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2 months ago | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Anastasiia Marushevska |Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Mykola Bielieskov
As the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion draws close, the chorus of voices calling for new elections in Ukraine is growing louder and louder. Curiously, however, these calls are not coming from the Ukrainians themselves, but from the Kremlin and the Trump White House. Since his inauguration one month ago, US President Donald Trump has begun echoing Russian demands for fresh Ukrainian elections.
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2 months ago | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Anastasiia Marushevska |Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Mykola Bielieskov
As the Trump administration seeks to reset relations with Russia as part of a peace process to end the war in Ukraine, Moscow is pushing the idea of increased economic cooperation. During landmark bilateral talks in Saudi Arabia earlier this week, the Russian delegation included the Kremlin’s top investment manager, Kirill Dmitriev, who heads Russia’s sovereign wealth fund. Dmitriev explained that US companies had lost more than $300 billion since 2022 due to withdrawing from the Russian market.
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2 months ago | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Mykola Bielieskov |Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Anastasiia Marushevska
The conclusion that many observers are drawing from the 2025 Munich Security Conference is that the United States, at least during the Trump presidency, is no longer willing to guarantee European security. Whether this is actually the case, as opposed to being simply a tactic to motivate increased European defense spending, matters less than the fact that for the first time, doubt has been cast on the cohesion of the NATO alliance.
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2 months ago | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Anastasiia Marushevska |Peter J. Dickinson |Mykola Bielieskov
The Georgian authorities presented new legislation in early February that critics say will increase pressure on the country’s civil society and independent media while also placing additional restrictions on public gatherings. The move comes amid a wave of anti-government protests that began following Georgia’s disputed October 2024 parliamentary elections and escalated weeks later when the government took steps to suspend the country’s EU accession efforts.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Mykola Bielieskov |Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Nataliia Kushnerska
Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House has raised expectations of a fresh push for peace in 2025, with the US leader committed to seeking some kind of deal to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While the exact nature of Trump’s peace plan is still unknown, it is expected to involve significant Ukrainian territorial concessions. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s negotiating position is already coming into focus.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Mykola Bielieskov |Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Kira Rudik
Donald Trump’s recent election victory is fueling international speculation over a possible deal to end the war in Ukraine. For now, much of the debate remains centered on what kinds of concessions Ukraine may be willing to make in order to secure a negotiated peace. However, the real question is whether Russian President Vladimir Putin has any interest at all in ending his invasion. The available evidence suggests that he does not.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Mykola Bielieskov |Aura Sabadus |Peter Malcolm Dickinson
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is now approaching the three-year mark, with no end in sight to a war that is widely recognized as the largest European conflict since World War II. So far, the Western response to the invasion has focused on providing military aid to Ukraine while imposing economic costs on Russia. This approach has clearly failed to produce the desired effect of ending the war, and requires significant strengthening if it is to prove effective.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Kate Spencer |Olesya Khromeychuk |Mykola Bielieskov |Peter Malcolm Dickinson
Pentagon officials and NATO chief Mark Rutte have this week confirmed that thousands of North Korean troops are currently in the process of joining Russia’s war against Ukraine. The arrival of North Korean soldiers on the battlefields of Europe is an historically unprecedented event that represents a major escalation in the largest European invasion since World War II.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Kate Spencer |Mykola Bielieskov |Peter Malcolm Dickinson
Russia’s Central Bank raised its key policy rate to 21 percent in late October as the Russian authorities struggle to manage a wartime economy that is in danger of overheating due to a combination of factors including rising inflation, sanctions pressure, and record defense sector spending. While Kremlin officials and many international analysts insist that the Russian economy remains in remarkably good shape, the country’s longer term economic outlook is becoming increasingly precarious.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Mykola Bielieskov |Peter J. Dickinson |Olesya Khromeychuk
A Ukrainian company that creates AI solutions for drones recently secured funding from a consortium of four foreign investors worth almost $3 million. This deal is one of the largest individual investments in the Ukrainian defense tech industry since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion. It is part of a growing trend as investors increasingly recognize the appeal of Ukrainian defense tech innovations.
