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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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RTE: Russia Warned Over ‘Inviolable’ NATO Territory

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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RTE: Russia Warned Over ‘Inviolable’ NATO Territory

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

RTE: Russia Warned Over ‘Inviolable’ NATO Territory

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

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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Content

In the News

Apr 29, 2014

RTE: Russia Warned Over ‘Inviolable’ NATO Territory

By Atlantic Council

RTE News cites the Atlantic Council for hosting Secretary of State John Kerry at its two-day conference, “Towards a Europe Whole and Free:”

Russia
Ukraine

Issue Brief

Apr 28, 2014

The Impact of US Liquefied Natural Gas Exports on Central and Eastern Europe’s Energy Security

By Péter Kaderják, László Paizs, Adrienn Selei, Borbála Tóth

The unfolding political crisis between Ukraine and Russia poses an immediate gas supply security risk for Europe, but especially for Central Eastern Europe (CEE), the Baltic States, and South East Europe (SEE). This new issue brief, authored by Péter Kaderják, László Paizs, Adrienn Selei, and Borbála Tóth of the Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research […]

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2014

Why Did Gunmen So Easily Take Over in Eastern Ukraine? Umm, Here’s Why . . .

By Irena Chalupa

How have pro-Russian militants taken over city halls and police stations across eastern Ukraine with such surprising ease? Ukrainian journalist Valentyn Chernyavsky decided to test that question in his hometown, the provincial capital of Cherkasy, about 125 miles south of Kyiv. He donned the uniform of a Russian separatist militant, grabbed a (fake but realistic) […]

Russia
Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | April 28

By Irena Chalupa

Here’s some of what we’re reading on Ukraine today: Pro Russian Forces Parade detained European officers from Washington Post Sanctions Revive Search for Secret Putin Fortune from The New York Times Why We Have To Win In Ukraine And Putin Has To Lose from Forbes ‘What Is Happening in Ukraine Is Dangerous for Russia’ from […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2014

DIRECT TRANSLATION: Ukrainians Name the Russian Army Colonel Leading Separatist Militias

By Irena Chalupa

Reporters Confirm Donetsk ‘Rebel’ Commander Is From Moscow With some inadvertent help from the Kremlin-loyalist daily, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russian and Ukrainian media have profiled — and outed — Igor Strelkov, the previously unknown military commander at the center of Ukraine’s deadliest separatist violence, in the eastern city of Slaviansk. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) […]

Russia
Ukraine

In the News

Apr 28, 2014

Carstei on Additional US Sanctions Against Russia

By Mihaela Carstei

Energy & Environment Program Acting Director Mihaela Carstei joins CCTV to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and America warning Russia of more sanctions: Watch the full interview here.

Russia
Ukraine

Webcasts

Apr 28, 2014

Webcast: American Energy Prowess in a Strategic Foreign Policy Perspective

Please join us for the first day of the American Energy Prowess in a Strategic Foreign Policy Perspective conference on Monday, April 28 at 12:30 p.m..The aim of the conference is to discuss and debate the strategic foreign policy aspects of the American shale gas revolution and its effect on the transatlantic relationship and the Central […]

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

In the News

Apr 28, 2014

Brzezinski on New Sanctions Against Russia

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss what impact new US sanctions against Russia could have:

Russia
Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Apr 27, 2014

Europe’s Dependence on Russian Energy: Deeper Than You Think

By Kathryn Sparks

Ukraine Crisis Shows Eastern Europe at Risk Not Only for Gas, But Also Nuclear Power As European nations decide how staunchly to oppose Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, they have been pondering uneasily the prospect that Moscow could cut off the Russian natural gas supplies upon which many of them depend. Foreign policy specialists across the […]

Energy & Environment
Russia

In the News

Apr 26, 2014

Slavin on Fatah-Hamas Agreement, Ukraine Crisis

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice of America’s Issues in the News to discuss escalating tensions between the United States and Russia, the Hamas-Fatah reconciliation agreement, and President Obama’s recent trip to Asia:

Middle East
Russia
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Experts

Fellow

Michael Carpenter

Distinguished Fellow

Eurasia Center Europe Center

Eastern Europe National Security

Fellow

Hagar Hajjar Chemali

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

Staff

Andrew D’Anieri

Associate Director

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Political Reform

Fellow

Ann Marie Dailey

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

Staff

Peter Dickinson

Editor, UkraineAlert

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Civil Society

Board director

Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky

Vice Chair, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Latin America China
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