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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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Goodwill gestures and de-Nazification: Decoding Putin’s Ukraine War lexicon

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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Goodwill gestures and de-Nazification: Decoding Putin’s Ukraine War lexicon

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.
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Goodwill gestures and de-Nazification: Decoding Putin’s Ukraine War lexicon

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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UkraineAlert

Jun 30, 2022

Goodwill gestures and de-Nazification: Decoding Putin’s Ukraine War lexicon

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Peter Dickinson</span>

From “goodwill gestures” to “de-Nazification” and “reclaiming Russian lands,” the Atlantic Council's Peter Dickinson decodes some of the key phrases from the lexicon of Putin’s Ukraine War into plain English.

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BelarusAlert

Jun 29, 2022

Putin’s partner in war crimes

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Brian Whitmore</span>

Both Putin and Lukashenka, as well as the relevant officials and soldiers in their respective chains of command, should be charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity, and possibly genocide.

Belarus Conflict

Britain Debrief

Jun 28, 2022

#BritainDebrief – Is this a new 1914? | A Debrief from Dr. Bruno Tertrais

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Ben Judah</span>

Senior Fellow Ben Judah speaks with Bruno Tertrais about his report on the global system of alliances and their implications for peace.

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BelarusAlert

Jun 27, 2022

Belarus caught up in Putin’s plotting on Ukrainian and Lithuanian fronts

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Alesia Rudnik </span>

As Russian rhetoric toward Lithuania heats up, Belarusians once more find themselves caught up in the Kremlin’s aggressive foreign policy thanks to Belarus dictator Lukashenka's dependence on Moscow.

Belarus Conflict

In the News

Jun 27, 2022

Binnendijk and Vershbow in Brookings: Rebalancing European and trans-Atlantic defense

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Hans Binnendijk</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Alexander Vershbow</span>

Hans Binnendijk and Alexander Vershbow write that Europe and the US must find a balance between complete European strategic autonomy and hefty reliance on US defense spending.

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Inflection Points

Jun 26, 2022

Europe’s ‘rewiring’ is crucial in the face of grinding inflation and Putin’s war

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Frederick Kempe</span>

The lessons from two devastating World Wars and a Cold War are that staying unified is a prerequisite for victory and that appeasing despots is always self-defeating.

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In the News

Jun 24, 2022

Barranco, Johnson, and Wetzel in Strategic Study India on the War in Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

The Scowcroft Center Military Fellows outline the importance of resupply in the War in Ukraine.

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New Atlanticist

Jun 24, 2022

Russian War Report: Pro-Kremlin Russian outlet refers to Russian troops in Mariupol as ‘occupiers’ 

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Digital Forensic Research Lab</span>

News outlet Moskovsky Komsomolets published an article that referred to Russian soldiers in Mariupol as "occupiers," but it was quickly deleted. Meanwhile, fires strike Russian oil and power plants, and Chinese media report on Russia-Lithuania dispute.

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In the News

Jun 24, 2022

Lichfield cited in The Washington Times on Russia’s leverage against the West in the war on Ukraine

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Jun 23, 2022

Barranco, Johnson, and Wetzel in the New York Times on Russia-Ukraine war

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

The Scowcroft Center Military Fellows discuss the arms race taking place in Ukraine to resupply participants in the war.

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