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As Ukraine marks the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, CSIS experts look to the war’s past and future, examining its impacts on Ukraine, Russia, and the world at large as the conflict continues into a fifth year.
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Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, the war in Ukraine has reshaped European security, global markets, and the balance of power. These 10 charts break down the battlefield, economic strain, military aid shifts, reconstruction costs, and what comes next.
Commentary by CSIS Scholars — February 24, 2026
Critical Questions by CSIS Scholars — February 24, 2026
Report by Kateryna Bondar — February 10, 2026
Brief by Seth G. Jones and Riley McCabe — January 27, 2026
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This digital series—featuring scholars from the Futures Lab and across CSIS—explores the challenge of modern firepower strikes and their central role in coercive campaigns and competitive strategy
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Russia’s war in Ukraine caused immediate and widespread disruptions to Ukraine’s agriculture sector and global food markets. Today, new patterns are emerging, affecting Ukraine’s agricultural recovery and Russia’s ability to use its food exports for political benefit.
Critical Questions by CSIS Scholars — February 24, 2026
Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, the war in Ukraine has reshaped European security, global markets, and the balance of power. These 10 charts break down the battlefield, economic strain, military aid shifts, reconstruction costs, and what comes next.
Commentary by CSIS Scholars — February 24, 2026
A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Kate Bondar on her white paper, “How Russia Is Reshaping Command and Control for AI-Enabled Warfare.”
Podcast Episode by Kateryna Bondar — February 11, 2026
Kateryna Bondar examines how Russia conceptualizes, builds, and adapts its command and control (C2) architecture under wartime pressures, in the first installment of a series on Russia’s use of AI in military operations.
Report by Kateryna Bondar — February 10, 2026
Despite claims of success in Ukraine, new CSIS data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains, with over 1.2 million casualties. Russia is also in decline as a major economic power with slow growth, weak productivity, and declining manufacturing.
Brief by Seth G. Jones and Riley McCabe — January 27, 2026
Max and Maria spoke with Jade McGlynn about her latest report on Ukrainian resistance in the Russian occupied territories of Ukraine.
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Maria Snegovaya, and Jade McGlynn — January 22, 2026
This CIB All About the Base episode, featuring CSIS Wadhwani AI Center Fellow Kate Bondar, will dive into how Ukraine has leveraged its commercial sector, the core features of Russia's state-directed industrial model, and Ukraine's industrial scaling challenges.
Event — January 20, 2026
Ukrainian citizens continue their efforts to resist and undermine Russia's aggressive efforts to consolidate control over the occupied territories in Ukraine's southern and eastern regions.
Report by Jade McGlynn — January 14, 2026
Adam Entous of The New York Times talks his in-depth investigation exploring the Trump Administration's policies towards Ukraine in 2025.
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Maria Snegovaya, and Adam Entous — January 8, 2026
Max and Maria spoke with Sergey Radchenko about the state of affairs in peace negotiations over Ukraine as we come to the close of 2025. They discuss the different parties' goals and positions, and how this current round of negotiations compares to the talks in Istanbul at the start of the full-scale invasion back in 2022.
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Maria Snegovaya, and Sergey Rachenko — December 18, 2025
