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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

Aug 30, 2015

Lviv Welcomes Crimean Tatar Community With Open Arms

By Matthew Kupfer

The Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014 is widely regarded as a tragedy for Crimean Tatars. But for Adile Namazova, it was also a professional catastrophe. A recent university graduate with near flawless English, Namazova, 22, had been working as a language tutor before annexation. But once Crimea changed hands, travelers stopped coming, food […]

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UkraineAlert

Aug 30, 2015

Russian Narrative of Ukraine Conflict Fails to Sway Opinions in Odesa

By Ruben Gzirian

Eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region is strewn with remnants of Russian-made cartridges from AK-74U rifles, littered with the splintered, hollowed-out ruins of Russian-made BTR-80 armored personnel carriers, and scarred with the skeletons of Russian T-74B battle tanks. Yet the Kremlin’s incursion into Ukrainian territory is not isolated to the Donbas. Its influence has also permeated the […]

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Aug 30, 2015

Ukraine Must Privatize Failing State-Owned Enterprises Quickly

By Anders Åslund

Privatization has generated controversy in every post-communist country. Ministers of privatization are usually accused of heinous crimes, regardless of how impeccably they have performed their jobs. Yet privatization is vital for all such nations, not least for Ukraine. The goal must be to limit state-owned enterprises so that the private sector dominates. The aim isn’t […]

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In the News

Aug 28, 2015

Aslund on Ukraine’s Debt Restructuring Deal

By Anders Aslund

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund joins Voice of America Ukraine to discuss Ukraine’s debt restructuring deal:

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In the News

Aug 28, 2015

Åslund on Ukraine’s Battle against Corruption

By Anders Åslund

Russian Vek quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Åslund on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s war on corruption:

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In the News

Aug 28, 2015

Åslund on Ukrainian Integration

By Anders Åslund

Czech EuroZprávy.cz quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Åslund on Ukrainian integration:

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In the News

Aug 28, 2015

Herbst on Western Sanctions over Ukraine

By John E. Herbst

Ukrainian Den quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on the need for additional sanctions over the Ukraine crisis:

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UkraineAlert

Aug 28, 2015

Exiled Russian Lawmaker Ilya Ponomarev: Current US Sanctions Won’t Work

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The United States must expand the scope of its sanctions well beyond Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle if this effort—a response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine—is to have any real impact, says a Russian lawmaker. “The [US] government machine is doing what it can do, but […]

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In the News

Aug 28, 2015

Åslund on Why Ukraine’s Debt Deal is a Success

By Anders Åslund

Kyiv Post quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Åslund on the significance of Ukraine’s debt deal:

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In the News

Aug 28, 2015

Åslund on EU Aid to Ukraine

By Anders Åslund

The Wall Street Journal quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Åslund on the European Union’s aid commitments to Ukraine:

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