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Experts react: How the European Parliament’s right turn is playing out across the continent

Experts react Jun 13, 2024

Experts react: Ukraine gets $50 billion from Russian assets and a US security deal at the G7 summit

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts dig into the agreements reached at the G7 summit and how they might reshape Ukraine’s war against Russian aggression.

Conflict Crisis Management

Experts react Jun 10, 2024

Experts react: How the European Parliament’s right turn is playing out across the continent

By Atlantic Council experts

The centrist coalition remains in power, but the far right made striking gains across the continent. What will this mean for the EU’s future?

Europe & Eurasia European Union

New Atlanticist Jun 10, 2024

Building the bridge: How to inject credibility into NATO’s promise of membership for Ukraine

By Ian Brzezinski

Ukraine’s bridge to NATO membership must be built in ways that institutionalize its integration into the Alliance’s structures—starting now.

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

The Transatlantic Horizons series

The Europe Center’s Transatlantic Horizons series charts an ambitious agenda for the United States and Europe for 2025 and beyond.

Fast Thinking

As the far right rises in Europe, can the center hold?

by Atlantic Council

Elections for the 720-seat European Parliament concluded on Sunday. Three Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the initial results.

featured events

Online Event Tue, June 11, 2024 • 11:00 am ET

Debriefing the European elections

Transatlantic experts debrief the outcome of the European elections, and its impact to the EU’s policymaking agenda and the transatlantic relationship.

Economy & Business Elections Europe & Eurasia European Union

Public Event Tue, May 21, 2024 • 12:30 pm ET

The Washington NATO Summit: Ukraine and transatlantic security

Through two expert panels, this conference will convene former US national security and foreign policy officials as well as current European government members and top experts on Ukraine, the transatlantic relationship, and NATO to discuss the authoritarian challenge that Russia and its allies pose to the United States, NATO, and the West, and what should happen at the summit this summer to address the specifics of Putin’s revisionist agenda.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia National Security NATO

The Russia Tomorrow series

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 challenged much of the common Western understanding of Russia. How can the world better understand Russia? What are the steps forward for Western policy? The Eurasia Center’s new “Russia Tomorrow” series seeks to reevaluate conceptions of Russia today and better prepare for its future tomorrow.

Russia Tomorrow

All the autocrat’s men: The court politics of Putin’s inner circle

by Mikhail Zygar

A new Atlantic Council report by journalist Mikhail Zygar explores how Russia’s war on Ukraine has affected Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.

In-depth Research & reports

Report Jun 7, 2024

Reconstructing Ukraine at war: The journey to prosperity starts now

By John E. Herbst, Olga Khakova, Charles Lichfield

Rebuilding the Ukrainian economy after Russia’s full-scale invasion will be a monumental task. Reconstruction can’t wait for peace and must be a well-coordinated, inclusive process.

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Issue Brief May 29, 2024

Who’s a national security risk? The changing transatlantic geopolitics of data transfers

By Kenneth Propp

The geopolitics of data transfers is changing. How will Washington’s new focus on data transfers affect Europe and the transatlantic relationship?

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

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The Europe Center promotes the transatlantic leadership and strategies required to ensure a strong Europe.

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The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia and Central Asia in the East.

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The Atlantic Council in Turkey aims to promote dialogue and strengthen transatlantic engagement with the region through research, programming and high-level discussion forums to address critical issues around energy, economics, business, and security.

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The Power Vertical

The Power Vertical is a blog and podcast for Russia wonks and Kremlin watchers by Brian Whitmore. It covers emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, shining a spotlight on the high-stakes power struggles, machinations, and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy today.

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#AtlanticDebrief

#AtlanticDebrief hosts interviews with leading experts, policymakers, and newsmakers from both sides of the Atlantic to unpack the challenges and opportunities of the transatlantic relationship.

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#BalkansDebrief

The Atlantic Council Europe Center’s #BalkansDebrief series features timely conversations on key issues impacting the Western Balkans. Nonresident senior fellow Ilva Tare hosts newsmakers, experts, and officials for discussions on rule of law, energy security, cultural heritage, Russian and Chinese influence in the region, and more.

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Experts react

Jun 10, 2024

Experts react: How the European Parliament’s right turn is playing out across the continent

By Atlantic Council experts

The centrist coalition remains in power, but the far right made striking gains across the continent. What will this mean for the EU's future?

Europe & Eurasia European Union

New Atlanticist

Jun 10, 2024

Building the bridge: How to inject credibility into NATO’s promise of membership for Ukraine

By Ian Brzezinski

Ukraine’s bridge to NATO membership must be built in ways that institutionalize its integration into the Alliance’s structures—starting now.

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jun 10, 2024

Lipsky quoted by Foreign Policy on stakes of G7 Summit

Read the full article here.

Economic Sanctions International Financial Institutions

Fast Thinking

Jun 9, 2024

As the far right rises in Europe, can the center hold?

By Atlantic Council

Elections for the 720-seat European Parliament concluded on Sunday. Three Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the initial results.

Elections European Union

Atlantic Debrief

Jun 7, 2024

#AtlanticDebrief – What can we expect from the European Parliament elections? | A Debrief from Dave Keating

Ilva Tare sits down with Dave Keating, Brussels correspondent with France 24, to preview the European parliament elections and discuss potential implications for the EU's politics and policymaking.

Elections Europe & Eurasia

Report

Jun 7, 2024

Reconstructing Ukraine at war: The journey to prosperity starts now

By John E. Herbst, Olga Khakova, Charles Lichfield

Rebuilding the Ukrainian economy after Russia's full-scale invasion will be a monumental task. Reconstruction can’t wait for peace and must be a well-coordinated, inclusive process.

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

UkraineAlert

Jun 6, 2024

Allies stand with Ukraine as Russian threat looms over D-Day anniversary

By Peter Dickinson

Putin has tried to justify his invasion of Ukraine by portraying Ukrainians as Nazis. But as this week's D-Day anniversary made clear, it is Putin himself who is seen as the greatest single threat to peace in Europe since Adolf Hitler, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Disinformation

In the News

Jun 6, 2024

Chilton in DefenseNews on nuclear triad investment

By Atlantic Council

On June 5, Forward Defense distinguished fellow General Kevin Chilton, USAF (Ret.) published an article in DefenseNews on the need to continue forward with the nuclear triad modernization program, entitled "US security demands continued nuclear triad investment."

China Defense Policy

Inflection Points Today

Jun 6, 2024

On D-Day, beware the ‘new axis’

By Frederick Kempe

The United States and its allies confront a purposeful set of powerful adversaries in China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

China Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jun 6, 2024

Nikoladze interviewed by the BBC on Georgia foreign agent law and parliamentary elections

Read the full article here.

Financial Regulation International Financial Institutions

Experts

Fellow

Mark Boris Andrijanič

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center Millennium Leadership Program

Central Europe Economy & Business

Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Fellow

Judy Ansley

Senior Advisor

Europe Center

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Gérard Araud

Distinguished Fellow

Europe Center

English Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Kaush Arha

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Global China Hub

Africa Central Asia

Staff

Ryan Arick

Associate Director

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

NATO Security & Defense

Events

Flagship Event Mon, June 24, 2024 • 9:00 am ET

Warsaw Week 2024: A transatlantic agenda for an era of conflict and confrontation

Europe & Eurasia Poland Politics & Diplomacy