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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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Russia’s flagship international forum showcases Putin’s pariah status

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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Russia’s flagship international forum showcases Putin’s pariah status

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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Russia’s flagship international forum showcases Putin’s pariah status

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

Jun 21, 2024

Russia’s flagship international forum showcases Putin’s pariah status

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Edward Verona</span>

The lack of international attendees at Russia's flagship economic forum in June highlighted Vladimir Putin's pariah status on the world stage, writes Edward Verona.

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UkraineAlert

Jun 20, 2024

Putin just reminded the world why Russia must lose

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

Vladimir Putin's bogus recent peace proposal was in reality a call for Ukraine's surrender that underlines his continued commitment to the destruction of the Ukrainian state, writes Peter Dickinson.

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UkraineAlert

Jun 20, 2024

FPV drones in Ukraine are changing modern warfare

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Tomas Milasauskas, Liudvikas Jaškūnas </span>

First Person View (FPV) attack drones are shaping the battlefield in Ukraine and transforming our understanding of modern warfare, write Tomas Milasauskas and Liudvikas Jaškūnas.

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Inflection Points Today

Jun 20, 2024

The troubling significance of Putin’s Pyongyang deal

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Frederick Kempe</span>

The Russian president was feted in North Korea this week, showing how a confederation of autocracies is emerging to support the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine and each other.

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Global China

Jun 20, 2024

Global China Newsletter – Sharp words, sharper tools: Beijing hones its approach to the Global South

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Dexter Tiff Roberts</span>

The fifth 2024 edition of the Global China Newsletter

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New Atlanticist

Jun 20, 2024

Ending the war in Ukraine requires something for everyone to hate

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Dan Reiter</span>

To reach peace, Ukraine and its Western partners must find a way to surmount mistrust. Doing so will not be easy.

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UkraineAlert

Jun 18, 2024

Ukraine’s peace summit offers solidarity but no breakthroughs

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Mercedes Sapuppo</span>

Ukraine's hotly anticipated peace summit in Switzerland produced plenty of solidarity but did not result in any major diplomatic breakthroughs, writes Mercedes Sapuppo.

Conflict Freedom and Prosperity

New Atlanticist

Jun 18, 2024

Indirect China-Russia trade is bolstering Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Joseph Webster</span>

Trade between China and Russia has risen sharply since the beginning of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, facilitating the Kremlin’s war effort.

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UkraineAlert

Jun 18, 2024

Holding Putin’s propagandists accountable for crimes in Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Kristina Hook, Anna Vyshniakova</span>

Calls are mounting to hold Putin's propagandists accountable for their role in inciting Russian atrocities committed during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, write Kristina Hook and Anna Vyshniakova.

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UkraineAlert

Jun 15, 2024

The view from Kyiv: Why Ukrainian NATO membership is in US interests

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Alyona Getmanchuk</span>

US President Joe Biden recently voiced his skepticism over Ukrainian NATO membership, but enabling Ukraine to join the alliance would be in American interests, writes Alyona Getmanchuk.

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