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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New Atlanticist

Jun 21, 2017

Here’s How to Fight Back Against Russian Political Warfare

By Alexander Vershbow

Three-and-a-half years ago, Russia illegally annexed Crimea and launched its campaign to destabilize eastern Ukraine. Russian aggression prompted the biggest increase in NATO’s collective defense capabilities since the Cold War—including the historic deployment in June of four multinational battlegroups in the three Baltic States and Poland. But deterring military aggression is only half the battle. […]

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In the News

Jun 20, 2017

Cohen Joins Russia TV to Discuss Cooperation Between the United States and Russia

By Ariel Cohen

Watch the full interview here.

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In the News

Jun 20, 2017

Vershbow Quoted in The Guardian on Trump’s Meeting with Ukrainian President

By Alexander Vershbow

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Ukraine

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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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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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

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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 […]

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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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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. […]

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