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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War in Ukraine

Four years on

Four years since the invasion, Atlantic Council experts are assessing the state of the war and the prospects for peace—and forecasting what the future holds for Ukraine, Russia, NATO, the United States.

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Fast Thinking Aug 18, 2025

Was Trump’s summit with Zelenskyy and European leaders a turning point for Russia’s war in Ukraine?

Our experts share their perspectives on what the White House summit means for efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine and provide security assurances for Kyiv.

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New Atlanticist Aug 15, 2025

Experts react: Trump and Putin just left Alaska without a deal. Here’s what that means for Russia’s war on Ukraine.

By Atlantic Council experts

The US and Russian presidents met in Anchorage for nearly three hours, but the talks did not bring a halt to Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine.
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Inflection Points Aug 17, 2025

Will Europe rise to its strategic moment?

By Frederick Kempe

With the future of European security on the line, the Ukrainian president and several European allies will meet with US President Donald Trump on Monday.
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UkraineAlert Aug 14, 2025

Trump should insist on the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

By Mercedes Sapuppo

When US President Donald Trump sits down with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, he must demand the return of the thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, writes Mercedes Sapuppo.
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UkraineAlert Aug 7, 2025

Ukraine’s expanding robot army can help address manpower shortages

By David Kirichenko

Robotic systems are in many ways an ideal battlefield solution for Ukraine as the country seeks ways to leverage its proven tech prowess in order to defend itself in a grueling war of attrition against a far larger enemy, writes David Kirichenko.
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UkraineAlert Jul 30, 2025

A Ukraine without Ukrainians: Putin is erasing Europe’s largest nation

By Peter Dickinson

Russia is systematically erasing all traces of Ukrainian national identity throughout occupied Ukraine as Vladimir Putin pursues an extreme form of eliminationist imperialism in the heart of twenty-first century Europe, writes Peter Dickinson.
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“Putin’s endgame: The stakes beyond Ukraine,” an Atlantic Council documentary

Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine may be closer to its end than its beginning. How it ends will matter not only for Ukraine, but for the whole of Europe and the wider world. The first-ever documentary from the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, “Putin’s endgame: The stakes beyond Ukraine,” discusses the threat of Russian aggression beyond Ukraine and the dangers it poses to US interests today and in the future.

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In the News

Feb 20, 2014

Wilson: Russia’s “Negative Agenda”

By Damon Wilson

Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson is quoted in the Wall Street Journal on Russia’s bid for greater influence on the global stage:

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In the News

Feb 19, 2014

Karatnycky: Why Has the Tide Turned on Yanukovich?

By Adrian Karatnycky

Transatlantic Relations Program Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky joins CNBC to discuss the outbreak of violence in Ukraine:

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In the News

Feb 19, 2014

Wilson on Ukraine Sanctions

By Damon Wilson

Damon Wilson is quoted in USA Today on the possibility of imposing sanctions on Ukraine:

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New Atlanticist

Feb 19, 2014

How to Avoid All-Out War in Ukraine

By Sabine Freizer

Ukraine is on fire. Though it is part of the same Black Sea region as Turkey and a solid economic partner, Kiev is far from many minds in Turkey. The few that are paying attention are making comparisons between the violence during the Gezi protests and what is happening today in Ukraine’s squares. Some comparisons […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 19, 2014

Ukraine Nears Civil War

By New Atlanticist

US, EU Must Sanction Kyiv Authorities, Wilson Says The newly violent confrontation in Kyiv between the government and protesters has shoved Ukraine’s three-month-old crisis into a new, more dangerous phase that poses increased risk of a civil war, Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky says. The attack by police on Tuesday against demonstrators demanding a […]

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Former Finnish Minister of Defense Elisabeth Rehn at the Pentagon, May 19, 1993

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Feb 18, 2014

Former Finnish Defense Minister Rehn: I am No Longer Sure About the Strength of NATO

By Lithuania Tribune

The chief editor of The Lithuania Tribune Ruslanas Iržikevičius talked to Elisabeth Rehn, former Minister of Defence of Finland.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2014

A Srebrenica Moment in Syria?

By R. Nicholas Burns

As the savage killings and stratospheric refugee numbers in Syria continue to climb, a key question emerges. When will the United States and other global powers experience a “Srebrenica moment,” when they can no longer stand on the sidelines and resolve instead that they finally have to act?

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Jan. 28, 2014

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Feb 14, 2014

Russia, NATO Plan Joint Operation on Syria’s Chemical Weapons

By Gabriela Baczynska and Adrian Croft, Reuters

Russia and NATO are drawing up plans for a rare joint naval operation in the Mediterranean to protect the U.S. ship that will destroy Syria’s deadliest chemical weapons, officials and other sources said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, December 19, 2013

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Feb 13, 2014

What is the Source of Putin’s Domestic Support?

By Gregory Feifer, POLITICO

[T]he real glue holding the population to Putin’s regime isn’t rising expectations but the country’s all-encompassing corruption

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Russia’s team at the Opening Ceremony for the Sochi Olympics

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Feb 11, 2014

Sochi Olympics is a Cyber War Zone, Experts Warn

By Hannah Kuchler, Financial Times

Foreign visitors to the Winter Olympics in Sochi are unknowingly wading into a cyber battlefield, the US government and security experts have warned.

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