Charles Lichfield

Dec 20, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Anna Wieslander |Charles Lichfield

Conflict Europe & Eurasia France Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Security & Defense Ukraine Europe needs a coalition of the resolute The December 7 trilateral meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron, US President-elect Donald Trump, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral signaled a possible convergence of views regarding a way forward in Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine.

Jul 24, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Mark Temnycky |Olga Khakova |Charles Lichfield

In 2022, 63 percent of all energy consumed in the European Union (EU) was imported. Europe’s energy generation gap has come into focus amid the energy security challenges stemming from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But while Europe has weathered the storm, in part by deploying renewables and accelerating electrification, there is a pressing need to strengthen the backbone of a decarbonized energy system—Europe’s power grid.

Mar 20, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Svitlana Romanko |Oleh Savytskyi |Olga Khakova |Charles Lichfield

Ukraine seems to have found an effective asymmetrical response to the massive waves of deadly missile attacks that Russia has unleashed against Ukrainian cities since early January. A number of Russian oil refineries and oil terminals have been hit with precision strikes, attributed to new Ukrainian long-range drones. By targeting fossil fuel exports—the financial lifeline of the Kremlin’s regime—this response has had an impact.

Mar 8, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Charles Lichfield

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia Financial Regulation Fiscal and Structural Reform International Markets United States and Canada How banking regulations affect US foreign policy Economics, finance, and national security overlap. This is the GeoEconomics Center’s raison d’être. Obvious areas of convergence include sanctions and trade policy. But the average US foreign policymaker is now also expected to develop at least rudimentary knowledge of critical minerals and what constitutes a...

Feb 23, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Charles Lichfield

Conflict Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia Financial Regulation Politics & Diplomacy Russia United States and Canada Russia’s blocked assets: A ‘non-collateral collateral’ plan could be the way forward Shortly after the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 comes the second anniversary of Western countries imposing an unprecedented package of sanctions on Russia. The boldest measure within this—the immobilization of the reserves that Russia’s central...