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Ukraine

In February 2022, Moscow launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine after a months-long military build-up, threatening the country’s sovereignty and its future. This existential moment for the country follows the 2014 Maidan revolution, a nexus for Ukraine’s Europe-focused foreign policy and reform efforts. The ensuing Russian invasion and occupation of Crimea, aggression in Ukraine’s east, and Kremlin disinformation efforts, cast a shadow over Ukraine’s independence.

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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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Philadelphia Inquirer: Weapons for Ukraine Will Aid Demoracy

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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Philadelphia Inquirer: Weapons for Ukraine Will Aid Demoracy

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

Philadelphia Inquirer: Weapons for Ukraine Will Aid Demoracy

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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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
Thu, June 18, 2026 • 12:00 pm ET

Is Russia losing the war?

Eastern Europe
Europe & Eurasia
Politics & Diplomacy
Russia

Public Event
Mon, June 15, 2026 • 12:30 pm ET

How should the United States counter Russia and China’s hybrid warfare?

China
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Europe & Eurasia

Online Event
Fri, June 5, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

Russia’s illicit exploitation of foreign nationals for its war against Ukraine

Europe & Eurasia
Human Rights
Resilience & Society
Russia

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

Sep 21, 2014

Philadelphia Inquirer: Weapons for Ukraine Will Aid Demoracy

By Atlantic Council

The Philadelphia Inquirer cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko: 

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Sep 19, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | September 19

By Irena Chalupa

What Will Putin’s New World Order Be? via Politico Don’t Buy Your Aircraft Carrier from Russia via Real Clear Defense Yes Russia Matters: Putin’s Guerilla Strategy via World Affairs Baltic States Wary as Russia Takes More Strident Tone with Neighbors via The Guardian The Long Game in Eastern Europe via Real Clear World Ice Bucket […]

Ukraine

In the News

Sep 19, 2014

Karatnycky on Poroshenko’s Address to Congress

By Adrian Karatnycky

Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky joins Wall Stret Journal Live to discuss Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s speech before a Joint Session of Congress:

Ukraine

In the News

Sep 19, 2014

Brattberg on Poroshenko’s Washington Visit

By Erik Brattberg

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg joins CTV to discuss Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s visit to Washington and his request for international assistance: Watch the full interview here.

Ukraine

In the News

Sep 19, 2014

Brattberg: United States should Not Let Poroshenko Return Home Empty-Handed

By Erik Brattberg

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg writes for the Hill on why the United States should not let Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko return his country empty-handed while it figures out the best way to respond to the crisis: 

Russia Ukraine

Transcript

Sep 19, 2014

Transcript: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Speaks at the Atlantic Council

By The Atlantic Council

ATLANTIC COUNCIL   Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Speaks at the Atlantic Council Welcome:Jon Huntsman,Chairman,Atlantic Council;Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Moderator:Frederick Kempe,President,Atlantic Council Speaker:Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Location:Washington, D.C. Time: 6:20 p.m. EDTDate: Thursday, September 18, 2014 Transcript by Federal News Service Washington, D.C.

Russia Ukraine

Transcript

Sep 19, 2014

Transcript: After the Summit, General Philip M. Breedlove on NATO’s Path Forward

By The Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council After the Summit:General Philip M. Breedlove on NATO’s Path Forward Welcome:Jon Huntsman,Chairman,Atlantic Council Moderator:Frederick Kempe,President and CEO,Atlantic Council Speaker:General Philip Breedlove,NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europeand Commander, U.S. European Command Location: Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. Time: 11:00 a.m. EDTDate: Monday, September 15, 2014 Transcript by Federal News Service Washington, D.C.

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 19, 2014

Bloomberg: Poroshenko Urges More US Military Help for Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Bloomberg cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko: 

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Sep 19, 2014

Atlantic Council’s UkraineAlert: Version 2.0

By James Rupert

With today’s edition, the Atlantic Council’s UkraineAlert newsletter is six months old. Readers will notice that it arrives in a new package: concise and colorful. Its content will remain much the same, although we’re always working to improve it.

Ukraine

Event Recap

Sep 19, 2014

Poroshenko: Ukraine Needs Arms ‘to Win the Peace’

By James Rupert

Ukrainian President Outlines Strategy, Asks US Help to Build Army and Halt Corruption Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko spoke at the Atlantic Council today, outlining his hopes to use his country’s fragile, two-week-old truce with Russia to ultimately defeat Moscow’s efforts to wrest control of southeastern Ukraine. In the final stop of a fast-paced official visit […]

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Experts

Fellow

Dominika Kunertova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Artificial Intelligence Central Europe

Staff

Theresa Luetkefend

Associate Director

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy German

Staff

Shelby Magid

Deputy Director

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Human Rights

Fellow

Brian Mefford

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Elections

Millennium fellow

Iuliia Mendel

Former Press-Secretary to the President of Ukraine

Millennium Leadership Program

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Fellow

Dylan Myles-Primakoff

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Russia Human Rights
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