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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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Karatnycky: Putin’s Warlords Slip Out of Control

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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Karatnycky: Putin’s Warlords Slip Out of Control

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
Economy & Business

Karatnycky: Putin’s Warlords Slip Out of Control

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
Fri, January 30, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

How Russia’s winter warfare strategy targets Ukrainian civilians

Conflict
Europe & Eurasia
Geopolitics & Energy Security
Human Rights

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

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

Europe & Eurasia
Politics & Diplomacy
Russia
Security & Defense

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

How can Ukraine best secure the homefront?

Civil Society
Conflict
Defense Policy
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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Content

In the News

Jun 9, 2015

Karatnycky: Putin’s Warlords Slip Out of Control

By Adrian Karatnycky

Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky writes for the New York Times on how Putin’s strategy of using proxies has resulted in the establishment of a warlord kleptocracy in eastern Ukraine that threatens Moscow’s control of events:

Russia
Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Jun 8, 2015

With Kippot and Klezmer Music, Messianic Jews Aim to Build Bridges in Ukraine

By Matthew Kupfer

Russian politicians and pro-Russia separatists in the Donbas have repeatedly accused Ukraine of promoting fascism and Nazism since the February 2014 overthrow of former President Viktor Yanukovych. But at a Shabbat concert in Kyiv on June 5, another side of Ukraine was on full display: religious diversity and pluralism.

Ukraine

In the News

Jun 8, 2015

String: Putin on the Brakes

By Marik String

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Marik String cowrites for Foreign Affairs on what to do now that the Euopean Union’s sanctions on Russia are set to expire:

European Union
International Organizations

Governance and Cybersecurity

Jun 8, 2015

Slavin on Ukraine and the National Security Agency on Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

Voice of America’s Issues in the News features South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin on renewed fighting in Ukraine in light of the Atlantic Council’s report Hiding in Plain Sight, a renewal of EU-imposed economic sanctions against Russia. and the persistent powers of the National Security Agency, despite Congressional restrictions.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jun 5, 2015

Ukraine’s Success Will Have ‘Huge Implications’ for Entire Region

EU official: ‘Russia recognizes that we are not looking to gain territories’ Describing Ukraine as an “international issue,” a top European Union official said June 4 that turning the country into a success story will have “huge implications for the whole region.” “Russia recognizes we are not looking to gain territories. We are looking to […]

Europe & Eurasia
European Union

In the News

Jun 4, 2015

Philly Inquirer Features Atlantic Council Report Hiding in Plain Sight

By John Herbst

Philly Inquirer Opinion Columnist Trudy Rubin quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst and uses the Atlantic Council’s recent report, Hiding in Plain Sight, to make the case for further action on behalf of the United States and the European Union in the conflict in Ukraine: 

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Ukraine
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Feb. 5, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 4, 2015

NATO Chief Slams Russia Amid Upsurge in Ukraine Conflict

By Reuters

NATO said on Thursday Russia was delivering sophisticated weaponry to rebels in eastern Ukraine,

NATO
Northern Europe

UkraineAlert

Jun 4, 2015

Father of Recovering Kremlin Critic Vladimir Kara-Murza Says His Son Was Poisoned

By Melinda Haring

Vladimir Kara-Murza has regained consciousness in a Moscow hospital after falling gravely ill on May 26, and the Russian opposition leader’s father now says his son was poisoned.

Russia
Ukraine

In the News

Jun 3, 2015

Aslund: How Oligarchs Are Losing Out

By Anders Aslund

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund writes for the Kyiv Post’s “Doing Business in Ukraine” guide on why Ukraine’s once powerful oligarchs are rapidly losing money and power:

Ukraine

In the News

Jun 3, 2015

International Policy Digest Reviews Anders Åslund’s Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

By Anders Åslund

International Policy Digest reviews Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Senior Fellow Anders Åslund’s new book Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It, which identifies the causes of Ukraine’s precarious economic position, and the radical steps necessary for improvement:

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Experts

Fellow

Elizabeth H. Prodromou

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Civil Society Human Rights

Fellow

Mercedes Sapuppo

Nonresident Fellow

Eurasia Center

Belarus Civil Society

Fellow

Oleh Shamshur

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine United Nations

Fellow

Mark Simakovsky

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center Europe Center

Russia National Security

Millennium fellow

Olena Sotnyk

Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine

Millennium Leadership Program

Human Rights Political Reform

Fellow

Mark Temnycky

Nonresident Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Geopolitics & Energy Security
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Events

Public Event Fri, February 6, 2026 • 11:00 am ET

How Moscow manufactured the myth of Putin’s inevitable victory
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