--- title: Anatol Lieven | TIME description: Anatol Lieven directs the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and is co-author of The Diplomatic Path to a Secure Ukraine, to be published in late February 2024. canonical: https://time.com/author/anatol-lieven/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/anatol-lieven/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Anatol Lieven ## Anatol Lieven Anatol Lieven directs the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and is co-author of _The Diplomatic Path to a Secure Ukraine_, to be published in late February 2024. ## Anatol Lieven *  Nov 28, 2025 ### [The Case for Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan](https://time.com/7337066/trump-ukraine-russia-peace-zelensky/) This flawed, but ultimately workable framework is the best shot of bringing the war to an end. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 14, 2025 ### [What Europe Really Needs to Defend Itself](https://time.com/7268137/europe-rearmament-ukraine-defense-russia/) A measure of rearmament is wise. But figuring out how much to spend—and what to make—are critical fo... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 24, 2024 ### [Column: Ukraine Can't Win the War](https://time.com/6695261/ukraine-forever-war-danger/) There is no realistic chance of total Ukrainian victory next year, or the year after that. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 22, 2023 ### [What a Victory for Ukraine Should Look Like](https://time.com/6257285/ukraine-war-victory/) There's a growing debate over what kind of victory in Ukraine should the U.S. and allies support [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 8, 2022 ### [Biden's National Security Strategy Uses Fear as a Cover for Reckless Ambition](https://time.com/6230122/bidens-national-security-strategy-uses-fear/) The new National Security Strategy overlooks America's strengths and sets it on a course of unsustai... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 25, 2022 ### [Russia Has Been Warning the West About Ukraine for Decades](https://time.com/6141806/russia-ukraine-threats/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 19, 2021 ### [What Pakistan Stands to Gain From the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan](https://time.com/6091251/afghanistan-taliban-takeover-pakistan/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 3, 2014 ### [Putin’s Folly, and Our Own](https://time.com/11996/putins-folly-and-our-own/) Russia and the West Must Stop Conspiring to Turn Ukrainians Against Each Other [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/anatol-lieven/","name":"Anatol Lieven"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/anatol-lieven/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/anatol-lieven/"},"name":"Anatol Lieven","jobTitle":"","description":"Anatol Lieven directs the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and is co-author of The Diplomatic Path to a Secure Ukraine, to be published in late February 2024.","url":"https://time.com/author/anatol-lieven/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```