Ukraine
Access our comment and analysis on the Ukraine crisis as the situation unfolds.
Crisis over Ukraine and European Security
The confrontation between Russia and the West is not merely about the future of Ukraine’s security arrangements; it is about Europe’s entire post-Cold War strategic framework. To all intents and purposes, Russia is demanding another division of the continent into spheres of influence, something the Europeans have spent the past three decades trying to avoid.
This is not a winner-takes-all confrontation, and many permutations are possible. However, what is certain is that the continent is confronted with its worst security crisis since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
RUSI has followed this confrontation from the start; the collection here brings together all our contributions from different perspectives and angles and across other intellectual disciplines, from history to economics, from epidemiology to the science of the battlefield.
War in Ukraine
Over the two years since Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, RUSI has sought to help inform and explain the conflict and help guide the West’s response. As we reach the anniversary of the full-scale invasion on 24 February we have tried to collate some of our most impactful and thought provoking writing and event recordings in one place.
Our experts
Geopolitics and diplomacy
Dr Karin von Hippel
Director-General
Senior Management
Malcolm Chalmers
Deputy Director General
Senior Management
Jonathan Eyal
Associate Director, Strategic Research Partnerships
RUSI International
Dr Neil Melvin
Director, International Security
International Security
Ed Arnold
Senior Research Fellow, European Security
International Security
Emily Ferris
Senior Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Security
International Security
Callum Fraser
Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Security
International Security
Dr Joana de Deus Pereira
Senior Research Fellow
RUSI Europe
Professor Mark Galeotti
Senior Associate Fellow; Principal Director, Mayak Intelligence
Professor Tracey German
Senior Associate Fellow; Deputy Dean of Studies (Research), Defence Studies Department, King's College London
Professor Michael Clarke
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Samuel Ramani
Associate Fellow; Tutor of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Military operations
Professor Justin Bronk
Senior Research Fellow, Airpower & Technology
Military Sciences
Dr Jack Watling
Senior Research Fellow, Land Warfare
Military Sciences
Nick Reynolds
Research Fellow, Land Warfare
Military Sciences
Dr Sidharth Kaushal
Senior Research Fellow, Sea Power
Military Sciences
Sam Cranny-Evans
Associate Fellow
Economic sanctions
Tom Keatinge
Director, CFS
Centre for Finance and Security
Dr Maria Nizzero
Research Fellow
Centre for Finance and Security
Kinga Redlowska
Head of CFS Europe
Centre for Finance and Security
Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin
Research Fellow
Centre for Finance and Security
Offensive cyber capabilities
James Sullivan
Director, Cyber Research
Cyber
Jamie MacColl
Research Fellow
Cyber