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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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May 2, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | May 2

By Irena Chalupa

Here’s some of what we’re reading on Ukraine today: Beyond Crimea: What Vladimir Putin Really Wants from World Affairs Can the West find the Energy To Deter Russia? from Washington Post Putin’s American Toady at ‘The Nation’ Gets Even Toadier from The New Republic Portraits from Ukraine: Lesya Orobets’s Campaign from The New Yorker Ukraine: […]

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In the News

May 2, 2014

Hansen on Unrealistic Views of NATO

By Ian Hansen

Atlantic Council Program Assistant Ian Hansen writes for New Eastern Europe on why the belief that NATO expansion is partially culpable for Russian aggression is flawed:

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UkraineAlert

May 2, 2014

Why Slaviansk? Ukraine is Attacking the Command Center of Russian-Backed Militias

By James Rupert

Ukraine has launched its most serious counter-attack yet on Russian-backed separatist militias at Slaviansk, a relatively minor city in eastern Ukraine. Slaviansk, by all evidence, serves as the main command center for the armed groups that have seized towns in Donetsk and Luhansk provinces. The Ukrainian operation appears “well mounted with concern for the lives […]

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In the News

May 2, 2014

Pavel: Some Nations Feeling [Ukraine] Crisis More Deeply Than Others

By Barry Pavel

Bloomberg Businessweek quotes VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on Eastern Europe’s request for NATO support to help solve the crisis in Ukraine and whether the organization should and is likely to increase its presence in the region:

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UkraineAlert

May 1, 2014

Ukrainian Singer Ruslana Moves a Washington Crowd

By James Rupert

Her Chances of Moving Policy or Preventing a War Are Less Clear While song and emotion come effortlessly for Ukrainian musician and pro-democracy activist Ruslana Lyzhychko, she says she’s nervous about speaking publicly in English, a language with which she struggles. But Wednesday night she delivered a meticulously practiced appeal for Ukraine to 900 of […]

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UkraineAlert

May 1, 2014

DIRECT TRANSLATION: Ukrainians’ Fears of Russian Violence Straddles Their Border

By Irena Chalupa

Why are Russia’s nearly 2 million Ukrainians silent? That is the question of Ukrainian educator Iryna Kluchkovska  asks in the mainstream daily broadsheet Den (The Day). Russia’s annexation of Crimea and sponsorship of violent uprisings in Ukraine’s east have mobilized Ukrainian communities to protest in New York, Sydney, Munich and elsewhere, she writes. But the […]

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In the News

May 1, 2014

Defense News: NATO to Urge Members to Boost Defense Spending

By Atlantic Council

Defense News cites the Atlantic Council for its annual Distinguished Leadership Awards dinner where  Air Force General Philip Breedlove, the NATO supreme allied commander, delivered remarks:

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In the News

May 1, 2014

EU Observer: Western Lenders Approve $17 Billion Ukraine Bailout

By Atlantic Council

The EU Observer cites the Atlantic Council for hosting European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at its two-day “Towards a Europe Whole and Free” conference:

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In the News

May 1, 2014

AFP: IMF Approves $17 Billion Aid Deal for Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Agence France-Presse (AFP) cites the Atlantic Council for honoring Ukrainian singer and activist Ruslana Lyzhychko at its annual Distinguished Leadership Awards dinner:

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In the News

May 1, 2014

AFP: Ruslana Asks US to Show “Courage”

By Atlantic Council

Agence France-Presse (AFP) cites the Atlantic Council for honoring Ukrainian singer and activist Ruslana Lyzhychko at its annual Distinguished Leadership Awards dinner:

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