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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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Transcript: Moldovan Prime Minister – Ukraine Crisis Deepens Our Need to Join Europe

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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Transcript: Moldovan Prime Minister – Ukraine Crisis Deepens Our Need to Join Europe

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

Transcript: Moldovan Prime Minister – Ukraine Crisis Deepens Our Need to Join Europe

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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How Moscow manufactured the myth of Putin’s inevitable victory

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Fri, January 30, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

How Russia’s winter warfare strategy targets Ukrainian civilians

Conflict
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Fri, January 16, 2026 • 8:00 am ET

How might Russia’s war on Ukraine change in 2026?

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Mar 3, 2014

Transcript: Moldovan Prime Minister – Ukraine Crisis Deepens Our Need to Join Europe

On Monday, March 3, Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca joined the Atlantic Council to speak on the crisis in Ukraine and how Moldova intends to step up its efforts to reform its economy and political system so it can integrate as quickly as possible with Europe.

Europe & Eurasia
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President Barack Obama discussing Ukraine with national security advisors, Feb. 28, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 3, 2014

President Obama’s Foreign Policy is Based on Fantasy

By Editorial Board of the Washington Post

For five years, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality.

China
Russia

In the News

Mar 3, 2014

Burns on Ukraine: “The Stakes Are High”

By Nicholas Burns

McClatchy news quotes Atlantic Council Board Director Nicholas Burns on the United States’ response to conflict in Ukraine: “By any standard this is the most difficult, the most complex international crisis he’s faced,” said former NATO ambassador Nicholas Burns, a former U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs and member of the Atlantic Council Board […]

Ukraine
President Barack Obama Talking on Phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, March 1, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 3, 2014

Ukraine Crisis Tests Obama’s Foreign Policy Focus on Diplomacy Over Military Force

By Scott Wilson, Washington Post

Ukraine has emerged as a test of Obama’s argument that, far from weakening American power, he has enhanced it through smarter diplomacy, stronger alliances and a realism untainted by the ideology that guided his predecessor.

Syria
Ukraine

In the News

Mar 3, 2014

Wilson: US Must Pour Efforts into Ukraine

By Damon Wilson

Damon Wilson, Atlantic Council executive vice president, is quoted by the Associated Press on Ukraine:

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Mar 3, 2014

Four Steps NATO can Take to Support Ukraine

By Ian Brzezinski

NATO’s governing body, the North Atlantic Council, met Sunday to discuss Russia’s invasion of Crimea and its threat to take military action elsewhere in Ukraine. Immediately afterwards, the Alliance convened a session of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, which brought Kyiv to the table.  The meetings yielded a strong statement from NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rassmussen who […]

NATO
Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 3, 2014

How to Beat a Russian Cyber Assault on Ukraine

By Jason Healey

Ukraine and its friends in the United States, NATO, and European Union need to prepare now for a probably inevitable (but just possibly preventable) cyber conflict with Russian-backed proxies. Russian government behavior is clear when its perceived interests in its “near abroad” are at risk.  The trend started most obviously in 1999 when the Kremlin turned […]

Cybersecurity
Russia

In the News

Mar 3, 2014

Burns: Ukraine Is Obama’s Toughest Challenge Yet

By Nicholas Burns

Atlantic Council Board Director and Executive Committee member Nicholas Burns is quoted by Bloomberg on the brewing crisis in Crimea:

Ukraine

In the News

Mar 3, 2014

Karatnycky: Ukraine Showdown Could End in “Bloody Mess”

By Adrian Karatnycky

Transatlantic Relations Program Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky is quoted in USA Today on Russia’s gambit in Crimea:

Ukraine

In the News

Mar 2, 2014

Burns: US Must Respond with Leadership on Ukraine

By Nicholas Burns

Nicholas Burns, an Atlantic Council board director and executive committee member, is quoted in the Los Angeles Times on how US President Barack Obama should respond to the crisis in Ukraine:

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Michael Carpenter

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Hagar Hajjar Chemali

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