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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

Jul 6, 2009

NATOSource: Alliance Commitment to the Security of New Members

By NRC Handelsblad

In an interview with a Dutch newspaper, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder offers perhaps the strongest commitment to the defense of new alliance members articulated to date. Yet, his statements also reveal that some NATO members do not agree. Is this an issue where the alliance can afford to lack cohesion? What does it […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2009

Will Israel help NATO police the Mediterranean?

By Haaretz

From Haaretz: Israel is to issue a request shortly to allow it to join a NATO operation in the Mediterranean aimed to prevent the passage of terrorists and weapons of mass destruction as well as improve the security of the region’s shipping industry. The cabinet approved the recommendation made by the Israel Defense Forces and […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 6, 2009

Russia and the West: Mindset, not Reset

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

When President Obama arrives in Moscow today for his much-anticipated summit with President Medvedev, he should temper his expectations. A dramatic improvement in the West’s relationship with Russia is unlikely to take place unless the “reset” moment is accompanied by a change in mindset from both parties.

Russia

New Atlanticist

Jul 6, 2009

Barack Obama: Global Leader

By Derek Reveron

Eighteen months before he was elected president, Barack Obama wrote in Foreign Affairs: The American moment is not over, but it must be seized anew. To see American power in terminal decline is to ignore America’s great promise and historic purpose in the world. If elected president, I will start renewing that promise and purpose […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 6, 2009

Europe’s Dwindling Interest in Afghanistan: The Case of Germany

By Brendan Boundy

European interest in supporting NATO’s Afghanistan mission is low and getting lower.  Recent events in Germany are a case in point.

Afghanistan Germany

NATOSource

Jul 5, 2009

Ukraine’s president rules out hosting NATO bases

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Sunday that Ukraine will not host foreign military bases, and its territory will not be used against Russia, when the country joins NATO. “Ukraine guarantees that there will be no foreign soldiers of any bloc or any country. This is implied by the Constitution of Ukraine […]

Ukraine

NATOSource

Jul 4, 2009

Lithuania marks 1,000th birthday

By AFP

From AFP: The Baltic nation of Lithuania is bracing for a nationwide party as it prepares to mark its symbolic 1 000th birthday and give itself some respite from a daily fare of economic crisis headlines. Lithuania’s woes – the economy is expected to shrink around 18% this year – have cast a shadow over […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jul 4, 2009

South Afghanistan key to Nato mission

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times: However events develop, this operation marks a change in the way Nato operates in Afghanistan, ending the phase where the alliance’s operations in each province was dominated by a single nation – be it the British in Helmand or the Canadians in Kandahar. “That will be very welcome to Nato commanders […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2009

“A NATO Exit Would Be Devastating for Afghanistan”

By der Spiegel

From der Spiegel: According to a poll published Thursday by the German public broadcaster ARD, 69 percent of Germans believe that the Bundeswehr should leave Afghanistan as soon as possible. This is a 5 percent increase since April of last year, and the highest figure yet in the ARD polls on the issue. This article […]

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2009

Germany approves soldiers for AWACS deployment to Afghanistan

By defpro.com

From defpro.com: In another chapter of German involvement in Afghanistan, the Federal Parliament today voted the deployment of German soldiers to serve aboard NATO AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) surveillance aircraft in order to provide air space control over Afghanistan . . . The path has now been cleared for the largest contributing nation […]

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