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People hold the flag of the Aidar battalion near the wall of memory. "Volunteer's Day" was celebrated at the Wall of Memory of those who died for Ukraine, a commemoration of soldiers who died in the Russian-Ukrainian war. "Thanks to their courage and devotion to national interests, we managed to stop the aggressor country, to mobilise forces in the rear and arm the Ukrainian army". (Photo by Maksym Polishchuk / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

An update on Ukraine—security, economic, and humanitarian conditions

Constanze Stelzenmüller and David Dollar

Monday, March 20, 2023

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Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the international legal order

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Russia, Ukraine, and existential war

Steven Pifer

Monday, March 6, 2023

Ukraine

Ukraine Index

Michael E. O’Hanlon, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and David Wessel

Friday, February 24, 2023

Reports

Europe

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — April 2022

Friday, April 22, 2022

British Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America James Cleverly, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for a photo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, Germany January 20, 2022. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS

Europe

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — January 2022

Monday, January 31, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron take part in the final session of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall in Britain, June 13, 2021. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS

Europe

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — October 2021

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Europe

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — July 2021

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Germany

Nord Stream 2: Background, objections, and possible outcomes

Steven Pifer

April 2021

Blog Posts

FILE PHOTO: Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

Order from Chaos

A German gas crisis will cause jitters across Europe

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, July 18, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a picture during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia August 20, 2021. Sputnik/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

Merkel’s lack of regrets illustrates the fallacies of Germany’s Russia policy

Constanze Stelzenmüller

June 21, 2022

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a ceremony to hand over the office of German Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from the outgoing Anne Spiegel to Elisabeth Paus in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Order from Chaos

Germany has a special responsibility to stop Putin’s evil

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

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2023

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Geostrategic competition and US, Chinese, and Russian overseas basing

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Russia, France, and global disorder

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Crimes against humanity, genocide, and ecocide: Of rights, responsibilities, and international order

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Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War

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Moscow Rules

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Putin’s Counterrevolution

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses South Korean parliament via video link, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 11, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Can Ukraine win — and what happens if Russia loses?

Fiona Hill and Ezra Klein

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Landfall pipes of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Russia on Sept. 23, 2021. Germany is halting the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline in light of Russias incursion into Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday Feb 22, 2022. The undersea pipeline, meant to ferry natural gas directly from Russia to northern Germany, is owned by a subsidiary of Russias state-owned Gazprom. Berlin has previously been reluctant to impose sanctions that would affect Nord Stream 2. But at a press conference Tuesday, Scholz said that the situation today is fundamentally different and therefore, in light of recent events, we must also reassess this situation also with regard to Nord Stream 2. Shortly after, the economy ministry announced it was halting the certification process. (Nord Stream 2/EYEPRESS)

Podcast Episode

How the Ukraine war is affecting oil and gas markets

Samantha Gross and David Dollar

Monday, April 4, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a visit to the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky.

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

On Russia and the Oscars

Fiona Hill, James Carville, Al Hunt, and Jon Macks

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

Thursday, March 31, 2022

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Russia & Eurasia

An update on Ukraine—security, economic, and humanitarian conditions

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the international legal order

Russia, Ukraine, and existential war

Ukraine Index

Reports

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — April 2022

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — January 2022

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — October 2021

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — July 2021

Nord Stream 2: Background, objections, and possible outcomes

Blog Posts

A German gas crisis will cause jitters across Europe

Merkel’s lack of regrets illustrates the fallacies of Germany’s Russia policy

Germany has a special responsibility to stop Putin’s evil

Events

Geostrategic competition and US, Chinese, and Russian overseas basing

Russia, France, and global disorder

Crimes against humanity, genocide, and ecocide: Of rights, responsibilities, and international order

Related Books

Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War

Moscow Rules

Putin’s Counterrevolution

Experts

Fiona Hill

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

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Can Ukraine win — and what happens if Russia loses?

How the Ukraine war is affecting oil and gas markets

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