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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

Jan 29, 2010

New Russian Stealth Fighter Makes First Flight

By Reuters

From Reuters: Russia test-flew a long-awaited new fighter aircraft on Friday, determined to challenge the United States for technical superiority in the skies and impress weapons buyers. The “fifth-generation” stealth fighter — Russia’s first all-new warplane since the collapse of the Soviet Union plunged the defense industry into poverty and disarray — flew for 47 […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2010

China, US, Russia in Cyber Arms Race: McAfee

By AFP

From AFP: China, the United States and Russia are among 20 countries locked in a cyberspace arms race and gearing up for possible Internet hostilities, according to the head of web security firm McAfee. Dave DeWalt, chief executive and president of the US firm said the traditional defensive stance of government computer infrastructures has shifted […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jan 29, 2010

Two Earthquakes and a Near-Miss Bombing Signal a Challenging 2010

By Kurt Volker

After the Massachusetts Senate vote, the Obama Administration must focus resolutely on jobs in the U.S. economy.  But in 2010, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Iraq, and global terrorism each could explode into a major foreign policy crisis, the handling of which could shape his legacy as President.

New Atlanticist

Jan 29, 2010

Justice in Bangladesh after 34 Years

By Zafar Sobhan

Bangladesh’s long national nightmare is finally over. Not entirely over, of course. There are still six convicted killers absconding beyond the reach of the law, and there remain, and perhaps always will remain, unanswered questions about that dark night in Bangladeshi history and its aftermath.

NATOSource

Jan 28, 2010

NATO Debates Creation of New Special Operations Air Wing

By Jane’s

From Jane’s: The head of NATO’s nascent Special Operations Coordination Centre says the international organisation is considering the creation of a new special operations air wing. Brigadier General Lance Mans, deputy director of NATO Special Operations Coordination, told Jane’s on 21 January that the new force would start on a small scale, consisting of around […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 28, 2010

Davos 2010: No Agreement on Bank Regulation

By James Joyner

French president Nicolas Sarkozy opened up the World Economic Forum with a call for tighter regulation of business, including executive pay limits and new accounting rules.

NATOSource

Jan 28, 2010

Albright Briefs European Parliament on New Strategic Concept

By the European Parliament

From the European Parliament: EU-NATO co-operation, the new international security environment, NATO’s relations with Russia and “open door” policy, and the importance of winning public support when redefining NATO’s role in the 21st century, were among the issues discussed by MEPs on Wednesday with Madeleine K. Albright and Jeroen van der Veer, Chair and Vice […]

European Union International Organizations
STOCK India-Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Jan 28, 2010

India and Pakistan are Nuclear States—Let’s Make it Official

By Luv Puri

In May 1998, surprise nuclear tests by India and Pakistan transformed regional strategic calculations and added a dangerous new dimension to tensions between the two. According to Taylor Branch, writing in The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, Indian officials who spoke with Bill Clinton were fully aware of the potential devastation a clash […]

NATOSource

Jan 28, 2010

New Georgian Strategy Rules Out Military Force Against Abkhazia and South Ossetia

By Civil Georgia

From Civil Georgia: The Georgian government endorsed on January 27 a document – ”State Strategy on Occupied Territories: Engagement Through Cooperation” – laying out Tbilisi’s vision towards two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. “The key element of the document is that we say no to any type of isolation of these regions; residents […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 28, 2010

Assessing the Yemen Strikes in the Short-Term and Long-Term

By Bernard Finel

I keep harping on our lack of strategic thinking in the United States.  I know many people consider this an academic exercise, as in (paraphrasing): “Ivory toward academic Bernard Finel keeps suggesting we consider strategy explicitly, but the reality is that we have a complex threat environment and receive plenty of guidance from senior leaders […]

Yemen
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