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War in Ukraine

Experts from across the Atlantic Council are assessing the consequences of Russia’s February 2022 invasion, including what it means for Ukraine’s sovereignty, Europe’s security, and the United States’ leadership.

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NATO Invites Montenegro to Join Alliance and Provides ‘Guidance for Other Aspirants’

New Atlanticist
Dec 4, 2024

A winning strategy to end Russia’s war against Ukraine

More than a dozen experts from the United States and Europe share their recommendations to the incoming Trump administration about how best to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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NATO Invites Montenegro to Join Alliance and Provides ‘Guidance for Other Aspirants’

Russia Tomorrow
Jan 8, 2025

Sanctioned kleptocracy: How Putin’s kremligarchs have survived the war—and even prospered

By
Ilya Zaslavskiy

The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series explores how Russia’s kleptocratic networks infiltrated the West and measures the US and Europe can take to combat the malign influence of Russian kleptocracy around the globe.

Corruption
Economic Sanctions

NATO Invites Montenegro to Join Alliance and Provides ‘Guidance for Other Aspirants’

UkraineAlert
Jan 14, 2025

No peace without security: Ukraine needs guarantees against new Russian invasion

By
Peter Dickinson

Ukraine is ready to make territorial concessions but insists that any peace deal must include credible long-term security guarantees to prevent a new Russian invasion, writes Peter Dickinson.

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European Union

Events

Public Event
Tue, April 1, 2025 • 9:30 am ET

A conversation with Mihai Popșoi, minister of foreign affairs of Moldova

Conflict
Democratic Transitions
Eastern Europe
Elections

Public Event
Fri, February 28, 2025 • 10:00 am ET

Book launch: No Country for Love

Eastern Europe
Europe & Eurasia
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Resilience & Society

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The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia and Central Asia in the East.

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Luksic and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Dec. 2, 2015

NATOSource

Dec 2, 2015

NATO Invites Montenegro to Join Alliance and Provides ‘Guidance for Other Aspirants’

By NATO Foreign Ministers

Statement by NATO Foreign Ministers on Open Door Policy

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Nov 12, 2015

Linderman on Georgia’s Rustavi 2 Controversy

By Laura Linderman

Georgian News Agency Accent quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Research Fellow Laura Linderman on the Rustavi 2 case, public attitudes towards the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, and the opposition United National Movement:

The Caucasus

UkraineAlert

Nov 11, 2015

A Close (and Surprisingly Positive) Encounter with Odesa’s New Police

By Vladislav Davidzon

The reorganization and reform of Ukraine’s catastrophically corrupt police force was the top priority when President Petro Poroshenko appointed Eka Zguladze first deputy Interior Minister of Ukraine. Poroshenko wants to emulate the relative success that Georgia’s Rose Revolution reformers garnered in modernizing their small post-Soviet country. Zguladze is just one of the many Georgians who […]

The Caucasus Ukraine

In the News

Nov 5, 2015

Linderman on Media Freedom in Georgia

By Laura Linderman

Voice of America quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Research Fellow Laura Linderman on Georgia’s international image regarding media freedom in the wake of the Rustavi 2 controversy and court case: Read the full article here.

The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Oct 30, 2015

Wanted: A ‘Comprehensive Strategy’ to Deal with Russia

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Georgian Foreign Minister says Western ‘passivity’ encourages Moscow, discourages regional countries The West needs to develop a “comprehensive strategy” to counter Russian authoritarianism and support Georgia’s aspiration of joining NATO, Georgian Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, said at the Atlantic Council on Oct. 29. “Western passivity in the face of Russian aggression […]

The Caucasus

Webcasts

Oct 30, 2015

Remarks by H.E. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Vice Prime Minister Of Georgia

By Atlantic Council

NATO Russia

Transcript

Oct 30, 2015

Transcript: Evolving Security Environment and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Aspirations

By Atlantic Council

Evolving Security Environment and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Aspirations   Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia   Atlantic Council – 29 October, 2015 Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the Atlantic Council of the United States for this opportunity to speak to a distinguished group of policy-makers, businessmen, experts, and […]

NATO Russia

In the News

Oct 14, 2015

Grigas: Lukashenko’s Win Means No Change for Belarus

By Agnia Grigas

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Agnia Grigas writes for The Hill on President Alexander Lukashenko’s reelection as President of Belarus and what it means for the future of the country:

Belarus

In the News

Oct 1, 2015

Linderman on Georgia’s East-West Dilemma

By Laura Linderman

Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Research Fellow Laura Linderman on the tug of war for Georgia’s alignment between Russia and the United States:

The Caucasus
Range of Russia's Iskander missiles when deployed in Kaliningrad

NATOSource

Oct 1, 2015

Is NATO’s New Fulda Gap in Poland?

By Paul McLeary, Foreign Policy

The head of U.S. Army Europe is eyeing a narrow sliver of land connecting Poland with Lithuania, concerned about the Russian troops and equipment he has been watching pile up on either side.

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Experts

European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Pauline Deschryver

Senior Manager, DTEK Group

Millennium Leadership Program

Africa Central Europe

Fellow

Andrea Rigoni

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Fellow

David H. Young

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Afghanistan Conflict

Fellow

Stanislava Mladenova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Afghanistan Conflict

Staff

Torrey Taussig

Director

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Eastern Europe Europe & Eurasia

European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Antti Rauhala

Programme Officer, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Millennium Leadership Program

Central Europe Eastern Europe
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