Our work on the War in Ukraine
Here you will find our work Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Western response to it—from sanctions to disinformation and the ramifications for global democracy.Â

Revealing Russia’s Narratives During Its War on Ukraine
Visit the Hamilton 2.0 DashboardOur Experts’ 2023 Policy Wish List to Strengthen Democracy
At the start of the new year, we asked our experts to each put forth one recommendation that would strengthen democracy during a period of declining trust, emboldened autocrats, and war. Their answers touch on a variety of issues—from the war in Ukr [...]
Hamilton Toplines: December 28, 2022–January 3, 2023
Hamilton 2.0Â is an interactive tool that monitors the outputs of Chinese and Russian state media and government officials across a range of social media platforms. The weekly report provides a summary analysis of the most salient topics and narrative [...]
Josh Rudolph in Just Security: Extend US Leadership on Ukraine to Post-War Reconstruction Too
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, taking the security risk to come to Washington for meetings with President Joe Biden and lawmakers, reassured a joint session of Congress yesterday that, “Your money is not charity. It’s an investment in the [...]
Hamilton Toplines: December 7–13, 2022
Hamilton 2.0Â is an interactive tool that monitors the outputs of Chinese and Russian state media and government officials across a range of social media platforms. The weekly report provides a summary analysis of the most salient topics and narrativ [...]
Vassilis Ntousas in Encompass: All Should Be Quieter on the Western Front after the US Midterms
Almost a month after an extremely consequential US midterm election, the initial collective sigh of relief felt by most Europeans seems to have given way to pause, if not revived concern. President Macron’s recent official state visit to Washington [...]
Hamilton Toplines: November 30–December 6, 2022
Hamilton 2.0Â is an interactive tool that monitors the outputs of Chinese and Russian state media and government officials across a range of social media platforms. The weekly report provides a summary analysis of the most salient topics and narrativ [...]
Oh, the Irony…Russia Spreads Disinformation about Polish Annexation of Western Ukrainian Regions
Days after an errant Ukrainian missile tragically killed two civilians in Poland, Russian state-sponsored media began reporting on a strange conspiracy theory—that Poland wants to annex three counties in western Ukraine. ASD at GMF’s Yandex Dashboar [...]
Hamilton Toplines: November 16–29, 2022
Hamilton 2.0Â is an interactive tool that monitors the outputs of Chinese and Russian state media and government officials across a range of social media platforms. The weekly report provides a summary analysis of the most salient topics and narrativ [...]
Moscow’s Mixed Messages: How Setbacks in Ukraine Split Messaging among Once-Unified Kremlin Loyalists
While Russian information operators in government and state-sponsored media presented a relatively united front at the onset of the renewed invasion of Ukraine, setbacks during the war have caused significant divergences in messaging. Ukraine’s succ [...]
Josh Rudolph in Just Security: Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Fight Can Overcome US Skeptics
Likely Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives poses a potential obstacle for support to Ukraine. Key members of the potential incoming House caucus and outside influencers have suggested resistance to further aid. That is not only [...]
Hamilton Toplines: November 2–8, 2022
Russia Monitored Russian accounts tweeted 17,045 times from November 2 to November 8, earning 185,885 retweets and 539,333 likes. Kremlin-linked Twitter accounts did not conduct a large-scale messaging push around the US midterm elections. Even on t [...]
Josh Rudolph Discusses Marshall Plan for Ukraine on the Power Vertical Podcast
What will it take to rebuild Ukraine when the war is over? A report released in September by the World Bank, Ukrainian government, and the European Commission estimates that Russia’s unprovoked invasion has already caused more than $97 billion in d [...]