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Congressman Michael McCaul on Russia and the authoritarian challenge
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...
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Debriefing the US elections and their implications for Europe
DEBRIEFING THE US ELECTIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPE - On November 5, Americans voted for the next President of the United States at a critical moment in transatlantic relations. The change in leadership and return of Donald Trump to the White House in Washington carries significant impl...
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Nobel Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk on human rights and Russian aggression
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER OLEKSANDRA MATVIICHUK ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RUSSIAN AGGRESSION - Since Russia’s large-scale invasion, Matviichuk has worked to document Russia’s war crimes and spread global awareness of the Kremlin’s wider illegal actions in Ukraine and beyond. And as the Russian military contin...
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The Changing Battlefield in Ukraine and Russia
KURSK TO POKROVSK: HOW IS THE BATTLEFIELD CHANGING IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA? - Ukraine’s offensive into Russia’s Kursk Oblast has been a success. Ukrainian forces have captured over 1200 kilometers of territory, beaten back a Russian counteroffensive, and fortified their positions south of the Seim ...
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Russia’s war on Ukraine: Moscow’s pressure points and US strategic opportunities
REPORT LAUNCH | RUSSIA’S WAR ON UKRAINE: MOSCOW’S PRESSURE POINTS AND US STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES - Whichever candidate takes the White House in November, the Russian war on Ukraine will be a major challenge. To handle it successfully, leaders in the West must realize that Moscow is fighting not j...
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Ukraine’s advance in Kursk: What’s next and implications
UKRAINE’S ADVANCE IN KURSK: WHAT’S NEXT AND IMPLICATIONS - Ukraine has surprised the Russians and the world with a lightning strike, which according to the Financial Times, reportedly enabled them to capture one week into the operation as much as 1000 square kilometers of the Kursk Oblast, with f...
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Russia without Russians? Putin’s disastrous demographics
REPORT LAUNCH | RUSSIA WITHOUT RUSSIANS? PUTIN’S DISASTROUS DEMOGRAPHICS - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated Russia’s daunting demographic crisis. Though Putin has spoken frequently about Russia’s demographic problems since the early 2000s, scattere...
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Russia’s big prisoner swap, political repression, and regressive foreign policy
RUSSIA’S BIG PRISONER SWAP, POLITICAL REPRESSION, AND REGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY - The world was stunned by the news that the largest international prisoner swap since the Cold War freed two dozen individuals through a multinational deal on August 1, 2024. The swap, which secured the release of Am...
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MH17: Ten years later
MH17: TEN YEARS LATER, ARE THE SKIES ANY SAFER? - Ten years ago, on July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines passenger flight MH17 was downed by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile over Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine. In the years following the ongoing international investigation, the Kremlin has c...
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Did the 2024 NATO Summit go far enough on Ukraine?
DID THE 2024 NATO SUMMIT GO FAR ENOUGH ON UKRAINE? THE COUNTRY'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER RESPONDS - Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk reacts to NATO's Washington Summit Declaration promising a "bridge" to NATO membership for Ukraine and an "irreversible path to full Euro-Atlantic i...
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Outcomes and the path forward to Ukraine’s NATO membership
BEYOND THE SUMMIT: OUTCOMES AND THE PATH FORWARD TO UKRAINE’S NATO MEMBERSHIP - This month’s NATO Summit was a historic one, marking seventy-five years for the Alliance that is currently faced with unprecedented challenges threatening democracy and stability across the globe. Bolstered by the new...
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Warsaw Week: A transatlantic agenda for an era of conflict and confrontation
WARSAW WEEK 2024: A TRANSATLANTIC AGENDA FOR AN ERA OF CONFLICT AND CONFRONTATION - As Europe bands together to fend off the rise of authoritarianism and growing insecurity on Europe’s eastern front, Central and Eastern European countries such as Poland have voiced their support for greater EU in...
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A transatlantic agenda for an era of conflict and confrontation
WARSAW WEEK 2024: A TRANSATLANTIC AGENDA FOR AN ERA OF CONFLICT AND CONFRONTATION - Europe’s relationship with defense has fundamentally shifted from a more cautious approach to one focused on developing greater capacity to both support Ukraine and prepare for potential conflict on the continent....
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Telegram as a digital front in Russia’s war against Ukraine
ANOTHER BATTLEFIELD: TELEGRAM AS A DIGITAL FRONT IN RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE - Join the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRL) for a conversation surrounding the launch of “Another battlefield: Telegram as a digital front in Russia’s war against Ukraine.” Since Russia’s full-...
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Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia
BOOK LAUNCH | “BATTLEGROUND UKRAINE: FROM INDEPENDENCE TO THE WAR WITH RUSSIA” - Praised as an “authoritative” and “important addition to the literature” by Kirkus Reviews, Adrian Karatnycky’s book Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia, to be published by Yale University ...
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Strategies for reconstruction after the 2024 Ukraine Recovery Conference
AFTER BERLIN: TANGIBLE STRATEGIES FOR RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING THE 2024 UKRAINE RECOVERY CONFERENCE - The report highlights the importance of sustained budgetary support and air defenses to make meaningful progress on reconstruction possible. It also explores how Ukraine can meaningfully contribu...
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The impact of war on Putin’s Russia
WHAT IS TO BE DONE? THE IMPACT OF WAR ON PUTIN’S RUSSIA - The Kremlin’s decade-long war against Ukraine and its full-scale invasion in February 2022 have brought an unimaginable scale of destruction to Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has also used the invasion to further his grip on pow...
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Assistant Secretary Brent Neiman on the economic front in Ukraine
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BRENT NEIMAN ON THE ECONOMIC FRONT IN UKRAINE - Even as fighting on the battlefield continues, Ukraine’s economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience, adapting to wartime pressures with significant support from the international community. The IMF, which recently approved $1...
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Russian hybrid warfare tactics: will NATO's defenses be next?
RUSSIAN HYBRID WARFARE TACTICS: WILL NATO’S DEFENSES BE NEXT? - In early May, Estonia’s foreign ministry summoned Tallinn’s Russian embassy chief after a Finnish airline paused flights to eastern Estonia due to GPS disturbances, for which it believes Russia to be the culprit. The incident is one ...
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The effect of sanctions on the Russian energy industry
REPORT LAUNCH | OIL, GAS, AND WAR: THE EFFECT OF SANCTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN ENERGY INDUSTRY - In the two-plus years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its allies have imposed approximately two thousand sanctions on Russian corporations, financial institutions, and ...
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Empowering women to rebuild Ukraine’s economy
OF COURSE SHE CAN! EMPOWERING WOMEN TO REBUILD UKRAINE’S ECONOMY - Russia’s war against Ukraine continues–but plans for post-war recovery are already underway. As we shape reconstruction strategies and policies, policymakers and international donors must prioritize leveraging the potential of Ukr...
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The Washington NATO Summit: Ukraine and transatlantic security
THE WASHINGTON NATO SUMMIT: UKRAINE AND TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY - This July, Washington, DC will host the NATO summit, marking the Alliance’s diamond jubilee. This summer’s summit comes at a critical juncture as for the first time since the end of World War II, a major power is committing aggressi...
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Road to Washington: General Christopher Cavoli on the NATO Summit
ROAD TO WASHINGTON: GENERAL CHRISTOPHER CAVOLI ON THE NATO SUMMIT - On Friday, May 17, the Atlantic Council broadcasted an #ACFrontPage conversation with General Christopher G. Cavoli, Commander US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Cavoli, a recipient of the 2024 Atlantic Coun...
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Security and stability for the Black Sea region
SECURITY AND STABILITY FOR THE BLACK SEA REGION - Bordered by Ukraine to the north, Russia to the northeast, and NATO allies and partners to the south and west, the security of the Black Sea region has risen to new strategic pre-eminence as an economic, geopolitical, and military focal point foll...