Security & Defense

Ashford in ABC’s This Week: War in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

On On February 26, Ashford featured in ABC’s This Week podcast to speak about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.  “As Europe faces up to its worst security crisis since World War II, we hear about how Ukrainians are facing the threat, examine how far Russia is prepared to go to subdue its neighbour, […]

Qaddour quoted in the New York Times on correlations between Middle Eastern and Ukrainian refugee crisis

By Atlantic Council

Friedlander quoted in Bloomberg on Russia’s removal from SWIFT and sanctions against Russian Central Bank

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Wieslander interviewed by Times Radio on Putin’s goals in Ukraine

By Anna Wieslander

“This is a game he is playing on two levels. One is Ukraine and the attack and invasion we now see him pursuing. The other is the bigger game, which is a Europe that is rolled back to the Cold War and where Russia has clear spheres of influence and buffer zones, which include Eastern […]

Lipsky quoted in Bloomberg on Russia’s removal from SWIFT

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Slavin quoted in TRT World on Iran’s response to conflict in Ukraine

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Ambassador Fried interviewed by ABC News on Russia escalating conflict

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O’Toole quoted in Reuters on sanctions against Russian oligarchs

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Ashford in Yahoo News: NATO rushing to resupply Ukraine by land; no-fly zone all but ruled out

By Atlantic Council

On February 25, Emma Ashford was cited in Yahoo News about the escalation risks a no-fly-zone over Ukraine would entail. “If the U.S. and its allies were to issue such an order in Ukraine, the Air Force would be forced to undertake a military mission against the invading Russian forces, and … U.S. forces would […]