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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Estonian Defense Minister Margus Tsahkna with senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Amy Klobuchar, Dec. 27, 2016

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Dec 29, 2016

Senators Reassure Wary Baltic Nations That U.S. Won’t Abandon NATO

By Sewell Chan, New Yorl Times

Three American senators arrived in Tallinn, Estonia on Tuesday to reassure the Baltic nations that the United States remained committed to their defense and to the NATO alliance.

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In the News

Dec 28, 2016

Nordenman Quoted by iNews on the “GIUK Gap”

By Magnus Nordenman

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Dec 27, 2016

Farkas Joins TYT Politics to Discuss the Trump-Putin Relationship

By Evelyn Farkas

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Dec 23, 2016

Cohen Joins CNBC to Discuss Trump-Putin Relations

By Ariel Cohen

Watch the full interview here.

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Dec 23, 2016

PBS Frontline Highlights Atlantic Council Report “The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses”

By Alina Polyakova

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Dec 22, 2016

Aslund Quoted by Bloomberg on Putin’s Foreign Policy Strategy and Domestic Popularity

By Anders Aslund

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Dec 22, 2016

Herbst Interviewed by DW on Future of Russia-Turkey Relations After Death of Russian Ambassador

By John E. Herbst

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Dec 21, 2016

Aslund Quoted by Slate on Ukraine Policy in the Trump Administration

By Anders Aslund

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Dec 21, 2016

Grigas Quoted by Foreign Policy on US-Russia Relations

By Agnia Grigas

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Dec 21, 2016

Stein Quoted by Business Insider on Turkey-Russia Relations

By Aaron Stein

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