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Content covering countries in Eastern Europe, including Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, and more.

Upcoming Events

The Folly of Realism: Ukraine, Russia, and US Foreign Policy

Hybrid EVENT

Lt. Col. (ret.) Alexander Vindman and John Gans examine America's evolving Eastern Europe strategy and what Ukraine reveals about the future of US foreign policy.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Joseph Keith Kellogg, United States Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 14, 2025.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Office / AP
Aug
21
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Past Events

Ukraine: From Battlefield to Bargaining Table?

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Samuel Charap, Elina Beketova, Jen Stout, and Ivo Daalder discuss the current state of the war in Ukraine and the ongoing attempts to end the conflict.

Apr 24
Event speakers on the Council stage.
Ana Miyares Photography

The Future of the Russian Opposition

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Natalia Pelevina, Konstantin Sonin, Dina Smeltz, and Olga Kamenchuk discuss the future of Russia's opposition movement and the challenges Russian activists are facing.

Feb 20
Speakers on stage. From left to right: Olga Kamenchuk, Konstantin Sonin, Dina Smeltz, Natalia Pelevina
Ana Miyares Photography
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Commentary & Analysis

Trump Expresses Frustration with Putin over Ukraine

In the News
BBC News
Leslie Vinjamuri

"Clearly we've come a huge way since that very difficult meeting—to put it lightly—between Zelenskyy and Trump in the Oval Office many months ago," Leslie Vinjamuri says.

Leslie Vinjamuri is interviewed on BBC US Foreign Policy

Russia and Ukraine Are Both Still in This War for the Long Haul

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

With Operation Spiderweb, Ukraine demonstrated it has a lot of fight left. All that means is that the war is set to rage on, Paul Poast writes.

A fisherman passes by a mural in Kyiv depicting the head of Ukraine's Security Service Vasyl Malyuk
Efrem Lukatsky / AP
Defense and Security
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Research

US-Russia Relations in a Changing World

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey

Explore US-Russia survey research between 2021 and 2025.

Russian and American flags
Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
Public Opinion

Slim Majorities of Americans Still Support Aiding Ukraine

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

While down slightly from last year, more than half support continuing military and economic assistance to Kyiv. But the results are highly partisan.

Demonstrators rally in Times Square on the three-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP
Public Opinion
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