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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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Drone superpower Ukraine can teach Europe how to defend itself

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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Drone superpower Ukraine can teach Europe how to defend itself

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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Drone superpower Ukraine can teach Europe how to defend itself

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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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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UkraineAlert

Jan 30, 2026

Drone superpower Ukraine can teach Europe how to defend itself

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Lesia Orobets</span>

Since the onset of Russia's full-scale invasion four years ago, Ukraine has emerged as a drone superpower and is now recognized as indispensable for the future defense of Europe, writes Lesia Orobets.

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Jan 30, 2026

Kroenig quoted in Wall Street Journal on adversary nuclear capabilities

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

On January 30, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director Matthew Kroenig was quoted in The Wall Street Journal on Russian and Chinese nuclear capabilities amid discussions on renewing New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

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UkraineAlert

Jan 29, 2026

Ukraine changes tone on Belarus and engages exiled opposition

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Hanna Liubakova</span>

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held his first official meeting with exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya last weekend in the latest indication of a significant Ukrainian policy shift toward the country’s northern neighbor, writes Hanna Liubakova.

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UkraineAlert

Jan 29, 2026

Ukraine’s defense tech sector can play a key role in economic security

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Eric K. Hontz </span>

Ukraine’s defense tech and dual-use sector is a rare wartime success story, with over six hundred innovative and combat‑tested firms becoming increasingly attractive to international investors, writes Eric K. Hontz.

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UkraineAlert

Jan 27, 2026

Unable to win on the battlefield, Putin escalates war on Ukrainian civilians

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Peter Dickinson</span>

A war crime of staggering proportions is currently unfolding in full public view across Ukraine as Russia methodically bombs the country’s utilities in a calculated bid to freeze millions of civilians in their own homes and spark a humanitarian catastrophe, writes Peter Dickinson.

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Dispatches

Jan 26, 2026

Time matters: Why Europe needs Ukrainian defense innovation

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Oleksiy Honcharuk</span>

For Europe to gain genuine defense autonomy, it will need to combine the continent’s capital with Ukraine’s speed and military innovation.

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Report

Jan 21, 2026

Countering Russian escalation in space

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">John Klein</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Clementine G. Starling-Daniels</span>

Current US space policy and acquisitions are inadequate to address the growing threats from Russia in space. The United States needs a more resilient space architecture, able to withstand major-power conflict—and Russia’s designs to place a nuclear weapon in orbit. Here are fifteen recommendations to make that happen.

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Dispatches

Jan 20, 2026

How Trump’s ‘TRIPP’ triumph can advance US interests in the South Caucasus

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Andrew D’Anieri and Joseph Epstein</span>

The recently announced Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity promises to become a vital connectivity link between Europe and Asia.

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UkraineAlert

Jan 20, 2026

Surrender or freeze: Putin’s winter blitz targets Ukrainian civilians

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Yuliya Kazdobina</span>

Millions of Ukrainians have spent much of January without electricity and heating amid extreme winter weather conditions as Russia ruthlessly bombs Ukraine's civilian infrastructure in a bid to freeze the country into submission, writes Yuliya Kazdobina.

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UkraineAlert

Jan 20, 2026

Ukraine’s best security guarantee is the ability to strike back inside Russia

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Serhii Kuzan</span>

With Kyiv's Western allies unlikely to risk war with Russia, Ukraine's most realistic security guarantee remains a strong military coupled with the ability to strike targets deep inside Russia, writes Serhii Kuzan.

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James Batchik

Associate Director

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Ian Brzezinski

Senior Fellow

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Eto Buziashvili

Research Fellow

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Michael Carpenter

Distinguished Fellow

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