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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

Jul 10, 2009

Cyber Security: Hackers and Retooled Institutions

By Andrew Kessinger

You may have missed it. As fireworks were exploding over our nation’s capital this Independence Day weekend, U.S. government websites were being attacked by hackers.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jul 10, 2009

America and eastern Europe: Not captivating now

By the Economist

From the Economist: The region’s biggest fear is the health and credibility of NATO. The new members want the alliance to work on proper military planning, explicitly taking Russia into account as a potential threat as well as a partner. That has been taboo since the early 1990s and is opposed by some west European […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 10, 2009

Former Commander Calls for Major Change at NATO

By Voice of America

From Voice of America: General [John] Craddock said NATO leaders need to limit their goals or provide the forces to achieve them. He said during his tenure as the top NATO military officer the alliance’s top political body, the North Atlantic Council, would decide on a mission, unanimously as required, and approve his military plan. […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 9, 2009

Why is Russia Afraid of a 300-Year-Old Ukrainian Hero?

By Adrian Karatnycky and Alexander Motyl

Lord Byron, Pushkin, and Victor Hugo wrote poems about him. Liszt composed a symphonic work in his honor, Tchaikovsky devoted an opera to him, and Gericault painted him tied naked to a horse. In centuries past he was a historical superstar — a poster child for the Romantic era.

Russia Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jul 9, 2009

Where are the Local Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq?

By Bernard Finel

In both Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States has more expansive and ambitious goals than our local allies.

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Jul 9, 2009

Iran, Russia and U.S. Nonproliferation Efforts

By Brendan Boundy

Despite the apparent failure of the “reset button” for U.S.-Russian relations, the nuclear arms agreement signed by Obama and Medvedev will significantly reduce each country’s respective nuclear weapons arsenals and strengthen U.S.-led efforts to address a far more pressing issue: Iran’s continuing uranium enrichment and the concomitant threat of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.

Iran Russia

NATOSource

Jul 8, 2009

Nato starts soul-searching process

By the EU Observer

From the EU Observer: The current strategic concept dating back to 1999 “clearly belongs to the last century,” although the ground principle of collective defence still remains valid, outgoing Nato secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in his opening remarks . . . However, he warned against transforming Nato into a “second United Nations” […]

NATOSource

Jul 8, 2009

Israel pushes for major upgrade in relations with NATO

By People’s Daily Online

From People’s Daily Online: (Xinhua) “No one in Israel has any aspirations about full membership of NATO,” said [Yiftah] Shapir [from the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv] . The founding covenant of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949, makes clear that members must be European, which rules out Israel, said Eitan […]

NATOSource

Jul 8, 2009

NATO chief says alliance threats lie outside Europe

By CCTV

From CCTV: (Xinhua) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Tuesday that threats facing the alliance lie outside Europe and that there should no longer be a distinction between security at home or abroad. ‘The threats to our security today lie mainly outside Europe, notably from extremism in places like Afghanistan and elsewhere,’ de […]

NATOSource

Jul 8, 2009

UK-French Summit: Declaration on defence and security

By the British Prime Minister’s Office

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicholas Sarkozy discuss NATO and European security issues during the meeting in Evian on July 6, 2009. From the British Prime Minister’s Office: France and the UK will work together to: Foster delivery of effective capabilities to meet force generation requirements. Streamline NATO HQ and military command […]

European Union International Organizations
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