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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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New Atlanticist

Jan 13, 2010

Derivatives Market 20 Times Size of American Economy

By James Joyner

The nation’s chief commodities regulator told the Atlantic Council that, "A healthy financial future requires that we bring comprehensive reform to the over-the-counter derivatives markets. It is critically important that we bring transparency to this market and address the significant information advantage enjoyed by Wall Street." Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 12, 2010

America’s Billion Dollar Intelligence Boondoggle

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The Jordanian “triple” agent bomber whose suicide killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan December 30 was a physician and self-avowed jihadist whose virulent anti-Americanism was well-known in the capital city of Amman. Homam Khalil Abu Mallal al-Balawi, 33, “moderated” a Yemen-based, radical Islamic forum (Hisbah.net) on which he said his “ultimate dream in life is […]

NATOSource

Jan 12, 2010

Afghans Optimistic on Future, Support Karzai: Poll

By Reuters

From Reuters: A majority of Afghans are confident about the future of their country, a national opinion poll showed on Monday, with 72 percent rating President Hamid Karzai as doing a good or excellent job. The survey, commissioned by the BBC, ABC News and German broadcaster ARD, found the number of people who thought things […]

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NATOSource

Jan 12, 2010

Norway Hosts a Seminar on NATO’s Strategic Concept

By NATO

From NATO: The third seminar on the new Strategic Concept will be held at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, 14th January 2010. Following in the footsteps of the discussions in Luxembourg and Slovenia the Oslo seminar will be devoted to the future of NATO’s partnerships. Hosted by Norway the event […]

NATOSource

Jan 12, 2010

Pipeline Deals to Top Erdogan-Putin Agenda

By Reuters

From Reuters: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s trip to Russia to pursue gas deals will boost the EU candidate’s quest to become a key transit hub for Europe, but highlights a difficult east-west balancing game for Ankara… Erdogan starts a two-day visit to Moscow on Tuesday where he is expected to meet Russian Prime Minister […]

Energy & Environment European Union

New Atlanticist

Jan 12, 2010

Stop France Arming Russia

By David Smith

 ship Mistral tied up at a downtown Saint Petersburg pier November 23. With the golden dome of St. Isaac’s Cathedral shimmering in the background, the amphibious assault ship made a perfect sales promotion picture, which was precisely its mission. Some in Paris—led by the Elysée Palace—want to sell Mistral class ships to Russia, a venture […]

NATOSource

Jan 11, 2010

Russians “Dissatisfied with the Mood of Capitulation at NATO” HQ

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: The national selfishness of peace-loving Europeans is understandable. There is a persistent flow of bad news from Afghanistan — military losses, scandalous incidents involving NATO soldiers, terrorist activity and the suffering of civilians… [T]he ISAF operation in Afghanistan is the moment of truth for NATO. If the alliance does not […]

NATOSource

Jan 11, 2010

Stop France Arming Russia

By the Georgian Daily

From the Georgian Daily: “In providing Putin with the tools for rapid invasion of Georgia, Crimea and the Baltic countries,” writes French philosopher André Glucksmann in Le Monde, “Our message is clear: go ahead!” Such geopolitical autism—or cynicism—will tear at the fabric of NATO just as the alliance searches for common ground in Afghanistan and […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 11, 2010

Can Madrid Reform the New Transatlantic Agenda?

By the European Voice

From the European Voice: [I]t was 15 years ago, during an earlier Spanish EU presidency, that the US and the EU signed the New Transatlantic Agenda (NTA), the most ambitious programme for US-European co-operation to date. Mirroring its stance in 1995, the Spanish government has announced that transatlantic relations will be a key focus of […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jan 11, 2010

Who is Running Our Afghanistan Policy?

By Bernard Finel

In a recent report, Major General Michael T. Flynn, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence in Afghanistan levels a damning indictment against the U.S. conduct of the war in Afghanistan.

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