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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Brattberg Talks Crimea Referendum

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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Brattberg Talks Crimea Referendum

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

Brattberg Talks Crimea Referendum

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
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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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Thu, March 5, 2026 • 11:00 am ET

How should the United States approach the China-Russia partnership?

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Fri, February 6, 2026 • 11:00 am ET

How Moscow manufactured the myth of Putin’s inevitable victory

Artificial Intelligence
Disinformation
Europe & Eurasia
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Online Event
Fri, January 30, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

How Russia’s winter warfare strategy targets Ukrainian civilians

Conflict
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In the News

Mar 7, 2014

Brattberg Talks Crimea Referendum

By Erik Brattberg

Erik Brattberg, resident fellow for the Brent Scowcroft Center, joins France24’s Debate to discuss Crimea’s referendum to join Russia. Watch the interview here.

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In the News

Mar 7, 2014

Brattberg: Ukraine Highlights Europe’s Energy Dependence

By Erik Brattberg

Deutsche Welle quotes Brent Scowcroft Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg on Europe’s dependence on Russian energy:

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In the News

Mar 7, 2014

Carstei: Sanctions Are “Toothless” Without Europe

By Miahela Carstei

Energy & Environment Program Deputy Director Mihaela Carstei joins CCTV America to discuss whether sanctions against Russian officials will help resolve the standoff in Crimea:

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In the News

Mar 7, 2014

Benitez: Putin Comparisons Strike a Chord in Europe

By Jorge Benitez

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez joins Voice of America to discuss historical comparisons to Russia’s invasion of Crimea:

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In the News

Mar 6, 2014

Dobriansky: Ukraine a Victim of Weak Western Allies

By Paula J. Dobriansky

Paula J. Dobriansky, Atlantic Council board director, writes in USA Today on Russia’s invasion of Crimea:

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NATO-Russia Council, December 4, 2013

NATOSource

Mar 6, 2014

NATO Ambassadors Confront Russian Diplomat in ‘Tense’ Meeting

By Anne Gearan and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post

A NATO diplomat, describing the [NATO-Russia Council] session as “tense,” said alliance members one by one confronted Alexander V. Grushko, Russia’s representative to NATO, with charges that Moscow was violating international law in Crimea and concocting threats against ethnic Russians there to justify its actions.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Mar 6, 2014

Is Crimea Preparing to Exit Ukraine?

By Rajan Menon

The Crimean parliament has voted to organize a referendum on March 16 if the Russian government — basically Putin — agrees that the territory is eligible to become part of the Russian Federation and to secede from Ukraine. But here’s the problem:

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Article

Mar 6, 2014

Empty Tough Talk from US Hawks

By Rajan Menon

You would think it’s self-evident that Ukraine’s current crisis and the controversies sparked before its eruption by Iran’s nuclear program, China’s muscle-flexing against Japan and the Philippines over disputed tiny islands, and Syria’s continuing carnage are distinct—that they have little, if anything, in common. Well, you’d be wrong, at least in the eyes of the […]

China East Asia
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

NATOSource

Mar 6, 2014

NATO Secretary General: Ukraine Crisis is ‘Gravest Threat to European Security’ Since Cold War

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Ukraine is a valued and long-standing partner for NATO.

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Defense Industrialist

Mar 6, 2014

How NATO Can Help Rebuild Ukraine’s Defenses

By James Hasik

Ukraine is the world’s fourth-largest arms exporter. That isn’t useful right now against Russia, but it may be someday. News from Crimea over the past month has been endlessly surprising, but often missed is a surprising industrial fact: Ukraine currently ranks as the world’s fourth-largest arms exporter. The local industry had a blowout year in 2012 […]

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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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Public Event Fri, March 13, 2026 • 10:30 am ET

Ukraine’s human capital and the foundations of recovery and long-term security
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