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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

May 6, 2009

Pakistan Drops Peace Agreement, Future Hopes of Negotiations in Peril?

By Ahmed Bhadelia

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are in Washington today to meet with President Obama about working together to combat militants in both countries. Surely headlining the meeting will be the recent news that the Pakistan government has abandoned its peace deal with the Taliban over control of the Swat Valley […]

Pakistan

New Atlanticist

May 6, 2009

Russia’s Privileged Sphere of Influence

By David Smith

Late last week, about 1,800 additional Russian troops poured into the already heavily occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and the Akhalgori District.

Russia The Caucasus

NATOSource

May 6, 2009

Georgia accuses Russia of backing attempted coup

Georgia accuses Russia of backing attempted coup csmonitor.com Snippets from Georgian government, BBC, NYT, and other media coverage.

NATOSource

May 6, 2009

Georgia Accuses Russia of Supporting Coup Attempt

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph: “Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow are likely to sour further after Georgia released video footage, broadcast on state television, which allegedly showed a former defence ministry official trying to recruit undercover spies to join Tuesday’s plot. The man is shown describing plans to seize control of the government by leading a convoy of […]

NATOSource

May 6, 2009

NATO denies Georgia war-games agenda | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 05.05.2009

NATO denies Georgia war-games agenda Europe Deutsche Welle 05.05.2009: “‘This is not a NATO exercise,’ an alliance spokesperson confirmed to Deutsche Welle. ‘This is a PFP exercise.” “‘Because it’s a PFP exercise, it’s open to everybody which also means that everybody was fully informed when it was proposed in late spring of last year,’ the […]

NATOSource

May 6, 2009

NATO A Magnet For Spies Over Decades

By Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: "The latest row stems from the spying conviction in Tallinn in February of a former top Estonian defense official, Herman Simm. Simm was the man who handled all Estonia’s top-secret material from NATO. He was found guilty of spying for Russian intelligence and sentenced to 12 1/2 years […]

NATOSource

May 6, 2009

Russia expels 2 Canadian diplomats

Russia expels 2 Canadian diplomats: “Russia is expelling two Canadian diplomats working for NATO in Moscow, the Russian state news agency Interfax said Tuesday.Isabelle Francois, the director of NATO’s Information Bureau in Moscow, along with a colleague will be stripped of their diplomatic accreditations immediately, according to Interfax.Defence Minister Peter MacKay said neither NATO nor […]

NATOSource

May 6, 2009

Armenia pulls out of NATO war games in Georgia | Reuters

Armenia pulls out of NATO war games in Georgia Reuters

New Atlanticist

May 5, 2009

Business the Most Successful Change Agent in Society

By James Joyner

Richard Edelman, a member of the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors, praises the acceptance speech given by Sam Palmisano in accepting the Distinguished Business Leadership Award.   He argues, however, that Palmisano missed “an opportunity to make a broader statement about the evolving relationship between business and government.”

Georgia Russia Flags

New Atlanticist

May 5, 2009

Georgia Army Mutiny: Russia-Backed Coup Attempt?

By James Joyner

Georgia has put down a rebellion at an army barracks near Tblisi, which President Mikheil Saakashvili’s government is claiming was “coordinated with Russia and aimed at minimum thwarting NATO military exercises.”  Moscow says this allegation is “mad.”

NATO Security & Defense
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