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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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Ukraine Boosts State Control

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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Ukraine Boosts State Control

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

Ukraine Boosts State Control

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

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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
Europe & Eurasia
Geopolitics & Energy Security
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Online Event
Fri, January 16, 2026 • 8:00 am ET

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

Europe & Eurasia
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New Atlanticist

Aug 23, 2010

Ukraine Boosts State Control

By Alexandra Hrycak

I see that Adrian Karatnycky, author of "Orange Peels," asks us to take a close look at the pattern of behavior exhibited by the Yanukovych administration over the past half year. Upon doing so, he says in reply to recent critical discussions of his piece, we will see that Ukrainians are "tired of protesting" (but […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Aug 23, 2010

Ukraine’s Leadership: Follow-up

By Alexander Motyl

This discussion of Yanukovych is beginning to resemble the kind of conversations I used to have with Soviets back in the days of the Cold War. You say A, they say –A. You say B, they say –B. After a while, you begin to realize that you and they inhabit different worlds, have different values, […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Aug 23, 2010

Orange Peels: Follow-up

By Adrian Karatnycky

In his rejoinder to my recent article, “Orange Peels: Ukraine After Revolution,” my good friend Alexander Motyl claims he and other critics of Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych gave him the benefit of the doubt. For the record, Motyl’s benefit of the doubt did not last long.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2010

Ukraine’s Leadership: Why Yanukovych Does Not Deserve the Benefit of the Doubt

By Alexander Motyl

Adrian Karatnycky’s article, “Orange Peels: Ukraine after Revolution,” was written about six months too late. Had it appeared back in February 2010, Karatnycky’s analysis—and his suggestion that Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych “deserves the benefit of our doubt”—would have been right on target.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Aug 18, 2010

Orange Peels: Ukraine after Revolution

By Adrian Karatnycky

Five years ago, post-Soviet Ukraine, a critically placed country of some 46 million people, seemed to be on the fast track toward modernity. The Orange Revolution, the spontaneous mass protests of fraud in Ukraine’s November 2004 presidential election, presaged a mature civil society and free media. The protests led to the election of Viktor Yushchenko, […]

Ukraine

NATOSource

Jul 27, 2010

Ukraine’s new NATO mission head upbeat on ties with alliance

By Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine

NATOSource

Jul 21, 2010

Ukraine takes up duty in NATO Response Force

By Interfax-Ukraine

From Interfax-Ukraine:  Ukraine has for the first time taken up duty in the NATO Response Force (NRF) of the 15th rotation. NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander for Europe Admiral James Stavridis reported this in a note of thanks addressed to the Ukrainian side, Interfax-Ukraine learned in the Mission of Ukraine to NATO in Brussels on Tuesday. […]

Ukraine

NATOSource

Jul 12, 2010

Ukraine and NATO begin Sea Breeze military exercise

By the Kyiv Post

From the Kyiv Post:  The U.S. and Ukrainian Sea Breeze 2010 exercises were started at the Odesa House of Officers on Monday. "I am glad to announce the beginning of the Ukraine-U.S. Sea Breeze exercises. Thirteen member countries began the exercises, which will help Ukraine practice interaction with other fleets.

Ukraine
United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2010

Ukraine, NATO to hold Sea Breeze military drills in July

By RIA Novosti

Ukraine
United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2010

Clinton: “the doors to NATO remain open” for Ukraine

By Hillary Clinton, the State Department

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Lukas Andriukaitis

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Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

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Tyson Barker

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

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Michael Bociurkiw

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine International Organizations

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Ian Brzezinski

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Europe Center Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Central Europe Defense Policy

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Eto Buziashvili

Research Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

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Debra Cagan

Senior Advisor, Eurasia Center

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