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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

Jun 16, 2009

Turkish, Greek dogfights cause of concern in Aegean

By Zaman

From Zaman: “Turkish and Greek fighter jets have been involved in a record number of dogfights in the first six months of the year as they have encountered each other more than 180 times, according to information from the Turkish General Staff. The recent encounters between Turkish and Greek jets recalls the collision of the […]

NATOSource

Jun 16, 2009

Sicilian Air Base Could Host 20 Global Hawks

By defensenews.com

From defensenews.com: “NATO already has chosen Sigonella as a base for up to eight Block 40 Global Hawks it aims to fly as part of its Allied Ground Surveillence program . . . The Italian Air Force is, meanwhile, planning to create an air corridor to allow UAVs to take off from Sigonella. Global Hawks […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 16, 2009

Iran Elections: American and European Responses Differ

By James Joyner

The post-election drama in Iran continues, with the Guardian Council announcement that it would recount ballots from disputed boxes in the wake of mass demonstrations that have left at least seven people dead.  The Obama administration has remained quite cautious, while European leaders have been more direct in their condemnations.

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New Atlanticist

Jun 16, 2009

EU Must Intervene in Nagorno-Karabakh

By Borut Grgic

It is now 17 years since Armenia and Azerbaijan began a full-scale war over Nagorno-Karabakh, a south-western province of Azerbaijan. And it is now 15 years since a ceasefire was agreed, with Armenian forces in control of the territory. But it is a ceasefire that it is poorly observed. There are regular shoot-outs across the […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 16, 2009

UN and OSCE Monitors Leaving Georgia

By James Joyner

Monitors from the UN and the OSCE are leaving Georgia after Russia vetoed an extension of both mandates. This leaves only a tiny EU force and all but formally ends the West’s pretense that South Ossetia and Abkhazia will be reunited with Georgia, much less that Europe will do anything to make that happen.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 15, 2009

Iran’s Elections: What Now?

By James Joyner

The debate over the legitimacy of Iran’s elections are, in the end, a sideshow.   First, because the office of president is essentially powerless.  While President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the most visible face of the government, he’s not the one making key decisions on nuclear weapons, regional relations, or human rights. 

Iran

New Atlanticist

Jun 15, 2009

Iran’s Elections: What We Know (And What We Don’t)

By James Joyner

Twitter, the blogosphere and the print media (but not, for a variety of reasons, the 24 hour cable news stations) have been abuzz with the Iranian election results, including allegations of fraud and the resulting mass demonstrations and police crackdown. We have more questions than answers at the moment.

Iran

New Atlanticist

Jun 15, 2009

A Constructivist Take on the Strait

By Max Tsung-chi Yu

In the 2007 article “Why We Fight over Foreign Policy” in the Hoover Institution journal Policy Review, Henry Nau writes: “Why do we disagree so stridently about foreign policy? An easy answer is because leaders lie about events aboard.”

NATOSource

Jun 12, 2009

NATO ship saves Norwegian tanker from pirates

By Iran’s Press TV

From Iran’s Press TV: “A Portuguese ship belonging to NATO named NRP Corte-Real has prevented seven Somali pirates from hijacking a Norwegian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden . . .Marine Rafael Silva was the first to climb onto the pirate ship, where he came face to face with two stunned pirates . . […]

NATOSource

Jun 12, 2009

NATO extends anti-piracy mission off Somalia

By the Associated Press

From the Associated Press: “The alliance flotilla operating in the region will sail home at the end of the month. But ministers said they decided to dispatch a follow-on force known as Standing Maritime Force 2.‘Permanent groups from NATO are going to continue to be present … in this complex challenge to eradicate piracy,’ Spanish […]

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