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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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Lavrov Asks If NATO Planning to ‘Put Itself in Ukraine?’

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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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Lavrov Asks If NATO Planning to ‘Put Itself in Ukraine?’

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Jan 8, 2025

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

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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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Lavrov Asks If NATO Planning to ‘Put Itself in Ukraine?’

UkraineAlert
Jan 14, 2025

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

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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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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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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, December 4, 2009

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Dec 5, 2013

Lavrov Asks If NATO Planning to ‘Put Itself in Ukraine?’

By State Department

There was also a discussion of Ukraine initiated by Foreign Minister Lavrov reacting to the NATO public statement yesterday of support for the wishes for the Ukrainian people, asking whether NATO was planning to put itself in Ukraine.

Iran Missile Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 3, 2013

Living in Putin’s Neighborhood

By Damon Wilson

Not much unites former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, currently serving a 7-year prison sentence, and the man who put her there — and won’t release her — Ukraine’s president, Viktor Yanukovych. Yet, each tells a similar story of humiliation and debasement in their dealings with Vladimir Putin.

Europe & Eurasia Russia

New Atlanticist

Nov 27, 2013

Ukraine’s Snubbing of Europe Sparks Political Crisis

By Taras Kuzio

Last Thursday’s government decision to cancel plans to seek an Association Agreement with the EU at the Vilnius summit of the Eastern Partnership, which starts tomorrow, has sparked a mass protest by one hundred thousand people in Kyiv that bring back memories of the Orange Revolution nine years ago. The EU had turned up the […]

Eastern Europe European Union

New Atlanticist

Nov 26, 2013

Russia’s Ukraine Power Play Pays Off

By Rajan Menon

The will-he-won’t-he suspense sowed by the speculation over whether Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovych would formally sign the Association Agreement with the European Union is over.

Eastern Europe Europe & Eurasia
Russian Foreign Ministery Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State John Kerry, July 2, 2013

NATOSource

Nov 25, 2013

Lavrov: Iran Deal Nullifies Needs for Europe Missile Shield

By RIA Novosti and RT

From RIA Novosti:  Implementation of a deal on Iran’s nuclear program reached in Geneva this weekend will make the US missile defense system in Europe unnecessary, Russia’s foreign minister said Monday.

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at the Halifax Forum

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Nov 22, 2013

US Plans Increase in Arctic Operations

By AP and Reuters

From Lolita C. Baldor, AP:  The U.S. will assert its sovereignty in the Arctic, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Friday, even as Russia, China and other nations stake claims and expand their use of the icy waters for military exercises and transit.

Europe & Eurasia Russia
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu

NATOSource

Nov 15, 2013

Russia and Serbia Sign Military Pact

By RFE/RL and RIA Novosti

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:  Russia and Serbia signed a military cooperation agreement in Belgrade on November 13.

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MENASource

Nov 15, 2013

The Russia Factor in the Egyptian-American Relationship

By Mark N. Katz

Many observers see the recent visit of Russian’s foreign and defense ministers to Cairo and news stories about the possibility of a large-scale Russian-Egyptian arms deal as a sign that the new Egyptian government is moving away from Washington and toward Moscow.  Yet even though this high-level Russian-Egyptian interchange has taken place at a time […]

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A Polish Leopard II tank participating in NATO Exercise Steadfast Jazz

NATOSource

Nov 14, 2013

NATO’s Future: Back to Basics

By Economist

This is the final stage of Steadfast Jazz 2013, NATO’s biggest live-fire exercise since 2006.

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu

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Nov 11, 2013

Defense Minister Says NATO and Terrorism are the Top Security Threats to Russia

By RIA Novosti and Moscow Times

From RIA Novosti:  Terrorism and NATO expansion near Russian borders pose key threats to Russia’s national security, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Saturday.

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