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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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Moreland: Avoiding the “Cold War” Entrapment

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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Moreland: Avoiding the “Cold War” Entrapment

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

Moreland: Avoiding the “Cold War” Entrapment

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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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

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

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

Aug 6, 2014

Moreland: Avoiding the “Cold War” Entrapment

By Will Moreland

Transatlantic Relations Program Staffer Will Moreland writes for the Huffington Post to argue against the use of Cold War tensions to defend Russian intervention in Ukraine:

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In the News

Aug 5, 2014

Brzezinski on Putin’s Plans in Ukraine

By Ian Brzezinski

NBC quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan for handling the crisis in Ukraine:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Aug 5, 2014

Globe and Mail: Ukraine’s Ruslana, The Voice of the People

By Atlantic Council

The Globe and Mail cites the Atlantic Council for honoring Ruslana Lyzhychko at its Distinguished Leadership Awards:

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, May 8, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2014

Special Summit Series: Poland and NATO

By Ian Brzezinski

Poland approaches the NATO September 4 summit intent on decisions that will strengthen the Alliance’s capability for collective defense.

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Russian-Belarusian strategic military exercise ZAPAD 2013

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2014

The Russian Threat to NATO

By Editors of the Wall Street Journal

What can NATO realistically do if Vladimir Putin sets his sights on the Baltic states?

Cybersecurity NATO

In the News

Aug 4, 2014

Herbst on Russian Military Exercises Near Ukraine Border

By John Herbst

The Los Angeles Times quotes Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on Russian military exersizes taking place near the country’s border with Ukraine:

Russia Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | August 4

By Irena Chalupa

Putin Needs Kudrin’s Help in Ukraine Crisis via Moscow Times The End of Vladimir Putin: Could the War in Ukraine Bring Down the Kremlin? via Politico A Test for Ukraine in a City Retaken From Rebels via New York Times I Know How Ineffective Sanctions Are – But These Ones Just Might Work via Spectator Ukraine’s Fightback Has Surprised the Kremlin via Chatham House Putin […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2014

DIRECT TRANSLATION: Faces of War

By Irena Chalupa

A Ukrainian Reporter Roams Donetsk’s Shattered Landscape Yevhen Shybalov is the Donetsk province correspondent for Dzerkalo Tizhnya (The Weekly Mirror), one of Ukraine’s most prominent newspapers. Shybalov has been driving the increasingly cratered roads of his home region to record what the past four months have brought.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2014

Poroshenko Fires a Salvo in the Information War

By Irena Chalupa

President Summons TV Channels, Proclaims Progress Against Ukraine’s Crises Petro Poroshenko showed off to Ukrainians his government’s incremental victory last week in squeezing critical votes from a recalcitrant parliament to fund the war against Russia and stave off bankruptcy. To argue the case that his administration is making headway against Ukraine’s crises, Poroshenko invited five […]

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UkraineAlert

Aug 4, 2014

‪‪Why The EU Finally Decided on Strong Sanctions

By John E. Herbst

Russian Fighters’ Thuggishness Eroded Germany’s Putin-Verstehen ‪Last week was a good one for both the transatlantic relationship and the cause of freedom in Ukraine. It followed weeks in which Moscow had escalated its war in southeast Ukraine, sending advanced weaponry and more fighters, and directly shelling Ukrainian forces. On Tuesday, after a month of dawdling, […]

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Experts

Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Fellow

Tyson Barker

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Fellow

Phyllis Berry

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Europe & Eurasia France

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
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Events

Online Event Thu, March 5, 2026 • 11:00 am ET

How should the United States approach the China-Russia partnership?
China Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy Russia