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Securing Ukraine’s Future

With the Russia-Ukraine war now in its fifth year, the future of Ukraine remains unclear. Ensuring that Ukraine is able to resist and survive Russia’s full-scale invasion is essential to restore peace and security to Europe. With this goal in mind, the Council’s Special Initiative on the war in Ukraine provides timely, informed analysis and practical policy recommendations for U.S. policymakers and the American public.

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Ukraine’s Critical Minerals: Aligning Capital, Security, and Reconstruction

Panelists examine the strategic, diplomatic, and investment frameworks needed to develop Ukraine’s critical minerals sector and how it can help fund the country’s reconstruction.

Ukraine Policy Briefs

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Autonomous Ukraine: We Are in a New Era of Warfare

The Why It Matters podcast discusses how the war in Ukraine is redefining modern conflict and what it takes to win a war. Ushering in a new era of mass warfare and blurring the idea of a front line, millions of low-cost drones are swarming the battlefield—striking, sensing, and reshaping the nature of combat in real time. In this episode, we explore how innovation under fire is transforming power and forcing nations to rethink strategy and military capacity.

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<p>A drone image shows residential and administrative buildings destroyed by Russian air strikes in Toretsk, Ukraine.</p>
<p>A drone image shows residential and administrative buildings destroyed by Russian air strikes in Toretsk, Ukraine.</p>
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Rebuilding Ukraine

To rebuild Ukraine’s economy successfully, argue the authors, policymakers should help facilitate the return of Ukrainian workers and private investment by developing a long-term recovery strategy.

<p>Fortifications built by the Ukrainian army stretch across a field near the front line outside Kupiansk, Ukraine.</p>
<p>Fortifications built by the Ukrainian army stretch across a field near the front line outside Kupiansk, Ukraine.</p>
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Defending Ukraine in the Absence of NATO Security Guarantees

This report is part of the Council Special Initiative on Securing Ukraine’s Future. Executive Summary Ending the Russia-Ukraine war will be difficult and likely require a broader range of incentives (positive and negative) than the world has yet presented to bring both parties to the negotiating table. Even in the event that a cease-fire or armistice […]

<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte shake hands during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine.</p>
<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte shake hands during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine.</p>
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Ukraine, NATO, and War Termination

The United States has an unquestionable interest in ending the Russia-Ukraine war. Equally imperative, argue Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Eric Ciaramella and Eric Green, is safeguarding Ukraine’s postwar sovereignty and security while signaling to Russia and other adversaries that attempting to change borders through force will incur a heavy cost.

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Paul B. Stares

General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Wachenheim Center for Peace and Security

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Max Boot

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies

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Rebecca Lissner

Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director of the Future of American Strategy Initiative

David Scheffer

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