIGS

By King Banaian

Greece has been the story underneath much of the financial markets this week. The problem is that while everyone wants to solve the problem with Greece’s sovereign debt crisis, nobody wants to put money behind it.

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2010

France Defends Afghan Troop Pledge

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: French Defense Minister Hervé Morin defended his country’s decision to send only 80 additional military trainers to Afghanistan, saying France has already increased its presence by 1,300 soldiers in less than two years. Speaking after meetings here with his American counterpart, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Mr. Morin said Paris had […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2010

Germany Speaks Out in Favour of European Army

By the EU Observer

From the EU Observer: German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has said Berlin supports the long term goal of creating a European army, which will bolster the EU’s role as a global player. Speaking on Saturday (6 February) at the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering for high-level discussions on security and defence, Mr Westerwelle said […]

European Union International Organizations
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