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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“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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Feb 25, 2014

Karatnycky: A Plan for Reform in Kiev

By Adrian Karatnycky

Adrian Karatnycky writes in the Wall Street Journal on how Ukraine should proceed with political reform following the formation of a transition government:

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Yanukovich security forces in Kiev, Dec. 14, 2013

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Feb 25, 2014

Papers Reveal Yanukovich Plans to Turn Army Against Protesters

By Roman Olearchyk and Neil Buckley, Financial Times

The Yanukovich regime had drawn up plans for a massive crackdown on protesters in Kiev using thousands of police and troops – and the chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on Thursday last week ordered 2,500 army troops into the capital for an “antiterrorist” operation.

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Feb 24, 2014

Karatnycky: Rebuilding Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

Adrian Karatnycky, senior fellow for the Transatlantic Relations program, joins PBS Newshour to discuss Ukraine’s transition after the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych:

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New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2014

How US, EU Can Stabilize Ukraine

By New Atlanticist

Adrian Karatnycky: Governments Should Act to Ease Fiscal Crisis, Russia’s Hostility The US and EU governments should take early steps to help stabilize Ukraine as a disparate coalition struggles to restore government and order following the violent chaos of President Viktor Yanukovych’s ouster, says the Atlantic Council’s Adrian Karatnycky. The interim government taking office this […]

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Signs of solidarity with Ukraine during debate in European Parliament, Dec. 12, 2013

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Feb 24, 2014

Brzezinski: Ukraine Should Join EU, but No Military Alliance

By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Financial Times

The west, however, can play a constructive role in containing the exploding violence. That will take concerted action by the US and the EU.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2014

Ukraine’s Amb. Shamshur: Risk Remains for Turmoil, Violence

By New Atlanticist

Policy Advisor Warns of Secession Danger As Ukraine establishes a transitional government to replace the fallen President Viktor Yanukovych, the country still risks turmoil and violence in the south and east, Yanukovych’s ethnic Russian base of support. There, local political groups demand closer ties to Russia, and even separation from Ukraine, noted Oleh Shamshur, a […]

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 19, 2013

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Feb 24, 2014

NATO Secretary General Commends Ukrainian Military for Not Intervening in Political Crisis

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I am closely monitoring the important developments in Ukraine. The people of Ukraine must determine their own future in freedom and democracy.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2014

Five Lessons from Ukraine’s Revolution

By Rajan Menon

Just when it seemed that Ukraine was lurching toward an all-out civil war that could have spilt the country between a Russophone east and south and a Europe-oriented center and west, feverish mediation by the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland has led to a deal between the embattled regime of President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition. With Yanukovych removed […]

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Feb 22, 2014

Wilson: Yanukovych Walked Ukraine “Up to the Abyss”

By Damon Wilson

Damon Wilson, Atlantic Council executive vice president, joins MSNBC’s Disrupt with Karen Finney to discuss Ukraine’s future after former President Victor Yanukovych’s fled Kyiv:

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Feb 22, 2014

Karatnycky: Breaking Down Ukraine’s Uncertain Future

By Adrian Karatnycky

Adrian Karatnycky, senior fellow for the Transatlantic Relations Program, joins MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry to analyze the latest developments in Ukraine:

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