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Congress Finally Advanced Aid to Ukraine, but Is It Too Little, Too Late?
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This was massively needed, but it’s not a silver bullet,” added Nicholas Lokker, a research associate for the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American S...
By Nicholas Lokker
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NATO Chief’s Final Battle: Protecting Ukraine from Trump, U.S.
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“This is not just Trump-proofing, but U.S.-proofing in some ways,” said Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security and a former senior ...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump-Proofing Weapons for Ukraine: Allies Consider Moving Arms Group into NATO
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Formalizing the group within NATO would go a long way toward protecting support for Ukraine from changes in U.S. and Western governments, experts said — and particularly from ...
By Jim Townsend
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Why Russia’s Vast Security Services Fell Short on Deadly Attack
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“Because the F.S.B. — and Putin — sees the world through the prism that the United States is out to get Russia, any information that is not consistent with that frame is easil...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine’s Drone Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries Mark New Phase in War
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By the middle of February, drone attacks had damaged five oil refineries. In the immediate aftermath, Russia banned gasoline exports from March 1 until Aug. 31 to ensure suffi...
By Peter Schroeder
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Ukraine’s Allies Keep Hitting Russia with More Sanctions — and Russia Keeps Finding Ways Around Them
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Sanctions have, to some extent, "achieved an economic shock to Russia," said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct fellow at the Centre for New American Security who tracks the impacts of...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Putin, Trump, Production Capacity: The Defence Challenges Facing Europe
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Jim Townsend, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and Nato policy, said: “Right now, does Europe have the ability to fill gaps the US might leave? T...
By Jim Townsend
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How Initial U.S. Support for Aiding Ukraine Has Come to a Standstill 2 Years Later
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"I think Putin feels extraordinarily confident heading into the third year of the war in Ukraine," Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a director at the Center for a New American Security ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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CNAS Responds: Two Years of War in Ukraine
Press Note
Saturday, February 24, marks the sobering occasion of two years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In preparation for the anniversary, CNAS experts analyze the many impacts t...
By Richard Fontaine, Stacie Pettyjohn, Becca Wasser, Nicholas Lokker, John Hughes & Edward Fishman
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Will the U.S. Abandon Ukraine?
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For all its recent gains in Avdiivka, the Russian military is also an exhausted force—and one that is losing more tanks, howitzers and other military equipment to Ukrainian fo...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Are Ukraine’s Defenses Starting to Crumble?
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Avdiivka was “not a mere symbolic Russian victory,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, an Austrian military analyst with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), who travels regula...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Russia Vs The West: Is Putin Winning?
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"It is a race by both sides to rebuild their offensive capacity," said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow at Washington-based Center for New American Security (CNAS). "If th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine Deploying Machine-Gun Mounted Robots to Attack Putin's Troops
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Both Russia and Ukraine are developing UGVs intended to "replace human soldiers in the most dangerous and casualty-intensive storming raids," said Samuel Bendett, of the Cente...
By Samuel Bendett
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New CNAS Report: “Potential Russian Uses of Paramilitaries in Eurasia”
Press Release
Washington, January 17, 2024 — Today, the Center for a New American Security released a new report, Potential Russian Uses of Paramilitaries in Eurasia by Dr. Kimberly Marten,...
By Kimberly Marten, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Carisa Nietsche, Nicholas Lokker & Kristen Taylor
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Next Year Could Be Even Tougher than This Last for Ukraine, Forcing It to Fight Irregularly to Hold On
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The future of Ukraine's war effort, though, is now perhaps more uncertain than it has been at any time since the early days of Russia's failed assault on Kyiv. After its lackl...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Ukraine Aid Remains in Limbo as Congress Nears Recess
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There is little doubt that a significant delay in additional funding from the U.S. would adversely impact Ukraine on the battlefield, but experts differed on the question of h...
By Nicholas Lokker
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What Happens in Ukraine If U.S. Aid Disappears?
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So both sides seem committed to continuing the war — but what would it look like if the US decides to bow out? “A failure to supply military aid to Ukraine isn’t going to caus...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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U.S. and Ukraine Search for a New Strategy After Failed Counteroffensive
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“I don’t think it’s overstating it to highlight how important the U.S. assistance is,” said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a scholar at the Center for a New American Security. “If the...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Russian Lawmakers Approve a Budget with a Record Amount Devoted to Defense Spending
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Record low unemployment, higher wages and targeted social spending should help the Kremlin ride out the domestic impact of pivoting the economy to a war footing but could pose...
By Richard Connolly
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Explosive Drones Are Everywhere In Ukraine. So the Infantry Head Underground, And Erect Screens.
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A Ukrainian FPV drone chasing down two Russian air-defenders speeding along on a motorbike. A Ukrainian drone watching a Russian infantry squad take shelter inside a wrecked a...
By Samuel Bendett
