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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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Putin’s North Korean escalation is a direct result of Western weakness

UkraineAlert Oct 3, 2024

Ukraine is slowly but steadily weakening Russia’s grip on Crimea

With international attention firmly fixed on the Russian army’s advances in eastern Ukraine and the Ukrainian invasion of Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine is also making progress toward weakening Russia’s grip on Crimea, writes Serhii Kuzan.

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Putin’s North Korean escalation is a direct result of Western weakness

Russia Tomorrow Oct 1, 2024

Russia’s war on Ukraine: Moscow’s pressure points and US strategic opportunities

By Ariel Cohen

A new Atlantic Council report explores Russia’s modern day domestic and international vulnerabilities.
Defense Industry Europe & Eurasia
Putin’s North Korean escalation is a direct result of Western weakness

New Atlanticist Sep 28, 2024

The storm clouds may be parting after Zelenskyy’s tumultuous US visit

By John E. Herbst

The Ukrainian president’s meetings with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Donald Trump seesawed between low and high drama.

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

Ukraine response

Founded sixty years ago at the height of Cold War tensions with Moscow, the Atlantic Council is driven by our mission of “shaping the global future together.” The Council is a nonpartisan organization that galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world in partnership with allies and partners. Building on that mission, we have responded quickly and comprehensively to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, harnessing our editorial and convening power to help the United States and its allies to act swiftly and effectively—and to unify the disparate voices in favor of democracy, prosperity, and the transatlantic alliance.

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Regular news and analysis from Ukraine

UkraineAlert sources insight and commentary from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community.

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Events

Online Event Tue, October 15, 2024 • 4:30 pm ET

Nobel Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk on human rights and Russian aggression

AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk discusses ongoing threats to democracy and the worldwide gathering of authoritarian forces—and how those topics converge in Ukraine. 
Civil Society Europe & Eurasia Human Rights International Norms
Online Event Fri, October 4, 2024 • 9:00 am ET

Kursk to Pokrovsk: How is the battlefield changing in Ukraine and Russia?
Conflict Russia Security & Defense Ukraine
Online Event Fri, September 13, 2024 • 8:00 am ET

Exploring cooperation: Turkey and the West in the Black Sea
Conflict Defense Industry Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

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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Content

UkraineAlert

Oct 31, 2024

Putin’s North Korean escalation is a direct result of Western weakness

By Peter Dickinson

The arrival of North Korean soldiers on the battlefields of Europe is the result of more than a decade of weak Western responses to escalating Russian aggression in Ukraine, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

Oct 31, 2024

Media coverage of Ukraine must balance public interest and victim privacy

By Ivan Horodyskyy

Victims of the war in Ukraine have already been deprived of their choices by Russia’s aggression. They have the right to choose whether they want their stories to be publicized.

Conflict Human Rights

New Atlanticist

Oct 31, 2024

Congressman Mike Turner on how the ‘emerging axis of evil’ will challenge the next US administration

By Daniel Hojnacki

The chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence discussed the threats to US security that the next president will face.

China Conflict

UkraineAlert

Oct 31, 2024

Russia’s economy is overheating but Putin cannot change course

By Alexander Mertens

Russia's wartime economy is in danger of overheating due to a combination of record military spending, sanctions pressures, and runaway inflation, but Vladimir Putin dare not change course, writes Alexander Mertens.

Conflict Defense Industry

UkraineAlert

Oct 29, 2024

Putin’s war on Ukrainian heritage: Russia bombs first Soviet skyscraper

By Peter Dickinson

This week's targeted Russian bombing of Kharkiv's iconic Derzhprom building was the latest in a series of attacks on Ukrainian heritage sites that many regard as evidence of a deliberate Kremlin campaign to erase Ukraine’s national identity, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Oct 29, 2024

Putin is creating the conditions for Russian victory in Ukraine

By Mykola Bielieskov

Whoever wins the US presidential election, they will inherit a war in Ukraine that requires their urgent attention to prevent a Russian victory that would signal the decline of the West and transform the geopolitical landscape, writes Mykola Bielieskov.

Conflict Defense Policy

Testimony

Oct 25, 2024

Andrew A. Michta testifies to the Helsinki Commission on Russia’s aggression in Central and Eastern Europe

By Andrew A. Michta

Andrew A. Michta, director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, testified before the Helsinki Commission on Russia’s imperial ambitions in Central and Eastern Europe.

Central Europe Eastern Europe

EnergySource

Oct 25, 2024

Hungary’s Russian oil deal threatens EU solidarity

By Sergiy Makogon

By striking a deal to resume Russian oil transit through Ukraine, Hungarian oil and gas company MOL undermines Europe's collective action against Russia. The European Union must respond quickly and decisively with solidarity to close sanctions loopholes.

Economic Sanctions Geopolitics & Energy Security

UkraineAlert

Oct 24, 2024

Moldovan and Georgian elections highlight Russia’s regional ambitions

By Katherine Spencer

Russia is playing a key role in elections currently underway in Moldova and Georgia, underlining Moscow's determination to retain its regional influence despite challenges created by the invasion of Ukraine, writes Katherine Spencer.

Civil Society Conflict

UkraineAlert

Oct 24, 2024

North Korean troops could help Putin avoid a risky Russian mobilization

By Olivia Yanchik

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has turned to his north Korean ally for troops to help cover his own army's catastrophic losses in Ukraine and avoid a politically risky second wave of mobilization in Russia itself, writes Olivia Yanchik.

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Experts

Fellow

Dylan Myles-Primakoff

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Russia Human Rights

Fellow

Mark Klamberg

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

English European Union

Staff

Roman Osadchuk

Research Associate, Eurasia

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Belarus Civil Society

Fellow

Nolan Peterson

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Conflict Defense Technologies

Fellow

Elizabeth H. Prodromou

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Civil Society Human Rights

Staff

Mercedes Sapuppo

Program Assistant

Eurasia Center

Belarus Civil Society
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