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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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Testing Putin’s Intentions

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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Testing Putin’s Intentions

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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Testing Putin’s Intentions

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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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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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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Online Event
Fri, January 30, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

How Russia’s winter warfare strategy targets Ukrainian civilians

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Online Event
Fri, January 16, 2026 • 8:00 am ET

How might Russia’s war on Ukraine change in 2026?

Europe & Eurasia
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Online Event
Thu, December 18, 2025 • 12:00 pm ET

How can Ukraine best secure the homefront?

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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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UkraineAlert

Oct 5, 2015

Testing Putin’s Intentions

By John E. Herbst

The October 2 Paris Summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and Russian President Vladimir Putin produced no breakthrough for peace in Ukraine. But it provided additional proof that, for the moment, Putin wants to lower tensions in the region. The parties spoke about three issues: the withdrawal […]

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Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Oct 5, 2015

How to Fight Corruption in Ukraine

By Anders Åslund

We all agree: The greatest threat facing Ukraine, after its war with Russia, is corruption. But few agree how to do so, though it should not be that difficult. In 1998, Ukraine’s main gas importer, Ihor Bakai, stated that “all rich people in Ukraine made their money on Russian gas.” The technique was simple. A […]

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Ukraine

In the News

Oct 5, 2015

Aslund on Privatization in Ukraine

By Anders Aslund

Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on the economic benefits of privitization of state-owned enterprises in Ukraine:

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Oct 4, 2015

Speech by Ukrainian World Congress President Eugene Czolij

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Oct 2, 2015

Polyakova on Russia’s Information Campaign

By Alina Polyakova

Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Associate Director Alina Polyakova on the differences in Russian involvement in Ukraine and Syria: 

Russia
Syria

In the News

Oct 1, 2015

Aslund on Russia-Ukraine Airline Sanctions

By Anders Aslund

International Business Times Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on the airline industry as the latest sanctions battleground between Russia and Ukraine:

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Ukraine

In the News

Oct 1, 2015

Karatnycky on US Radar in Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

International Business Times quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on the US decision to provide Kyiv with military radar technology:

Ukraine

In the News

Oct 1, 2015

Aslund: Ukraine Suffers – European Union Lets It Down

By Anders Aslund

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund writes for Swedish business daily Dagens Industri on the European Union’s response to the crisis in Ukraine: Read the full article here.

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UkraineAlert

Sep 30, 2015

Radars for Ukraine: Obama’s Strong Signal to Putin

By Adrian Karatnycky

A day after US President Barack Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the United States announced that it will ship long-range counter-battery radars to Ukraine. Obama authorized $20 million to provide the country with radars, bringing US security assistance to Ukraine up to $265 million. Obama’s message is clear: the United States will not […]

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Ukraine

In the News

Sep 30, 2015

Karatnycky: Obama’s Strong Signal to Putin

By Adrian Karatnycky

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky writes for The Kyiv Post on Obama’s authorized security assitance to Ukraine:

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Phyllis Berry

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Katherine Spencer

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Central Asia Conflict

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Danuta Hübner

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Dominika Kunertova

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Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Artificial Intelligence Central Europe

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Leslie Shedd

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Eurasia Center

Eastern Europe Elections

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Edward Verona

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

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How Moscow manufactured the myth of Putin’s inevitable victory
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