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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

Jun 9, 2009

Europe Seeks Attention, Obama Wants Help

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

President Obama’s recent trip to the Middle East and Europe offered a clear contrast between the past and present priorities of U.S. foreign policy. Obama’s highly scrutinized and substantive trip to Saudi Arabia and Egypt reflects the fact that the greater Middle East is the strategic center of gravity for current U.S. foreign policy. By […]

NATOSource

Jun 8, 2009

NATO to reduce Kosovo force by January

By swissinfo.ch

From swissinfo.ch: “BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO plans to scale down its 15,000-strong KFOR peacekeeping force in Kosovo to 10,000 by January because security and political conditions have improved, a U.S. official said on Monday . . .The military recommendation has been considered by NATO ambassadors and will be formally decided at a NATO defence ministers […]

NATOSource

Jun 8, 2009

Communication key for anti-pirate fleet

By Navy Times

From Navy Times: “Some are part of the U.S.-fostered Combined Task Force 151, led at the moment by a Turkish admiral.Other combatants in the area fall under a NATO mission called Operation Allied Protector, ships that include the U.S. frigate Halyburton, led from the flagship frigate Côrte Real of Portugal.The European Union organized its first […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 8, 2009

South Africa hosts NATO Submarine Escape and Rescue Work Group Meeting

By South African Navy

From South African Navy: “History is in the making with the South African Navy hosting the first North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Submarine Escape and Rescue work Group (SMERWG) meeting, held for the first time outside of Germany.The meeting, held at the Cape Town International Community centre (CTICC) from 25 to 29 May 2009, is […]

NATOSource

Jun 8, 2009

Kazakhstan to host Euro-Atlantic Security Forum

By the Peninsula

From the Peninsula: “The third Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum will be held in Astana Kazakhstan on June 24-25 . . . More than 50 EAPC and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) member-countries, other states, international organizations and media representatives will participate in the Forum.”

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2009

The “Obama Effect” and Lebanon

By Bernard Finel

On March 20, 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. On April 9, Baghdad fell, ending Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical rule.  The effect of this victory seemed to transform the globe.

Middle East

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2009

EU Parliament: One Election, 27 Countries

By James Joyner

While the aggregate result of the European Parliament elections was a win for the center-right, there were really 27 separate elections. And, while they theoretically have nothing to do with national politics, they in fact were about little else.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2009

European Parliament Moves Right

By James Joyner

The weekend’s European Parliament produced good news for the center-right parties, bad news for the center-left, and good news for radical parties of all stripes.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 7, 2009

Expand the West by Looking South

By Nikolas Gvosdev

For some reason, American strategic planners can only conceive of the “Atlantic community” along an east-west axis. Azerbaijan, lying on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, can aspire to membership in the Euro-Atlantic world; after all, it is part of the European Union’s “Eastern Partnership” initiative and aspires to eventual NATO membership. Yet inexplicably, […]

NATOSource

Jun 5, 2009

NATO image discussed at Istanbul conference

By Hurriyet

From Hurriyet: “But Solomon Passy, from Bulgaria, drew attention to NATO’s image. A member of parliament and a former foreign minister, Passy highlighted the need to improve the alliance’s image.‘NATO deserves a Nobel Prize for what it did in the last 60 years, but instead it has to defend itself in the press,’ Passy said. […]

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