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Europe in crisis

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 Crisis Military Assessment: How Ukraine can take the fight to Russia

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 Crisis Military Assessment: How Ukraine can take the fight to Russia

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.
Corruption Economic Sanctions
Russia Crisis Military Assessment: How Ukraine can take the fight to Russia

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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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 Wed, April 16, 2025 • 9:30 am ET

German Galushchenko on the US role in Ukraine’s energy sector
Conflict Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia Geopolitics & Energy Security
Online Event Mon, March 31, 2025 • 10:00 am ET

What’s next for the Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia?
Conflict Europe & Eurasia Human Rights Resilience & Society
Public Event Tue, March 18, 2025 • 11:00 am ET

The age of economic warfare: Behind US sanctions against Russia, China, and Iran
China Europe & Eurasia Iran Russia

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

New Atlanticist

Apr 13, 2022

Russia Crisis Military Assessment: How Ukraine can take the fight to Russia

By Atlantic Council military fellows

As Ukraine prepares for a larger fight against Russian forces in the east, its military is in urgent need of weapons that will support an offensive, according to our military fellows.

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In the News

Apr 13, 2022

Secretary Yellen’s speech from our event was featured in the Politico

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China Conflict

BelarusAlert

Apr 13, 2022

Putin’s Ukraine War: Belarus dictator switches from arsonist to firefighter

By Brian Whitmore

Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka is trying to change his role in Vladimir Putin's Ukraine War from that of arsonist to firefighter as Belarusian public opinion firmly opposes any involvement in the conflict.

Belarus Conflict

In the News

Apr 13, 2022

Secretary Yellen’s remarks from our event were featured in the CNBC

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China Conflict

In the News

Apr 13, 2022

Secretary Yellen’s remarks on countries remaining neutral on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from our event were cited in Wall Street Journal

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Conflict Economic Sanctions

UkraineAlert

Apr 13, 2022

Memo to Macron: Putin’s Ukraine genocide is not the act of a brother

By Peter Dickinson

French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to describe the mass killing of Ukrainians by Russian soldiers as genocide despite overwhelming evidence of Putin's intention to destroy the Ukrainian nation.

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In the News

Apr 13, 2022

Secretary Yellen’s remarks on China’s relationship with Russia from our event featuring her special address were quoted in Reuters

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Conflict Economic Sanctions

In the News

Apr 13, 2022

Secretary Yellen’s comments on the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on global commodities were featured in CNBC

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Conflict Economic Sanctions

In the News

Apr 13, 2022

CNN Business featured Secretary Yellen’s remarks from our event

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Conflict Economic Sanctions

In the News

Apr 13, 2022

Secretary Yellen’s speech from our event was featured in the ABC News

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Experts

Fellow

Michael Carpenter

Distinguished Fellow

Eurasia Center Europe Center

Eastern Europe National Security

Fellow

Hagar Hajjar Chemali

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

Fellow

Andrew D’Anieri

Resident Fellow, Eurasia Center

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Political Reform

Fellow

Ann Marie Dailey

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

Staff

Peter Dickinson

Editor, UkraineAlert

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Civil Society

Board director

Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky

Vice Chair, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Latin America China
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Events

Online Event Fri, May 16, 2025 • 10:00 am ET

Lucian Kim on “Putin’s Revenge” and Russia’s war on Ukraine
Europe & Eurasia Human Rights Politics & Diplomacy Ukraine
Public Event Tue, May 20, 2025 • 11:30 am ET

Report launch: Confronting Russia’s cyber power
Cybersecurity Digital Policy Europe & Eurasia Infrastructure Protection