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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.

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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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.

Conflict European Union

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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: 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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Report launch: Confronting Russia’s cyber power

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Russia reset redux: Business bonanza or bust?

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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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In the News

Mar 4, 2022

By Atlantic Council

On March 4, Emma Ashford was quoted by MSNBC on why it would have been beneficial to consider barring Ukraine from NATO to prevent escalation with Russia. “Emma Ashford, resident senior fellow with the New American Engagement Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, wrote in an email that it was a ‘pity’ […]

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Britain Debrief

Mar 4, 2022

#BritainDebrief – Is this economic war with Russia? A Debrief from Edward Fishman

By Ben Judah

As a newly-formed anti-invasion coalition forms in the international community and takes increasingly severe economic actions against Russia, Senior Fellow Ben Judah interviewed Edward Fishman, former Russia and Europe Lead in the State Department’s Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation, for #BritainDebrief.

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In the News

Mar 4, 2022

Kumar’s CoinDesk interview featured in Yahoo

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New Atlanticist

Mar 4, 2022

The Russian Central Bank is running out of options

By Charles Lichfield

The now-embattled institution didn't expect to be sanctioned so quickly—and was forced to prepare its response in a hurry.

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Eurasia Center

Eastern Europe Elections

Events

Online Event Thu, June 5, 2025 • 3:00 pm ET

General Thomas Bussiere on Global Strike Command’s role in strategic deterrence

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War in Ukraine

A winning strategy to end Russia’s war against Ukraine

Sanctioned kleptocracy: How Putin’s kremligarchs have survived the war—and even prospered

No peace without security: Ukraine needs guarantees against new Russian invasion

Stay updated

COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS

The Power Vertical

The Russia Tomorrow series

Russia Tomorrow: Five scenarios for Russia’s future

recent events

Report launch: Confronting Russia’s cyber power

Russia reset redux: Business bonanza or bust?

Content

Sullivan in Barron’s: Who Will Be Left to Do Business in Russia?

Friendlander quoted in Financial Times on the West weaponizing finance to stop the continuation of Russia Ukraine war

Schnapper-Casteras cited in CoinDesk Podcast on cryptocurrency and sanctions

Friedlander and our event on what sanctions mean for the Russian and global economy mentioned in Voice of America

Connable in Lawfare: Ukrainian and Russian Will to Fight: An Early-War Assessment

Farrand in Democracy for the Arab World Now: Russia’s War in Ukraine Will Relieve the Pressure on Algeria’s Leaders—for Now

Ashford in MSNBC: Russia’s Ukraine invasion may have been preventable

#BritainDebrief – Is this economic war with Russia? A Debrief from Edward Fishman

Kumar’s CoinDesk interview featured in Yahoo

The Russian Central Bank is running out of options

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William B. Taylor

Joanna Siekiera

Katherine Spencer

Yarely Madrid

Leslie Shedd

Events

General Thomas Bussiere on Global Strike Command’s role in strategic deterrence

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