US-CENTRAL ASIA FORUM - The Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center will host the US-Central Asia Forum, convening regional experts and policymakers to discuss strategic and economic opportunities for US engagement with Central Asia.

As a new US administration sets its foreign policy priorities, renew...

DECOLONIZING UKRAINE AND THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF CRIMEA - Join the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center for a book launch event for Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom by Greta Uehling, cultural anthropologist and teaching professor with the Program in Inte...

REPORT LAUNCH: CONFRONTING RUSSIA’S CYBER POWER - Join the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and Cyber Statecraft Initiative for a hybrid event launching the newest report in the Eurasia Center’s pathbreaking Russia Tomorrow series on Moscow’s cyber warfare capabilities and lessons learned from t...

LUCIAN KIM ON “PUTIN’S REVENGE” AND RUSSIA’S WAR ON UKRAINE - Lucian Kim’s journalistic career spans over twenty-five years, during which time he has reported from North Korea, Afghanistan, and Moscow, spending the majority of his life studying Russia, Ukraine and the other nations that emerged f...

RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: WHERE ARE NEGOTIATIONS TODAY? - Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine has now surpassed the three-year mark and has upended millions of lives and wrought serious destruction on much of Ukraine. Since President Trump came into office, his administration has conducted separate...

UNDERWATER MAYHEM: COUNTERING NATO ENERGY & CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THREATS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and Eurasia Center are co-hosting a hybrid discussion on the challenges of countering Russian hybrid warfare and protecting critical and energy infrastructure in the wate...

GERMAN GALUSHCHENKO ON THE US ROLE IN UKRAINE’S ENERGY SECTOR - The resilience of Ukraine’s energy sector has been one of the most vital aspects of its ability to counter the ongoing Russian military invasion. While frequent predictions of long-term blackouts and severe energy deficits have been ...

BOOK LAUNCH OF “NIGHT TRAIN TO ODESA: COVERING THE HUMAN COST OF RUSSIA’S WAR” - Join the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center for a book launch of Night Train to Odesa: Covering the Human Cost of Russia’s War by Jen Stout, Scottish journalist, writer, and radio producer.

Jen Stout has spent most o...

RUSSIA RESET REDUX: BUSINESS BONANZA OR BUST? - The Trump administration has spoken out about the opportunities awaiting US businesses if it can secure peace in Ukraine and a reset of US-Russia relations. However, there remain many challenges to the president’s vision of leveraging diplomacy for ...

A CONVERSATION WITH MIHAI POPȘOI, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MOLDOVA - In recent years, Moldova has made significant strides, with President Maia Sandu demonstrating strong leadership in steering the country toward European integration, particularly EU membership. Sandu has had to manage the ...

BOOK LAUNCH: NO COUNTRY FOR LOVE - Yaroslav Trofimov is the author of three books of narrative nonfiction and one novel. He has worked around the world as a foreign correspondent of the Wall Street Journal since 1999 and as chief foreign affairs correspondent since 2018. Born in Ukraine, he was a...

HOW SHOULD EUROPE STEP UP FOR UKRAINE? - February 24 marked the third year of Ukraine’s fight for survival against Russia’s full-scale invasion. During that time, Ukraine has withstood Russia’s onslaught with the support of its allies around the world—particularly from the United States and its E...

HOW LONG CAN RUSSIA SUSTAIN ITS AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE? - The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center hosts a discussion exploring the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine to-date on the Russian Federation and its global standing.

February 24, 2025 marks three years of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukra...

REPORT LAUNCH: WATER INSECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA - Water insecurity in Central Asia threatens more than 82 million people who call the largely arid region home. Climate change, population growth, infrastructure problems, a lack of government foresight, and the unequal distribution of precious wate...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA NIKOL PASHINYAN - The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center hosted a discussion featuring Nikol Pashinyan, prime minister of the Republic of Armenia, to discuss the path forward for Armenia amid geopolitical developments in the South Cauca...

Q&A WITH THE FILMMAKERS OF 'PUTIN'S ENDGAME: THE STAKES BEYOND UKRAINE' DOCUMENTARY - "Putin's endgame: the stakes beyond Ukraine" producer/director Joel Seidman, writer/correspondent Kevin Tibbles, and executive producer Amb. John Herbst sit down with executive producer Ashley Semler to discuss ...

PRESIDENT SALOME ZOURABICHVILI ON GEORGIAN DEMOCRACY AND RUSSIAN INFLUENCE - The Atlantic Council hosted an #ACFrontPage conversation featuring President Salome Zourabichvili on the current political landscape in Georgia and the role Russia plays in undermining democratic processes in Europe and ...

REPORT LAUNCH: HOW PUTIN’S KREMLIGARCHS HAVE SURVIVED THE WAR—AND EVEN PROSPERED - By the time Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin’s kleptocracy had achieved substantial global reach, inserting itself in key global financial and political institutions ...

SCREENING OF ‘PUTIN’S ENDGAME: THE STAKES BEYOND UKRAINE’ - On Wednesday, January 15 at 2:00 pm ET, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center releases its new documentary Putin’s endgame: The stakes beyond Ukraine, on the threat of Russian aggression beyond Ukraine and the dangers posed to US interes...

Three years into Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the conflict 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.

While the war may seem like a distant conflict to many Americans, its outcome will h...

THE RELUCTANT CONSENSUS: WAR AND RUSSIA'S PUBLIC OPINION - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has brought unprecedented destruction to Ukraine and cemented Russia’s role as a revanchist and imperial actor on the international stage. To this end, the Kremlin has sought to mobilize t...

PUTIN LOSES IN SYRIA, IS RUSSIA IN RETREAT?
The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs will host a discussion exploring the situation in Syria and the outcome for Russia and its interests.

The quick collapse of the Assad regime in Syria and takeover by t...

A CONVERSATION WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE PETRO POROSHENKO - The war in Ukraine appears to have reached a new stage. The victory of US President-elect Donald Trump has brought forth conflicting hopes and fears amongst Ukrainians, as well as the broader foreign policy community, about the fu...

CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL MCCAUL ON RUSSIA AND THE AUTHORITARIAN CHALLENGE - The Atlantic Council hosted an #ACFrontPage conversation featuring Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to discuss the threat to US interests from Russian aggression in Ukraine...