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Sep 1, 2022

To re-engage in the Black Sea, the US must look to Turkey

By Arnold C. Dupuy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presents an opportunity for the United States to re-engage in the Black Sea region. To do so, it will need to work with partners and allies, such as Turkey.

Conflict
Eastern Europe

New Atlanticist

Aug 31, 2022

The war in Ukraine is an opportunity to upgrade the transatlantic architecture. Here’s how.

By Ira Straus

Atlantic leaders should treat the current conflict—just as they did the Cold War—as an opportunity to improve institutional capabilities.

Crisis Management
European Union

New Atlanticist

Aug 31, 2022

Without Gorbachev, Reagan wouldn’t have won the Cold War

By Thom Shanker

Victory and success, the late Soviet leader once said, can only be found when all parties feel they have won something.

Democratic Transitions
Politics & Diplomacy

Experts react

Aug 30, 2022

What legacy does Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, leave behind?

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts examine Gorbachev's complicated legacy and wonder: What could have been?

Eastern Europe
Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Aug 30, 2022

Deal or no deal, Chinese firms will still ditch Wall Street

By Jeremy Mark

Despite a recent US-China agreement designed to end a decade-long auditing dispute, the era of Chinese firms' unfettered access to US equity markets is ending.

China
Economy & Business
A woman pushes a bicycle past residential buildings destroyed in a Russian missile attack on Chaplyne urban-type settlement, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine, August 24, 2022. The strike on the residential sector and the railway station carried out by Russian occupiers on Ukraine's 31st Independence Day claimed the lives of 25 people, including an 11-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl, while 31 people got injured. Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use Russia.

New Atlanticist

Aug 26, 2022

Russian War Report: Russian missile strike targets railway station

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

During Ukraine's Independence Day celebrations, a Russian missile struck a railway station, killing fifteen and wounding another fifty.

Conflict
Disinformation

New Atlanticist

Aug 23, 2022

Six months, twenty-three lessons: What the world has learned from Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts break down how this conflict has transformed not only military operations and strategy, but also diplomacy, intelligence, national security, energy security, economic statecraft, and much more.

Conflict
Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Aug 19, 2022

The Western Balkans need a problem-solver, not a facilitator

By Damir Marusic, Luka Ignac

The West must pursue ambitious statesmanship to break the impasse between Kosovo and Serbia, as Russia's war in Ukraine has shifted regional dynamics.

Crisis Management
European Union
A Russian soldier stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, August 4, 2022. (Source: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo)

New Atlanticist

Aug 19, 2022

Russian War Report: Russia and Ukraine warn Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant facing imminent threat

By Eto Buziashvili, Ruslan Trad, Nika Aleksejeva, Givi Gigitashvili

The Russian occupation of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant continues to provoke fear among the international community in light of renewed shelling around the plant.

Disinformation
Internet

New Atlanticist

Aug 18, 2022

There’s more to China’s new Global Development Initiative than meets the eye

By Joseph Lemoine, Yomna Gaafar

A growing Chinese presence in multilateral organizations could give Beijing undue influence over the developing world.

China
Economy & Business