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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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Crimea: Putin’s Afghanistan?

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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Crimea: Putin’s Afghanistan?

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

Crimea: Putin’s Afghanistan?

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

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Article

Mar 12, 2014

Crimea: Putin’s Afghanistan?

By Harlan Ullman

As President Vladimir Putin seems to be finalizing Russian suzerainty over Crimea, capitols in Europe and Washington are struggling to find ways to reverse this land grab.  Unfortunately, short of using force—a response no one considers sane—for the short term, the cupboard of options is relatively bare.  Canceling visas, boycotting the G-8 meeting in Sochi, […]

Russia
Ukraine

Webcasts

Mar 12, 2014

Webcast: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Join us from 4:00-5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 for a discussion featuring Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.If you have any trouble viewing the webcast on this page, you can also watch on our YouTube Channel. YouTube has been experiencing intermittent issues, but the webcast will be on this page at 4pm. This broadcast […]

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Ukraine

In the News

Mar 12, 2014

Brzezinski: Yatsenyuk Visit Shows US Commitment

By Ian Brzezinski

Ian Brzezinski, senior fellow for the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, is quoted by Deutsche Welle on Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s visit to the White House:

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President of Ukraine Oleksandr V. Turchynov, March 4, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 12, 2014

Ukrainian President Rebuffs Russian ‘Imperialism’

By Oleksandr V. Turchynov, New York Times

The Kremlin had a strategy designed to weaken Ukraine and its government by prying some regions away from Kiev’s control and establishing enclaves in the south and east similar to Transnistria in Moldova and Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia.

Russia
Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2014

A Ten-Point Plan for Ukraine

By Rajan Menon

President Obama’s inbox is doubtless packed with proposals for stopping the standoff between Ukraine and Russia.

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Members of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery training for the ceremonial season

NATOSource

Mar 12, 2014

Europe Needs a Reset on Defense

By Editors of the Financial Times

The nations of the EU must stop their collective decline as a military power.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

In the News

Mar 12, 2014

Karatnycky: Crimea Standoff a “Crucial Moment”

By Adrian Karatnycky

Adrian Karatnykcy, senior fellow for the Transatlantic Relations program, joins NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss the conflict in Crimea:

Russia
Ukraine

In the News

Mar 12, 2014

Yatsenyuk: Meeting with Obama “Frank and Open”

ABC New reports on Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s visit to Washington:

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Ukraine
Russian Presiden Vladimir Putin, March 8, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 11, 2014

Russia: It is Extremely Dangerous to Bring the ‘NATO Factor’ to the Crisis in Ukraine

By Russian Foreign Ministry

Question: How has Moscow perceived NATO’s decision to suspend cooperation with Russia because of the situation in Ukraine, which was announced on the 5 March?

NATO
Russia
(REUTERS/Konstantin Grishin)

New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2014

Ukraine’s Crisis Government Seeks a Strategy Against Russia

By James Rupert

Despite Crimea Invasion, Kyiv’s Mood Is Moderate, Pragmatic, Non-Violent Ukraine’s interim government took office twelve days ago to face a Russian invasion, a national bankruptcy, and deep regional and political divides. As its top officials prepared to visit Washington this week to seek support, an Atlantic Council delegation first went to Kyiv to meet them, […]

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Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

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Tyson Barker

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

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

Fellow

Debra Cagan

Senior Advisor, Eurasia Center

Eurasia Center

Defense Industry Defense Technologies
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