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Dispatches

Oct 27, 2026

For Russia, Trump’s diesel deal was just the first ask

By Charles Lichfield, Lize de Kruijf

The rationale behind the Trump administration’s recently issued General License 135 faces a number of questions.

Conflict Energy & Environment

UkraineAlert

Oct 27, 2026

UN report: Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid are a ‘crime against humanity’

By Kateryna Odarchenko

Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s civilian power grid qualifies as a crime against humanity, according to a new report by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, writes Kateryna Odarchenko.

Conflict Drones

UkraineAlert

Oct 27, 2026

European infrastructure is vulnerable as Putin escalates Russia’s hybrid war

By Maksym Beznosiuk

Putin is currently looking to exploit Europe’s vulnerabilities as he seeks ways to isolate Ukraine and cut off Kyiv’s European aid lifeline. Civilian infrastructure may be one of the continent’s weakest links, writes Maksym Beznosiuk.

Conflict Critical Infrastructure Policy

TURKEYSource

Oct 27, 2026

Why France and Turkey are giving defense cooperation another go

By Ali Mammadov

France and Turkey still disagree on plenty, but Europe’s changing security environment is giving them stronger reasons to cooperate.

Europe & Eurasia France

Dispatches

Oct 26, 2026

Experts react: Serbia’s Vučić is out and the student-led movement is in. What comes next? 

By Atlantic Council experts

Serbia’s student-led opposition just ended Vučić’s fourteen years at the helm. Atlantic Council experts assess what comes next.

Democratic Transitions Elections

Dispatches

Oct 26, 2026

The new EU Arctic strategy shows ambition—but also anxiety

By Kathleen Larkin, Jason C. Moyer

While the United States is only referenced seven times in the document, elements of the strategy read as a response to Trump administration initiatives.

European Union Maritime Security

Dispatches

Oct 23, 2026

What will end Trump’s back-and-forth approach toward Russia and Ukraine

By John E. Herbst

Can pressure from Congress and the American public push Trump to take a tougher stance against Putin?

Politics & Diplomacy Russia

Dispatches

Oct 23, 2026

North Korea may be the biggest winner of Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Rick Hoehne

Pyongyang is gaining combat experience, technology, and money by supporting Russia's invasion, raising security risks for the Indo-Pacific.

Indo-Pacific Korea

Inflection Points

Oct 22, 2026

Trump will define his legacy through Russia—one way or the other

By Frederick Kempe

The US president inherited Russia’s war on Ukraine, but he will own the consequences of how it ends.

Conflict Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

UkraineAlert

Oct 21, 2026

Ukrainians are not fighting for Zelenskyy. They are fighting for national survival.

By Peter Dickinson

Trump and Putin both seem to think that removing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would set the stage for a Kremlin-friendly peace deal, but most Ukrainians see the war as a fight for national survival that does not depend on any one man, writes Peter Dickinson.

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