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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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What prolonged Russian aggression against Europe could mean for the Balkans

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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What prolonged Russian aggression against Europe could mean for the Balkans

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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What prolonged Russian aggression against Europe could mean for the Balkans

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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New Atlanticist

Nov 26, 2025

What prolonged Russian aggression against Europe could mean for the Balkans

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Agon Maliqi</span>

The prospect of a prolonged, wider European war in the coming years is reshaping strategic calculations throughout the Balkans.

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In the News

Nov 26, 2025

Michta interviewed in Defense24 on Ukraine peace plan

On November 26, Andrew Michta, nonresident senior fellow with the GeoStrategy Initiative in the Scowcroft Center, was interviewed for an article in “Defense24”. He argues that as proposed, the deal could reward Russia and prove costly for Ukraine.

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UkraineAlert

Nov 25, 2025

Trump’s latest Ukraine peace proposal sparks strong Republican reaction

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Doug Klain</span>

Congress is clearly eager to help Trump force Russia to end its war in Ukraine. Capitalizing on the revised peace framework agreed by US and Ukrainian negotiators will now require action from both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue, writes Doug Klain.

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UkraineAlert

Nov 25, 2025

Russian imperial impunity is the key obstacle to a lasting peace in Ukraine

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

From Peter the Great to Stalin and Putin, generations of Russian tyrants have systematically directed violence at Ukrainians in ways that must be addressed in order to secure a lasting peace, writes Kristina Hook.

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UkraineAlert

Nov 25, 2025

Strengthening Ukraine’s wartime economy can set the stage for peace

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Zahar Hryniv</span>

The US and Europe must take steps to strengthen Ukraine’s economic resilience if they wish to convince Putin that his dreams of outlasting the West are futile and persuade Russia to begin serious peace negotiations, writes Zahar Hryniv.

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MENASource

Nov 25, 2025

Mali is at a turning point that risks a ‘disastrous domino effect’

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Haleigh Bartos and John Chin</span>

A JNIM seizure of power, though less likely, is possible—and threatens to turn Mali into Africa’s Afghanistan.

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New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2025

The expert conversation: Separating signal from noise in Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">John E. Herbst</span>

The White House has increased pressure on Kyiv to accept a twenty-eight-point plan to end the war by next Thursday.

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Fast Thinking

Nov 21, 2025

The good, the bad, and the ugly in the US peace plan for Ukraine 

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

Our experts assess the Trump administration’s proposal for ending the war in Ukraine and what to expect next.

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UkraineAlert

Nov 20, 2025

Any serious Ukraine peace plan must address Putin’s imperial ambitions

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mykola Bielieskov</span>

The new US plan to end the war in Ukraine fails to recognize that Putin is not driven by limited political goals. He believes he is engaged in an existential struggle to revive Russia’s great power status and will never accept a compromise peace, writes Mykola Bielieskov.

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UkraineAlert

Nov 20, 2025

Axis of authoritarians poses mounting threat on the global information front

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >William Dixon, Maksym Beznosiuk</span>

The authoritarian axis that has taken shape since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is currently setting new standards in terms of coordinated information operations across media platforms, write William Dixon and Maksym Beznosiuk.

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Nika Aleksejeva

Resident Fellow, Baltics

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Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

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James Batchik

Associate Director

Europe Center

Central Europe Digital Policy

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Ian Brzezinski

Senior Fellow

Europe Center Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Central Europe Defense Policy

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Eto Buziashvili

Research Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

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Michael Carpenter

Distinguished Fellow

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