Safe distance: Why Ukraine should embrace the US position and deploy land mines responsibly

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Experts react: Israel has hit back at Iran with airstrikes. Is this the road to war or an off-ramp?

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts share their insights on what Israel’s retaliatory strikes against Iran could mean for the prospect of further Israeli-Iranian escalation.
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Safe distance: Why Ukraine should embrace the US position and deploy land mines responsibly

New Atlanticist Oct 1, 2024

Four questions (and expert answers) about Israel’s ground operation in Lebanon

By Shalom Lipner

Shalom Lipner, a former advisor to seven consecutive Israeli prime ministers, answers the burning questions about Israel’s strategy and what the US should do.
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Safe distance: Why Ukraine should embrace the US position and deploy land mines responsibly

New Atlanticist Sep 19, 2024

The Sudan crisis has become a magnet for foreign malign influence and strategic corruption

By Andrea Currie-Edwards

To help bring about an end to the war in Sudan, the United States should stem the illicit activities of foreign actors fueling the conflict.
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New Atlanticist

May 17, 2022

Safe distance: Why Ukraine should embrace the US position and deploy land mines responsibly

By John B. Barranco

Kyiv needs to reconsider its membership in the Ottawa Treaty if it wants to keep Russia's military out.

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UkraineAlert

May 17, 2022

Vladimir Putin is running out of options to avoid defeat in Ukraine

By Taras Kuzio

Vladimir Putin expected a quick victory in Ukraine but now finds himself facing a catastrophic defeat that will shatter Russia's pretensions to military superpower status while threatening Putin's own authoritarian regime.

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In the News

May 15, 2022

Kroenig and Ashford in Foreign Policy on endgames in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and senior fellow Emma Ashford debate desirable outcomes for the war in Ukraine.

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In the News

May 15, 2022

Lieber in Express on possibility of nuclear strike in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Keir Lieber thinks that Russia will use nuclear weapons against Ukraine if faced with a devastating defeat.

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New Atlanticist

May 10, 2022

Will Putin use nuclear weapons in Ukraine? Our experts answer three burning questions.

By Atlantic Council experts

Our nuclear experts weighed in on the chances of Putin taking the fateful step, how he might do it, and how the West would likely respond.

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In the News

May 9, 2022

Konaev in Foreign Affairs on Ukraine’s military tactics

By Atlantic Council

Margarita Konaev argues that Ukraine's military must adopt guerilla-style tactics to defeat Russia in the Donbas.

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In the News

May 2, 2022

Wetzel in Euromaidan Press on US-Ukraine Lend-Lease

By Atlantic Council

Senior US Air Force fellow Lt Col Tyson Wetzel explains that the US lend-lease program shows continued US commitment to Ukraine's war effort.

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In the News

Apr 28, 2022

Kroenig in Byline Times on Russian nuclear threats

By Atlantic Council

Matthew Kroenig outlines scenarios where Russia may use nuclear weapons.

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In the News

Apr 27, 2022

Mezran and Melcangi in the Italian Journal of International Affairs: “Truly a Proxy War? Militias, Institutions, and External Actors in Libya between Limited Statehood and Rentier State”

By Atlantic Council

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New Atlanticist

Apr 26, 2022

From one US ambassador to Ukraine to another: An urgent to-do list

By John E. Herbst

Former US envoy to Ukraine John E. Herbst offers a few words of wisdom to Bridget Brink.

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Caleb Eames

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Rebecca Katz

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Mike Minihan

Distinguished Fellow

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Diana Rayes 

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