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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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Russian War Report: Facebook takes down inauthentic networks targeting Ukraine

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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Russian War Report: Facebook takes down inauthentic networks targeting Ukraine

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
Russian War Report: Facebook takes down inauthentic networks targeting Ukraine

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

Public Event Thu, October 23, 2025 • 11:00 am ET

Report launch: Russia’s new partners in its war against Ukraine
Europe & Eurasia International Markets Politics & Diplomacy Russia
Public Event Tue, October 7, 2025 • 4:30 pm ET

Pressure for peace: How to end the Russian war on Ukraine
Conflict Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia NATO
Public Event Tue, September 30, 2025 • 6:00 am ET

Ukraine’s drone industry and the challenge of wartime supply chains
Defense Industry Defense Technologies Drones Europe & Eurasia

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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New Atlanticist

Apr 11, 2022

Russian War Report: Facebook takes down inauthentic networks targeting Ukraine

By DFRLab

Facebook removed an online Russian and Belarusian network targeting Ukrainians named Ghostwriter while more Russian Twitter accounts turn to VK and Telegram.

Belarus
Disinformation

In the News

Apr 11, 2022

Wald joins Bloomberg to discuss Iran’s oil geopolitics
Europe & Eurasia
Geopolitics & Energy Security

UkraineAlert

Apr 11, 2022

At what point do Russian war crimes in Ukraine qualify as genocide?

By Bohdan Vitvitsky

Evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine has shocked the world but there is not yet any international consensus over whether the mass killings of Ukrainians carried out by Vladimir Putin's troops qualify as genocide.

Conflict
European Union

In the News

Apr 11, 2022

Friedlander quoted in ICIJ on the failure by western countries to hold banks accountable for profiting from financial crimes in Russia

Read the full article here.

Economic Sanctions
Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 9, 2022

Ashford quoted in Fox News: Former US ambassador to NATO: Putin has ‘put himself on a plank’

By Atlantic Council

On March 9, Emma Ashford was quoted by Fox News in an article responding to her appearance on Intelligence Squared. “Volker and Ashford argued broadly about the United States’ stance defending Ukraine, Ukraine’s place in or outside NATO, the benefits or downsides of sanctions against Russia, and more over the course of the podcast episode.” […]

Conflict
Crisis Management

UkraineAlert

Apr 9, 2022

Lend-Lease for Ukraine: US revives WWII anti-Hitler policy to defeat Putin

By Chris Alexander

The United States is reviving the WWII Lend-Lease program which helped defeat Hitler in order to dramatically increase arms deliveries to Ukraine and set the stage for Vladimir Putin's eventual military defeat.

Arms Control
Conflict

In the News

Apr 9, 2022

Skaluba on Finnish Broadcasting Company: Did Russia’s invasion of Ukraine push Finland into NATO?

By Christopher Skaluba

Chris Skaluba discusses what potential NATO membership would mean for Finland.

Conflict
Eastern Europe

New Atlanticist

Apr 8, 2022

Russian War Report: Russia makes false claims while blaming Ukraine for Kramatorsk railway station attack

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

After missiles struck near Kramatorsk, Ukraine railway station, Russia tried to blame Ukraine for attacking its own people, a narrative pro-Kremlin media ran with.

Belarus
Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Apr 8, 2022

Perseverance can bring Russian war criminals including Putin to justice

By Thomas S. Warrick

Patience and perseverance are vital as efforts get underway to bring Vladimir Putin and members of the Russian military to justice for crimes against humanity committed during the war in Ukraine.

Conflict
Disinformation

In the News

Apr 8, 2022

Lipsky interviewed on CNN on the impact of sanctions on Russia’s domestic economy

Watch the interview here.

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Experts

Fellow

William B. Taylor

Distinguished Fellow

Eurasia Center

English Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Beth Van Schaack

Distinguished Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights International Norms
Jonathan Green is a nonresident senior fellow at the GeoStrategy Initiative in the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

Fellow

Jonathan Green

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Industry

Fellow

Oksana Nechyporenko

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Civil Society Education

Executive Leadership Intensive participant

Elizabeth Jones

Engagement Leader, Voluntas Ukraine

Millennium Leadership Program

Europe & Eurasia Resilience & Society

Fellow

Katerina Sedova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Artificial Intelligence Eastern Europe
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Events

Public Event Wed, November 19, 2025 • 9:00 am ET

Intent to destroy: Confronting Russia’s campaign to erase Ukraine and its people
Civil Society Conflict Crisis Management Security & Defense