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As the conflict in Ukraine continues to unfold, it becomes clear that it will have profound consequences for the stability of Europe, the future of NATO, perceptions of American power around the world, the health and success of democracy around the world, and how the United States navigates burgeoning strategic competition with Russia and China. With this series, the Wilson Center will identify the key forces at play, assess their implications for critical American interests, and explore the viewpoints of all the major players in Europe’s first 21st century strategic crisis.
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Hindsight Up Front: Ukraine Has a New Home
Visit the Ukraine at Wilson website for the latest Wilson Center expert analysis and commentary on the ripple effects of Russia's invasion on Ukraine, regional security, and global alliances.
EXPLORERecent Events
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Causes and Consequences of Russia’s Year of War in Ukraine
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The Implications of Russia's War on Ukraine: Identity, Politics, Governance
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Water @ Wilson | Water and Conflict: Updates from the Russia-Ukraine War
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Responding to the Ukrainian Refugee Plight: The EU and US Perspectives
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Silicon Lifeline: Western Electronics at the Heart of Russia's War Machine
![A priest overseas the burial of the remains of 13 unidentified and two identified people who were killed in the Bucha district during the Russian occupation](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_2198368575.jpg)
Bucha After Russian Occupation: Bucha’s Mayor on the Destruction of His City and Hopes for the Future
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Book Talk | Hybrid Warriors: Proxies, Freelancers and Moscow's Struggle for Ukraine
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Ukrainian Attitudes of War and Peace: Complex Dilemmas of Wartime
![IRPIN, UKRAINE - Mar. 09, 2022: War in Ukraine. Thousands of residents of Irpin have to abandon their homes and evacuate as russian troops are bombing a peaceful city. War refugees in Ukraine](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_2133927885.jpg)
Ripples of War | Six Months Since Russia’s Invasion into Ukraine
![Washington DC, USA- February 24th, 2022: Anti-war Protesters holding pro-Ukraine signs outside the White House after Russia invaded Ukraine.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_2129951231.jpg)
Assessing U.S. Support to Ukraine Four Months after Russia’s Invasion
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Hindsight Up Front | Defining a Successful Resolution to Russia’s War in Ukraine
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The Marshall Plan at 75: Lessons for Ukraine?
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The Echo of Chechnya in Russia's War with Ukraine
![photographer in front of a bombed building in Kyiv, Ukraine](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/5.24.22%20Event%20picture%20-%20Copy_0.jpg)
Russian War Crimes in Ukraine: Can Russia Be Held Accountable?
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Kennan Long View Series | There is Nothing for You Here
![Press in blue body armor in Kyiv during protests.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/ReportersinKyiv.png)
Lifting the Fog of War in Ukraine: A Discussion with Jamie Fly and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
![MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 07, 2019: Rehearsal of the Victory Day celebration (WWII). Army General Oleg Salyukov preparing to travel before the formation of soldiers on the car Aurus](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_1431935909%20%281%29.jpg)
Victory Day Celebrations During Russia’s War of Aggression
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The Effect of Western Sanctions: A View from Ukraine
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Lessons from the Edge | A Conversation with the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
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Arctic Cooperation in the Shadow of Russian Aggression: Armchair Discussion with Icelandic Foreign Minister Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir
![July 20, 2021, Russia, Krasnodar Territory. Harvester working in a wheat field at sunset](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_2015621678.jpg)
System Shock: Russia’s War and Global Food, Energy, and Mineral Supply Chains
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Book Talk | Russian Grand Strategy in the Era of Global Power Competition
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Indo-Pacific Responses to Ukraine
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Confronting Russian Cyber Censorship
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The EU, U.S. and NATO: Partners for Global Security
![IRPIN, UKRAINE - Mar. 05, 2022: War in Ukraine. Women, old people and children evacuated from Irpin town was transferd to Kyiv by Kyiv territorial defense battalion. War refugees in Ukrain](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_2132499051.jpg)
Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian Women in the Anti-War Movement
![Army troops transporter and tank with Ukrainian flag, Ukraine](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_2112720047%20%281%29.jpg)
The Ukraine Crisis and the Balkans: What Changes ... and What Doesn't?
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Hindsight Up Front: Ukraine | Who is Vladimir Putin? A Conversation with Baroness Catherine Ashton
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Ukraine and the Arctic: Perspectives, Impacts, and Implications
![President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front positions of the army in the Donetsk region. Ukraine, Donetsk. 17.02.2022](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_2128542503.jpg)
The Russian War in Ukraine: The Situation After Two Weeks
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Canada: Ukraine's Crucial Ally
Join Dr. Christopher Sands, Director of the Canada Institute, in conversation with Professor Dominique Arel, Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa, alongside Dr. Jane Boulden, Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada.
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Wilson Policy Briefing: Russia Sanctions, Financial Markets and Cryptocurrencies
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Russia’s Aggression: European Perspectives and Responses
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Russia’s Aggression Towards Ukraine – the British View: A Conversation with Michael Tatham, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy in Washington
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The U.S., Europe and NATO: A Counter-Putin Strategy
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Public Opinion in the Divided Donbas: Results of a January 2022 Survey on Both Sides of the Contact Line
![American soldier stands in front of the Ukrainian flag](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_1507556936.jpg)
Russia and Ukraine on the Brink: A Discussion with Michèle Flournoy
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Russia’s Aggression Towards Ukraine – the German View: A Conversation with Minister of State Tobias Lindner
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Hindsight Up Front | View From the Senate on the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
![KHARKIV REG., UKRAINE - Aug 23, 2015: Weaponry and military equipment of the armed forces of Ukraine before being sent to the war zone in eastern Ukraine](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_473678632.jpg)
Setting the Record Straight on NATO Enlargement | Interview with Robert Zoellick, US Lead Negotiator in 2+4 Talks on German Reunification
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The Arts of War: Ukrainian Artists Confront Russia
The Ukrainian response to the 2022 Russian invasion has inspired a new appreciation for their country both within and beyond Ukraine. In this new series, Distinguished Fellow Blair A. Ruble share stories that highlight the ways in which Ukrainians have long explored the meaning of their country and culture through the arts, and the manner in which the arts and their creators have empowered Ukrainians to confront the Russian invaders. These developments also offer intriguing clues about the culture, society, and politics of a post-war Ukraine.
EXPLORE NOW![Map of Crimea](/sites/default/files/styles/2up_image/public/media/uploads/images/CrimeaMap.png)
Why Did Russia Give Away Crimea Sixty Years Ago?
Crimea was part of Russia from 1783, when the Tsarist Empire annexed it a decade after defeating Ottoman forces in the Battle of Kozludzha, until 1954, when the Soviet government transferred Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federation of Socialist Republics (RSFSR) to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkrSSR). Not until 1992, just after the Soviet Union was dissolved, did additional material about this episode emerge.
Learn MoreExplore the History
![Collage of Ukranian nationalist Stepan Bandera](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/Bandera_Collage.png)
Operation ANYFACE: How the US Army Shielded a Ukrainian Nationalist from Soviet Intelligence
Protected by the US Army's refusal to honor a Soviet extradition request, Stepan Bandera plotted for Ukrainian independence for nearly 15 years after the end of World War II.
![Not one inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/10%20Not%20one%20inch.png)
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
Based on secret records of White House-Kremlin contacts, Not One Inch shows how, in the 1990s, the United States overcame Russian resistance to expand NATO, ultimately bringing the alliance to a billion people. But it also reveals how Washington’s hardball tactics, combined with Moscow’s self-inflicted wounds, undermined a potentially lasting partnership during the decade culminating in Vladimir Putin’s rise to power.
![resident William J. Clinton and President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin delivering a joint press statement on the steps of Springwood, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's historic home in Hyde Park, New York. The image was photographed by Ralph Alswang.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/09700_2003_001_A.gif)
New Sources on NATO Enlargement from the Clinton Presidential Library
Documents from the Clinton Presidential Library can facilitate new interpretations of NATO’s open door-policy and its implications for the emergence of the post-Cold War order.
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Security for Disarmament: Negotiating Ukraine’s Budapest Memorandum
Mariana Budjeryn introduces a new batch of translated Ukrainian documents to mark the 24th anniversary of the Budapest Memorandum.
![Cold War Lessons for Dealing with Russia](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/images/article/ford_and_brezhnev_pd_32414.jpg)
Cold War Lessons for Dealing with Russia
CWIHP Public Policy Scholar Sergey Radchenko writes in the National Interest on the situation in Crimea and parallels between the current crisis and the Cold War.
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Memorandum Of Conversation: Meeting With Ukrainian President Kuchma (Following Nato-Ukraine Charter Signing)
President Clinton and President Kuchma discuss economic conditions inside Ukraine, Russia-Ukraine relations following Ukraine's signing of an agreement with NATO, and replacing reactors in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
![Russia and Ukraine Flags](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_1011237385.png)
Memorandum Of Conversation: Meeting With President Kuchma Of Ukraine
President Clinton and President Kuchma discuss NATO-Ukraine relations, Russa-Ukraine relations, and domestic politics in Russia and Ukraine. Kuchma relays to Clinton that "I am deeply confident that Russia will never agree to an independent Ukraine in its mentality and thinking."
![Crimean Submarine tunnel](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_promo/public/media/uploads/images/shutterstock_2062785386_0.png)
Meeting Of The Presidium Of The Supreme Soviet Of The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics
Meeting minutes from Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet during which the transfer of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine was approved.
Experts
William E. Pomeranz
Director, Kennan Institute
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Mykhailo Minakov
Senior Advisor; Editor-in-Chief, Focus Ukraine Blog
![Mykhailo Minakov](/sites/default/files/styles/square_244x244/public/media/images/person/minakov.jpg)
Andrian Prokip
Senior Associate, Ukraine
![Andrian Prokip](/sites/default/files/styles/square_244x244/public/media/images/person/aprokip.jpg)
Jill Dougherty
Global Fellow
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