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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WATCH

“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 22, 2022

Alienating the West is not in Pakistan’s interests

By Syed Abdul Ahad Waseem

Islamabad's foreign policy should focus on maximizing its power–both hard and soft–and that means maintaining good ties with Western countries. It is possible to achieve this without risking relations with the East.

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In the News

Feb 22, 2022

O’Toole quoted in Financial Times on energy-related sanctions

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In the News

Feb 22, 2022

Friedlander interviewed in Formiche on sanctions against Russia

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In the News

Feb 22, 2022

O’Toole quoted in Quartz on Western sanctions against Russia

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In the News

Feb 22, 2022

O’Toole quoted in Financial Post on economic impact of sanctions

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In the News

Feb 22, 2022

Friedlander quoted in the Washington Post on the timing of sanctions

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In the News

Feb 22, 2022

O’Toole interviewed by CNN on sanctions against Russia

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In the News

Feb 22, 2022

Iyer and Warrick in the Week on a Russian invasion

By Atlantic Council

Arun Iyer and Thomas Warrick comment on a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Insights & Impact

Feb 22, 2022

Morningstar Quoted in The Hill on Effect of Germany’s NS2 Decision
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In the News

Feb 22, 2022

Haring in USA Today: Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Sanctions are in place. What happens next?

Melinda Haring, deputy director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, lays out three scenarios on what happens next for Ukraine and Europe after Putin's invasion.

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