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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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CBDC Tracker cited in Politico on countries that have launched or are piloting central bank digital currencies 

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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CBDC Tracker cited in Politico on countries that have launched or are piloting central bank digital currencies 

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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CBDC Tracker cited in Politico on countries that have launched or are piloting central bank digital currencies 

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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COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS

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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Host and Eurasia Center Senior Fellow Brian Whitmore invites guest experts to deliver their insights and analysis in this weekly podcast. The Atlantic Council and the Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington co-sponsor this production.

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.

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Russia Tomorrow

Russia Tomorrow: Five scenarios for Russia’s future

by Casey Michel

A new Atlantic Council report explores five paths that Russia future might take in its future. What forces will shape Russia’s future?

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Content

In the News

Apr 15, 2022

CBDC Tracker cited in Politico on countries that have launched or are piloting central bank digital currencies 

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

Apr 15, 2022

Goldwyn joins NPR to discuss Russia’s oil drilling
Geopolitics & Energy Security Oil and Gas
A sailor looks at the Russian missile cruiser Moskva moored in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Ukraine 10, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2022

Russian War Report: Competing narratives about the sinking of Russia’s Moskva warship

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

Following Ukraine's alleged sinking of Russia's Moskva warship just off the coast of Odesa, the Kremlin's narrative as to why has continued to shift.

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In the News

Apr 15, 2022

Nia quoted in EuroNews on Russian war crimes in Ukraine amounting to genocide

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2022

Going Nordic: What NATO membership would mean for Finland and Sweden

By Atlantic Council

As both countries inch toward formally joining the Alliance, we answer six burning questions about what the future holds.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Apr 15, 2022

Grieco in the Georgetown Security Studies Review: Ukraine, the US, and the future of air warfare

By Atlantic Council

On April 15, Kelly Grieco was featured in the Georgetown Security Studies Review, which published a summary of her April 5th lecture to the Center for Security Studies (CSS) on “Ukraine, the United States, and the future of air warfare.” “At the outset of the war in Ukraine, analysts assumed that Russia would gain air superiority quickly because it had […]

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In the News

Apr 15, 2022

CBDC Tracker cited in Forbes on the current state of global CBDC development

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

Apr 15, 2022

Cohen quoted in The Washington Post: Zelensky asks Biden to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism
Conflict Russia

Blog Post

Apr 14, 2022

State of the Order: Assessing March 2022

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

Eastern Europe Europe & Eurasia

UkraineAlert

Apr 14, 2022

The world must not allow Putin to bankrupt Ukraine into surrender

By Peter Dickinson

Russian war crimes in Ukraine have shocked the world but the systematic damage being done to the Ukrainian economy is also an important element of Putin's invasion that requires urgent international attention.

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Experts

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Shawn Creamer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

Security & Defense East Asia

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William B. Taylor

Distinguished Fellow

Eurasia Center

English Europe & Eurasia

Staff

Katherine Spencer

Program Assistant

Eurasia Center

Central Asia Conflict

Fellow

Yarely Madrid

Nonresident Journalist Fellow

Global China Hub

China Latin America

Fellow

Leslie Shedd

Nonresident Fellow

Eurasia Center

Eastern Europe Elections

Advisory Council member

Vicky Kuperman

Global Advisor, Women for Prosperity

Freedom and Prosperity Center

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