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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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Western weakness is enabling Russian war crimes in 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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Western weakness is enabling Russian war crimes in 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
Western weakness is enabling Russian war crimes in 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

Online Event Wed, April 16, 2025 • 9:30 am ET

German Galushchenko on the US role in Ukraine’s energy sector
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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
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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

Mar 7, 2022

Western weakness is enabling Russian war crimes in Ukraine

By Bohdan Klid

The democratic world has loudly condemned Vladimir Putin's Ukrainian invasion but longstanding policies of Western weakness towards the Kremlin linger on and are now enabling Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Conflict European Union

In the News

Mar 7, 2022

Amb. Fried interviewed in Bloomberg’s Balance of Power podcast on the Ukrainian refugee crisis

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Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 7, 2022

Friedlander interviewed on Hidden Forces podcast regarding economic sanctions against Russia

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Crisis Management Defense Policy

In the News

Mar 7, 2022

Friedlander quoted in Politico on economic sanctions against Russian oligarchs

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Economic Sanctions Economy & Business
Igor Kirillov, Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

New Atlanticist

Mar 7, 2022

Russian War Report: Kremlin recycles old narratives to claim Ukraine is constructing dirty bombs and bioweapons

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

In a further attempt to justify its invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin once again accused Ukraine of provoking Russia by developing dirty bombs and biological weapons.

Belarus Conflict

In the News

Mar 7, 2022

Plitsas in News12 on stopping the Russian advance in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Alex Plitsas considers non-military measures for deterring the Russian advance.

Defense Policy Economic Sanctions

In the News

Mar 7, 2022

Hu in Voice of America on information warfare around Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Evanna Hu addresses information operations around Ukraine, and the recent growth of Western narrative dominance.

Disinformation Media

In the News

Mar 7, 2022

Norrlof article published in the Washington Post on SWIFT and sanctions

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Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

EconoGraphics

Mar 7, 2022

Global Sanctions Dashboard: Special Russia edition

By Julia Friedlander, Maia Nikoladze, Charles Lichfield, Ananya Kumar and Castellum.AI

Sanctioning Russian Central Bank, cutting Russia off SWIFT, and Russia’s options for sanction-proofing its economy.

Belarus Conflict

In the News

Mar 7, 2022

Lipner quoted in Americans for Peace Now on Israeli perspectives on war in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

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Experts

Fellow

Doug Klain

Nonresident Fellow

Eurasia Center

Politics & Diplomacy Russia

Fellow

Laura Linderman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

The Caucasus Political Reform

Staff

Theresa Luetkefend

Assistant Director

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy German

Staff

Shelby Magid

Deputy Director

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Human Rights

Fellow

Brian Mefford

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Elections

Millennium fellow

Iuliia Mendel

Press-Secretary to the President of Ukraine

Millennium Leadership Program

Disinformation Eastern Europe
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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