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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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A no-fly zone over Ukraine? The case for NATO doing it.

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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A no-fly zone over Ukraine? The case for NATO doing it.

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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A no-fly zone over Ukraine? The case for NATO doing it.

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.

Conflict European Union

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

Mar 18, 2022

A no-fly zone over Ukraine? The case for NATO doing it.

By Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

The West stands at the crossroads. It's time to act by establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

Conflict European Union

New Atlanticist

Mar 18, 2022

A no-fly zone over Ukraine? The case for NATO helping in other ways.

By Sarah Dawn Petrin and Marla Keenan

There’s plenty NATO member states can do to protect civilians on the ground short of shooting down Russian aircraft.

Conflict Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Mar 18, 2022

A no-fly zone over Ukraine? The case against NATO doing it.

By Kelly A. Grieco

Intervening beyond providing weapons to Ukraine's military and food to the Ukrainian population would only make the nightmare worse.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

Econographics

Mar 18, 2022

Economic complexity emerges as a new restraint on wars of conquest

By George Pearkes

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the economic disincentives countries considering wars of conquest must reckon with.

Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 18, 2022

Norrlöf in Foreign Affairs on Russia’s economic containment

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Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 18, 2022

Ashford on the Ezra Klein Show: A realist take on how the Russia-Ukraine war could end

By Atlantic Council

On March 18, Emma Ashford was featured on the Ezra Klein Show and provided her insights on a possible end to the Ukraine crisis and the conflict’s implications for the United States’ place in the world. “I think people underestimate the extent to which American foreign policy, since the end of the Cold War, has […]

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 18, 2022

Katz in The German Marshall Fund: Russia’s Southern Game: NATO’s Southern Flank after the Ukraine Invasion

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 18, 2022

Ashford on Open Source: Lessons Learned

By Atlantic Council

On March 18, Emma Ashford joined NPR’s Open Source to discuss the Ukraine war’s broader lessons for US foreign policy. “The fact is that this is not a change from the historical norm, even in the last 30 years. We’ve seen leaders do the exact same thing: we saw Slobodan Milošević do this to Albania […]

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 18, 2022

Slavin quoted Responsible Statecraft on future trajectories of Ukraine-Russia conflict

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 18, 2022

Lipner quoted in CBC on Israel’s diplomatic role in Ukraine-Russia conflict

By Atlantic Council

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Experts

Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Fellow

Tyson Barker

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Fellow

Michael Bociurkiw

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine International Organizations

Fellow

Ian Brzezinski

Senior Fellow

Europe Center Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Central Europe Defense Policy

Staff

Eto Buziashvili

Research Associate

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Fellow

Debra Cagan

Senior Advisor, Eurasia Center

Eurasia Center

Defense Industry Defense Technologies
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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