ADAPTING OUR DEFENSE CAPACITIES TO A CHANGING WORLD: A DISCUSSION WITH COMMISSIONER THIERRY BRETON - Since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and the United States have provided steadfast support for Ukraine, delivering unprecedented and world-leading levels of military, hum...

HOW UKRAINE FIGHTS RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION: BEEHIVE VS MAMMOTH - In 2023, the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab interviewed two dozen Ukrainian officials and experts leading the country’s efforts to counter Russian ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin opened 2024 with a barrage of airstrikes across Ukraine using a mixture of missiles and Iranian-made Shahed drones. The attack included the unwelcome addition of North Korean-supplied short-range ballistic missiles, a worrying development confirmed by both Washing...

Russia commenced 2024 with the biggest air and drone strikes since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, attacking civilians and infrastructure in cities including Kyiv and Kharkiv, as ammunition for Western-provided air defense runs out and debates continue in Washington on whether to provid...

A CONVERSATION WITH CHAIRMAN OF THE VERKHOVNA RADA OF UKRAINE RUSLAN STEFANCHUK - We are at a critical point in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Vital American assistance to Ukraine is stalled in the US House of Representatives, and there is growing uniformed talk both about a stalemate on the battlefiel...

PROMOTING FREEDOM IN BELARUS AND TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY - While global attention has focused on Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine and Hamas’ savage attack on Israel, other authoritarians go about their business with less notice. In Belarus, dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka continues to stifle fr...

BEYOND THE SCIF WITH HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE CHAIRMAN MIKE TURNER ON UKRAINE - Hamas’ savage attack on Israeli civilians may have put the Kremlin’s aggression in Ukraine on the media’s back pages, but it has not diminished the threat that Russia poses to American security...

FROM WASHINGTON TO AVDIIVKA: WHAT DOES 2024 HOLD FOR UKRAINE? - Moscow’s war on Ukraine has always been about a lot more than just the fight on the battlefield. Ukraine has been able to prevent Russia’s seizure of Kyiv and Kharkiv and to take back more than 50% of Russian-conquered territory in p...

MOSCOW’S WEAPONIZATION OF FOOD: HOLODOMOR AND BLOCKAGE OF GRAIN EXPORTS TODAY - Ukraine is among the globe’s top exporters of crucial grains, including corn, wheat, barley, rapeseed, and soybeans, and was the world’s largest producer of sunflower oil prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion. Among k...

2023 CENTRAL EUROPE WEEK - The 2023 edition of the Atlantic Council’s Central Europe Week, entitled “Leadership and Resilience on Europe’s Frontlines,” took place from November 6 to November 10. Central Europe Week is the Europe Center’s annual flagship conference that aims to foster a dynamic US...

THE THIRD-PARTY PROBLEM: COUNTERING SANCTIONS CIRCUMVENTION - In response to the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union (EU) in close coordination with its like-minded partners and allies has imposed unprecedented sanctions. To date, eleven packages have been ...

A CONVERSATION WITH THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA MARGUS TSAHKNA - Please join the Scowcroft Center’s Transatlantic Security Initiative and the Europe Center for a conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Margus Tsahkna. This event ...

CHANGES IN THE HOUSE: FUNDING FOR UKRAINE AND WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST - On September 30, Congress passed a continuing resolution to keep the federal government open until mid-November, averting a government shutdown with a 45-day funding extension. In the process, American national security priori...

WHAT TO DO WITH RUSSIA’S BLOCKED ASSETS - Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, G7 countries imposed sanctions on Russia's reserves and blocked its assets. But can and should those assets be seized? The panelists discuss options and their implications.

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 10/12/2023

A CONVERSATION WITH UKRAINE'S FINANCE MINISTER - Ukraine's Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko discusses Ukraine's growth trajectory, G7 support and the prospects of war insurance.

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 10/12/2023

PROTECTING US INTERESTS: HOW TO DEFEAT PUTIN AND SET UKRAINE ON THE PATH TO NATO - Next year’s NATO Summit in Washington, DC, will mark the 75th anniversary of the Alliance. At a time when the world faces the challenge of the increasing alignment between the world’s chief authoritarian powers—Rus...

“I address this award to all our sweet children who have been killed by Russian terrorists," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said as he accepted the Atlantic Council's 2023 Global Citizen Award in New York.

Held annually during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York, the At...

THE FUTURE OF EUROPE: COUNTERING CORRUPTION & ACCELERATING THE EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION OF UKRAINE - War has come to Ukraine through Russia’s illegal aggression—and just across the border, Moldova faces increasing pressure from Russia as well as spillover effects from Moscow’s aggression. Suppor...

WHAT’S NEXT FOR UKRAINE’S 2023 COUNTEROFFENSIVE? - Over the past three weeks, Ukraine’s three-month counteroffensive breached the first of Russia’s defensive lines in the south, took the town of Robotyne and made progress on the road to Tokmak, a key town in the direction of Melitopol. If Ukraini...

Ukraine’s remarkable resilience may prove decisive in the long war with Russia. From the war effort to the energy sector to tech and IT, Ukraine’s mobilization and defense have defied predictions from experts and U.S. intelligence. That’s the argument Peter Dickinson makes in a recent essay for t...

BREAKING THE BLACK SEA BRIGADE: HOW TO COUNTER RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE'S GRAIN - On July 17, Russia pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in 2022 to allow for the safe navigation of Ukrainian grain exports and fertilizers from Ukraine amid ...

UKRAINIAN TENNIS STAR ELINA SVITOLINA ON SPORTS DIPLOMACY DURING WAR - The Atlantic Council and the Women’s Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) hosted an #ACFrontPage conversation with Ukrainian tennis champion Elina Svitolina. CBS News’s Margaret Brennan moderated the discussion on the role of sports di...

AFTER VILNIUS: WHAT'S NEXT ON UKRAINE'S PATH TO NATO - On several accounts, the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius was an historic occasion, marking Finland’s participation as a full member for the first time, announcing Turkey’s agreement to ratify Sweden’s membership application, and explicitly recogn...