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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 4, 2009

Obama’s Cairo Speech

By James Joyner

President Obama’s Cairo University speech to the Muslim world was much like a State of the Union address, in that was a laundry list of items that tried to have a little something for everyone.   Also, as with his Strasborg town hall speech and his call for hitting the reset button with Russia, Obama said […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2009

China-Europe Relations a One-Way Street

By Damien Tomkins

Sino-European relations are a one-way street going in China’s direction.  A recent report describes it as “unconditional engagement,” a “policy that gives China access to all the economic and other benefits of cooperation with Europe while asking for little in return.” 

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2009

NATO-Russian Ministers To Meet Jun 27 In Greece

By EasyBourse (AFP)

From EasyBourse (AFP): “‘I can announce that the next ministerial meeting of the NATO-Russia Council will take place on June 27 in Corfu, where a ministerial meeting of the OSCE is being held,’ NATO spokesman James Appathurai said.‘The agenda for the talks has not yet been fixed,’ he said, adding however the meeting would take […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2009

5 Questions for Henrik Liljegren

By James Joyner

Henrik Liljegren, an Atlantic Council board member, served 42 years in Sweden’s diplomatic corps, including stints at Ambassador to the United States, Turkey, East Germany, and Belgium.  I had the opportunity to get his thoughts on some key issues of interest to our community.

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2009

French NATO Return: Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?

By Steven Kramer

To what extent does French return to full NATO membership reflect a paradigm shift of French grand strategy?  After all, Charles de Gaulle’s withdrawal of French forces from NATO’s integrated military command (and his eviction of NATO headquarters from France) was the culmination of a fundamental policy reorientation begun in 1958 and a critical factor […]

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2009

Time for Peace in Kashmir

By Mansoor Ijaz

India’s recent elections have ushered in a historic opportunity to address the issue of Kashmir. Over 417 million voters turned out to give the world’s most populous democracy its most stable government ever. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the affable economist-turned-politician, should now turn Congress’s election mandate into an impetus for making unprecedented decisions on national […]

NATOSource

Jun 2, 2009

“Russia Should See NATO as Friend Not Foe”

By atlantic-community.org

From atlantic-community.org: “Russia has maintained the Cold War perception that by definition the West confronts Russia. Therefore, the Russian point of view expressed in the new Russian National Security Strategy is that there cannot be any common values and interests and NATO-Russian relations should only be based on mutual respect, which means that NATO should […]

NATOSource

Jun 2, 2009

Statement by the Secretary General on the elections in South Ossetia

By NATO

From NATO: “NATO does not recognise the elections held on May 31 in South Ossetia. The holding of such elections does not contribute to a peaceful and lasting settlement of the situation in Georgia.The Alliance reiterates its full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.”

NATOSource

Jun 2, 2009

EU’s Energy Policy a ‘Big Failure’

By BusinessWeek

From BusinessWeek: “‘Energy policy is one of the big failures of the European Union in the last fifty years, particularly bearing in mind that we started out as a coal and steel community. But our growing dependence on Russia is going to increase the pressure for a common energy policy, to improve the internal grids […]

Energy & Environment European Union

New Atlanticist

Jun 2, 2009

Poland’s Democracy at 20

By James Joyner

As the 20th anniversary of the Solidarity movement’s triumph approaches, Poland finds itself divided politically and unhappy with its current state of affairs.  That’s a good thing.

Poland
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