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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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Dispatch from Chișinău: Will Russia’s political pincer move put Moldova’s EU hopes in jeopardy?

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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Dispatch from Chișinău: Will Russia’s political pincer move put Moldova’s EU hopes in jeopardy?

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
Dispatch from Chișinău: Will Russia’s political pincer move put Moldova’s EU hopes in jeopardy?

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.

Conflict European Union

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New Atlanticist

Sep 26, 2025

Dispatch from Chișinău: Will Russia’s political pincer move put Moldova’s EU hopes in jeopardy?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">John E. Herbst</span>

Ahead of parliamentary elections in Moldova on September 28, Moscow appears to be throwing its weight behind two political parties to pull support from the party currently in power.

Elections European Union

MENASource

Sep 26, 2025

How Armenia-Azerbaijan peace could reshape Israel’s regional ties

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Sheila Paylan</span>

If Armenia’s peace with Azerbaijan holds, it could offer an imperfect, but instructive, model for other protracted conflicts.

Eastern Europe Israel

UkraineAlert

Sep 23, 2025

Putin is escalating Russia’s hybrid war against Europe. Is Europe ready?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Maksym Beznosiuk</span>

Putin has clearly been encouraged by Trump’s efforts to downgrade America’s involvement in transatlantic security and feels emboldened to escalate his own hybrid war against Europe, writes Maksym Beznosiuk.

Belarus Conflict

UkraineAlert

Sep 22, 2025

Moldova accuses Russia of election interference ahead of key vote

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Aidan Stretch</span>

Moldova is raising the alarm over Russian interference ahead of this weekend's parliamentary election amid fears that a pro-Kremlin victory could derail Moldova's EU ambitions and create a new front in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writes Aidan Stretch.

Conflict Corruption

Issue Brief

Sep 22, 2025

A three-pillar strategy for institutional reform in Central and Eastern Europe

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Stephen Nix and Megan Tamisiea</span>

This paper is the first in the Freedom and Prosperity Center's "Future of Democracy Assistance" series, which analyzes the many complex challenges to democracy around the world and highlights actionable policies that promote democratic governance.

Central Europe Democratic Transitions

UkraineAlert

Sep 17, 2025

Europe needs a new approach to Belarus focused on practical outcomes

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Valery Kavaleuski </span>

Belarus is a strategically crucial European nation that no European leader can afford to ignore. Evidently, the policies adopted in 2020 have not prevented the country's slide into deepening dictatorship. It is therefore time to consider new approaches and initiatives, writes Valery Kavaleuski.

Belarus Conflict

New Atlanticist

Sep 16, 2025

Russia’s imperial approach toward Armenia and Azerbaijan has backfired

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Joseph Epstein and Sheila Paylan </span>

The Trump administration deserves credit for the recent diplomatic breakthrough, but it was also made possible by the Kremlin’s disregard for the sovereignty of its neighbors.

Conflict Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Sep 11, 2025

Belarus hosts Russian war games as Putin’s drones probe Poland

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Hanna Liubakova</span>

On September 12, Belarus and Russia will begin their largest joint military exercises since the start of Putin's Ukraine invasion, just two days after at least nineteen Russian drones penetrated neighboring Polish airspace, writes Hanna Liubakova.

Belarus Conflict

New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2025

Georgia’s summer of repression puts US relations in doubt

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Jessica De Mesa and Andrew D’Anieri</span>

Georgian Dream’s actions are isolating it from the West, making better relations with Washington unlikely in the short term.

Democratic Transitions European Union

New Atlanticist

Aug 26, 2025

Lukashenka’s succession game: Promises, power, and the illusion of an exit

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Katsiaryna Shmatsina</span>

The Belarusian autocrat recently suggested that this might be his final term in office. Could it be true? And who might take his place?

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