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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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Ukraine Gas Deal May Show That the West’s Sanctions on Russia Are Working

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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Ukraine Gas Deal May Show That the West’s Sanctions on Russia Are Working

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
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Ukraine Gas Deal May Show That the West’s Sanctions on Russia Are Working

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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How Moscow manufactured the myth of Putin’s inevitable victory

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Fri, January 30, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

How Russia’s winter warfare strategy targets Ukrainian civilians

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

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UkraineAlert

Oct 31, 2014

Ukraine Gas Deal May Show That the West’s Sanctions on Russia Are Working

By James Rupert

The gas supply deal signed in Brussels yesterday among Russia, Ukraine and the European Union “is perhaps the clearest indication yet that sanctions imposed on Russia are working in terms of changing Russia’s behavior,” writes Timothy Ash, an economist who directs emerging markets strategy at Standard Bank in London.

Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

UkraineAlert

Oct 30, 2014

Russian-Backed ‘People’s Republics’ in Ukraine Prepare Elections for Sunday

By James Rupert

Donetsk, Lugansk Vote for ‘Parliaments’ Violates Truce and Raises Risks, Say Analysts The Russian-backed, miniature, “people’s republics” declared in southeastern Ukraine are preparing to elect parliaments and heads of state on Sunday, a step backed by Moscow to consolidate their self-declared statehood. Those elections promise to further undermine the already wobbly political deal that underpins […]

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British and Estonian troops participating in Steadfast Javelin, May 18, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 30, 2014

SACEUR: Adapting NATO at the Speed of its 21st Century Challenges

By Philip Breedlove, Allied Command Operations

Russia’s aggressive actions in Ukraine, and the violence of ISIL, threaten Europe in new ways and underscore the need for a new model of NATO responsiveness.

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Webcasts

Oct 29, 2014

The Menace of Unreality: Combatting Russian Disinformation in the Twenty-First Century

By Atlantic Council

Russia’s unconventional war on Ukraine is being fought largely with an unprecedented disinformation campaign on television, via online forums, and on internet media across Europe. By manipulating facts and integrating outright lies into mainstream narratives, the Russian government seeks to influence public opinion and shape Western policy. An Atlantic Council panel discussion organized with the […]

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Event Recap

Oct 29, 2014

Conference Call: Ukraine Votes

By Atlantic Council

On October 28, the Atlantic Council hosted an on-the-record conference call on Ukraine’s recent parliamentary elections. The call featured John Herbst, director of the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, and Adrian Karatnycky, senior fellow in the Council’s Transatlantic Relations Program and former CEO of Freedom House. It was moderated by Damon Wilson, executive vice president […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 29, 2014

Karatnycky on Leadership in Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

The New York Times quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on the relationship between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk:

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 28, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2014

Secretary General: NATO is a Unique Alliance With a Clear Course

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

I grew up in a world that felt at the time as dangerous as the world we live in today. As a child in Norway during the Cold War, I didn’t know much about Article 5 or the Washington Treaty. But I did know that NATO was there to protect us.

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In the News

Oct 28, 2014

Hansen: The West Must Play the Long Game in Ukraine

By Ian Hansen

Atlantic Council Program Assistant Ian Hansen writes for the Moscow Times on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine:

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New Atlanticist

Oct 27, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | October 27

By Jim Rupert

Ukraine’s Democracy Problem: Letter from Kyiv’s 217th Electoral District via Foreign Affairs Amid Ukraine’s Election, the Battle of the Billionaires via Daily Beast Ukrainians’ Biggest Need: A State That Works via der Spiegel  Surgeon. Soldier. Mother. Pol. via Politico The Oddity of Ilya Ponomaryov, Exiled Russian Legislator via The Daily Beast Russia Is Trying to End Sanctions and Save Face via Moscow Times

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US troops participating in Combined Resolve exercise, Oct. 25, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 27, 2014

Has Russia’s War on Ukraine Changed European Defense Budgets?

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

Russia’s heightened aggressiveness has been on display for most of the year, notably in Crimea and Ukraine. But President Vladimir Putin’s military forces have been more antagonistic elsewhere,

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Lukas Andriukaitis

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Disinformation Eastern Europe

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Tyson Barker

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

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Phyllis Berry

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

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Michael Bociurkiw

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine International Organizations

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Ian Brzezinski

Senior Fellow

Europe Center Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Central Europe Defense Policy

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Eto Buziashvili

Research Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe
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