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Sep 7, 2023

Davidzon in Tablet: Chaos comes to Babyn Yar

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Sep 7, 2023

Ukraine’s partners cannot remove Putin but they can stop legitimizing him

By Richard Cashman

As long as Vladimir Putin is in power, Russia will remain a rogue state. Western policies that legitimize him through fear of a potential post-Putin Russia are perverse, writes Richard Cashman.

Conflict Defense Policy

In the News

Sep 6, 2023

Konaev on Russian military adaptation in Foreign Affairs

By Atlantic Council

Margarita Konaev discusses the lessons Russia has learned from its invasion of Ukraine in an article in Foreign Affairs

Conflict Defense Policy

In the News

Sep 5, 2023

Hooker featured in Responsible Statecraft on Ukraine’s counteroffensive

By Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

On September 5, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Richard Hooker and his Ukraine Alert piece on Ukraine’s counteroffensive were cited in Responsible Statecraft. 

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

UkraineAlert

Sep 5, 2023

Removal of defense minister shows wartime Ukraine is changing

By Melinda Haring

The removal of Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in early September came following a series of minor but damaging corruption scandals and signaled a zero tolerance approach to graft in wartime Ukraine, writes Melinda Haring.

Civil Society Conflict

UkraineAlert

Sep 4, 2023

Jewish president picks Muslim defense minister: Ukraine’s diverse leadership debunks Russia’s “Nazi” slurs

By Peter Dickinson

Ukraine now has a Jewish president and a Muslim minister of defense, underlining the diversity of the country's leadership while exposing the absurdity of Russia's “Nazi Ukraine” propaganda, writes Peter Dickinson.

Civil Society Conflict

In the News

Sep 4, 2023

Yevgeniya Gaber joins Al-Monitor for commentary on President Erdogan-Putin meeting

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 1, 2023

Koster in Golosa Ameriki (Voice of America) discussing the supply of F-16 from the Netherlands as a military assistance to Ukraine

By Timo S. Koster

On September 1, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Timo Koster and his New Atlanticist piece was mentioned on Golosa Ameriki (Voice of America), discussing the supply of F-16 from the Netherlands as military assistance to Ukraine (text in Russian).

Conflict Defense Industry

UkraineAlert

Aug 31, 2023

Russia is losing in Ukraine but winning in Georgia

By Giorgi Kandelaki

If Putin is able to reassert Russian dominance over Georgia while continuing to occupy 20% of the country, he will be encouraged to believe that a similar outcome will eventually prove possible in Ukraine, writes Giorgi Kandelaki.

Civil Society Conflict

UkraineAlert

Aug 31, 2023

Putin’s Russia must not be allowed to normalize nuclear blackmail

By Olivia Yanchik

Vladimir Putin has used nuclear threats to intimidate the West and reduce the flow of military aid to Ukraine. If this trend does not change, Russia will succeed in normalizing nuclear blackmail as a foreign policy tool, writes Olivia Yanchik.

Arms Control Conflict

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