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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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Herbst on Increased Violence 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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Herbst on Increased Violence 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
Economy & Business

Herbst on Increased Violence 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


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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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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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In the News

Nov 12, 2014

Herbst on Increased Violence in Ukraine

By John Herbst

Eurasia Center Director John Herbst joins Bloomberg’s Taking Stock to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine:

Russia
Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Nov 12, 2014

Putin’s Project Sparta

By Adrian Karatnycky

As the US Congress Reconvenes, It and Europe Must Respond to the Kremlin’s Coming Offensive in Ukraine Russia has moved a massive wave of tanks, armored personnel carriers, and artillery into Ukraine’s Donbas region in recent days, accompanied by new uniformed troops without insignia, to bolster the armed forces of the Russian-sponsored Donetsk and Lugansk […]

Eastern Europe
Russia
Cruiser Varyag, flagship of Russia's Pacific Fleet, October 12, 2005

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2014

Russia Sends Warships To Australia

By David Wroe, Sydney Morning Herald

Russia has sent a fleet of warships towards Australia in an apparent display of muscle-flexing ahead of the G20 meeting amid tensions between the two countries over the MH17 crash.

Australia
NATO
T-64 tank with no marking in Snizhne, Ukraine, June 2014

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2014

NATO General Confirms More Russian Tanks Have Moved Into Ukraine

By BBC

Nato has seen columns of Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops entering Ukraine this week, its top commander said.

NATO
OSCE
Russian An-72 transport aircraft in Finnish airspace, Aug. 28, 2014

NATOSource

Nov 10, 2014

Finland Warns of New Cold War Over Failure to Grasp Situation in Russia

By Simon Tisdall, Guardian

Western countries are at the gates of a new cold war with Russia, sparked by the Ukraine crisis and a continuing failure to grasp the depth and seriousness of Vladimir Putin’s grievances with the US and EU,

NATO
NATO Partnerships

New Atlanticist

Nov 10, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | November 10

By Irena Chalupa

Alexander Motyl: Sad News for Putin—Russia Is an Artificial State via World Affairs Putin, Ex-KGB, Finally Moves to Close Russia’s Oldest Rights Group via Boston Globe Hard Ukraine Bargaining Leaves Sour Taste for Some in EU via Reuters How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin via Daily Beast Vladislav Surkov Is the Hidden Author of Putinism via The Atlantic The Finlandisation of Ukraine via European […]

Ukraine
RAF Typhoon intercepts Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber

NATOSource

Nov 10, 2014

NATO-Russia Incidents Came Close to Conflict, Says Think-Tank

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Dozens of sensitive military incursions have occurred between Russia and Nato states over the past year, some coming close to triggering hostilities, according to a new report.

NATO
Northern Europe

UkraineAlert

Nov 10, 2014

How Russia Sells Itself to the Long-Demoralized People of Donbas

By Irena Chalupa

In Stakhanov, a Cossack Rebel and Local Radio Mix Nostalgias for Russia’s Greatness and Soviet Goodness While analysts of Russia’s assault on Ukraine debate the veiled question of President Vladimir Putin’s motives, little is hidden about how the Kremlin and its proxy forces are selling themselves to the long-demoralized people of southeastern Ukraine. As Moscow […]

Eastern Europe
Russia

New Atlanticist

Nov 10, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | November 7

By Irena Chalupa

Hungary Is Helping Putin Keep His Chokehold on Europe’s Energy via Foreign Policy Ukraine’s Chaotic Donbas Republics: ‘USSR Has Returned’ via der Spiegel Why Is Ukraine So Poor? via Peterson Institute for International Economics Meet the Election Observers from Sunday’s Vote in Donbas  via Moscow Times Donetsk’s Exiled Footballers: War Leaves Shakhtar Homeless via Goal Now Ukraine Must Manage a ‘Frozen Conflict:’ Here’s How via The […]

Ukraine

In the News

Nov 7, 2014

Wilson on Putin’s Calculations in Ukraine

By Damon Wilson

Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson joins CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss the presence of Russian tanks in eastern Ukraine:

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Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Fellow

Tyson Barker

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Fellow

Michael Bociurkiw

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine International Organizations

Fellow

Ian Brzezinski

Senior Fellow

Europe Center Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Central Europe Defense Policy

Staff

Eto Buziashvili

Research Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Fellow

Debra Cagan

Senior Advisor, Eurasia Center

Eurasia Center

Defense Industry Defense Technologies
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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
Artificial Intelligence Disinformation Europe & Eurasia Internet