Europe & Eurasia

Stretching from the shores of the Atlantic to the mountains of Central Asia, the European and Eurasian landmass contains both some of the most stable and wealthy countries in the world, as well as some of the poorest and those led by repressive regimes. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched in 2022 has transformed the region’s security and launched economic, political, and defense issues into the global limelight, emphasizing the necessity of increased regional and transatlantic cooperation.

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In the News

Jun 20, 2017

Fishman Quoted in Foreign Policy on Trump’s Renewed Russia Sanctions

By Edward Fishman

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Russia

In the News

Jun 20, 2017

Fishman Quoted in USA Today on Russian Sanctions Bill

By Edward Fishman

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Russia

In the News

Jun 20, 2017

Braw in the Times: European Union’s Battlegroups Are Destined Never to See Active Service

By Elisabeth Braw

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European Union International Organizations

In the News

Jun 20, 2017

Fried Joins NPR’s Morning Edition to Discuss Rising Tensions Between the US and Russia in Syria

By Daniel Fried

Listen to the full interview here.

Russia Syria

UkraineAlert

Jun 20, 2017

Will Ukraine Finally Pass Land Reform?

By Oksana Bedratenko

Ukraine still needs a powerful push to finally shrug off the 2014-2015 crisis, which caused its economy to contract by 16.5 percent. The IMF prescribed anticorruption reform, privatization, pension reform, and allowing private sales of land to give Ukraine that boost. It is important to move fast with these reforms for two reasons: first, elections […]

Ukraine

In the News

Jun 19, 2017

Hof Quoted in New York Times on Russia’s Warnings to the U.S. After Syrian Airstrike

By Frederic C. Hof

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Russia Syria

New Atlanticist

Jun 19, 2017

Macron’s Putin Policy: ‘Firmness Without Provocation’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

French President Emmanuel Macron would like to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to seek mutually acceptable solutions to crises that have bedeviled ties between the West and Russia over the past few years, France’s ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud, said in an Atlantic Council phone briefing on June 19. […]

France Russia

In the News

Jun 19, 2017

Cohen Joins Russia TV to Discuss the Perception of Putin in the West

By Ariel Cohen

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Jun 19, 2017

Westmacott: ‘Turkey’s European Journey’ Has Taken a Detour

By Teri Schultz

The title of Sir Peter Westmacott’s new paper, Turkey’s European Journey, does not indicate where he thinks the country stands on that path, whether he believes Ankara is still headed toward Europe or whether it has turned off that road permanently. A conversation with Westmacott, a distinguished ambassadorial fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe […]

Turkey

In the News

Jun 19, 2017

Gedmin in the Washington Post: Helmut Kohl Helped Save the West

By Jeffrey Gedmin

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Germany

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