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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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Five steps toward Ukrainian victory and a lasting peace with Russia

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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Five steps toward Ukrainian victory and a lasting peace with Russia

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 Economy & Business
Five steps toward Ukrainian victory and a lasting peace with Russia

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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Events

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What new geopolitical shifts mean for the South Caucasus
Civil Society Conflict Corruption Democratic Transitions
Public Event Tue, April 1, 2025 • 5:30 am ET

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

Jun 26, 2023

Five steps toward Ukrainian victory and a lasting peace with Russia

By Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk offers his five-step vision for the decisive defeat of Russia's Ukraine invasion and a genuinely sustainable peace in Eastern Europe.

Conflict
Eastern Europe

Uncategorized

Jun 25, 2023

Shaffer quoted in Forbes on EU Gas Deal with Azerbaijan and worries over Russian meddling.
Central Asia
Economy & Business
Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

New Atlanticist

Jun 24, 2023

Experts react: What Russia’s Wagner Group rebellion means for Putin, Ukraine, China, and more

By Atlantic Council experts

How did Prigozhin’s rebellion get as far as it did? And how will its aftermath affect Putin’s hold on power and the war in Ukraine?

Belarus
China

Defense Journal by Atlantic Council IN TURKEY

Jun 22, 2023

Turkish-Ukrainian defense partnership in a new geopolitical realm

By Can Kasapoglu

The Turkish-Ukrainian strategic partnership would mark a promising opportunity for Western military industries in the post-Soviet space.

Defense Policy
Defense Technologies
Head of Ukraine's Office of the President Andriy Yermak shakes hands with former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Transcript

Jun 21, 2023

Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Andriy Yermak on how Ukraine’s friends should step up their support next

By Atlantic Council

Rasmussen and Yermak discuss how NATO can establish security guarantees for Ukraine ahead of the Vilnius summit.

Conflict
Crisis Management

In the News

Jun 21, 2023

Hook in Newsweek: It’s time to call Russia’s war against Ukraine what it is: a genocide

By Atlantic Council

Conflict
Eastern Europe

Econographics

Jun 19, 2023

China is losing Eastern Europe

By Sona Muzikarova

Eastern Europe was once touted as China’s economic ‘gateway to Europe,’ but China's failure to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put strain on the relationship.

China
Eastern Europe

In the News

Jun 16, 2023

Rich Outzen joins TRT World Strait Talk to discuss Sweden-Finland-Turkey NATO Meeting
Eastern Europe
NATO

Econographics

Jun 14, 2023

How is China mitigating the effects of sanctions on Russia? 

By Maia Nikoladze, Phillip Meng and Jessie Yin

Despite Xi and Putin’s public proclamation of a ‘no limits’ partnership, China and Russia’s economic ties are limited by Beijing’s strategic interests.

China
Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jun 9, 2023

Global Sanctions Dashboard cited by Transparency International Georgia

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Stephen Kalin

Foreign Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

Millennium Leadership Program

Eastern Europe Economy & Business

Millennium fellow

Siminia Tulbure

Member, Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania

Millennium Leadership Program

Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

Millennium fellow

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Head, Center for Civil Liberties

Millennium Leadership Program

Eastern Europe Human Rights

Millennium fellow

Ioan Istrate

Venture Adviser, Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, NATO

Millennium Leadership Program

Americas Eastern Europe

Millennium fellow

Daniel Rzasa

News Lab Lead, CEE, Google

Millennium Leadership Program

Civil Society Eastern Europe

Fellow

Gorana Grgić

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Croatian Democratic Transitions
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