United States and Canada

United States and Canada

The United States has enjoyed an unparalleled period of peace and prosperity since the end of the Second World War, due to its construction of a rules-based international order and maintenance of close alliances and partnerships. Canada has been a key partner for the United States, both due to their close economic links and their shared border, the world’s longest at 5,525 miles. Canada is also a key NATO ally for the United States and is active in international diplomacy around the world.

NATO allies help fill key niche for U.S. forces

Dispatches
Mar 11, 2026

Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war

By
Atlantic Council experts

As the US-Israeli war against Iran reverberates across the Middle East and the globe, Atlantic Council experts bring clarity to the fast-moving events.

Conflict
Iran

NATO allies help fill key niche for U.S. forces

Event Recap
Mar 6, 2026

Inside Trump’s long-term economic strategy, with EXIM Bank’s John Jovanovic

By
Katherine Golden

At an Atlantic Council Front Page event, Jovanovic talked about the supply chains he is working to reshape, from critical minerals to energy.

Trade and tariffs
United States and Canada

NATO allies help fill key niche for U.S. forces

Dispatches
Feb 25, 2026

Why the Arctic matters to the United States

By
Julia Nesheiwat

The region is rapidly becoming a geopolitical arena where Russia and China’s deepening cooperation challenges Western dominance.

China
Critical Minerals

Content

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2010

NATO allies help fill key niche for U.S. forces

By Jennifer Svan, Stars and Stripes

From Jennifer Svan, Stars and Stripes:  Faced with a critical shortage of joint terminal attack controllers, the Air Force has ramped up efforts to train more from allied nations, many of whom could deploy to Afghanistan to call in NATO airstrikes.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2010

Pentagon: The global cyberwar is just beginning

By Anna Mulrine, the Christian Science Monitor

From Anna Mulrine, the Christian Science Monitor:  The Pentagon is rapidly preparing for cyberwar in the face of alarming and growing threats, say senior defense officials, who add that sophisticated attacks have prompted them to take the striking step of investigating the feasibility of expanding NATO’s collective defense tenet to include cyberspace.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2010

The Demilitarization of Europe

By Gary Schmitt, the Wall Street Journal

From Gary Schmitt, the Wall Street Journal:  Now circulating among NATO member countries is a draft "Strategic Concept," a document that describes the alliance’s core roles and missions. It will be submitted for formal approval at the upcoming NATO summit in Lisbon in November.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 5, 2010

US call for Nato cyber-strike capacity causes division

By Valentina Pop, the EUobserver

From Valentina Pop, the EUobserver:  Developing a Nato cyber-war capability and French opposition to joint nuclear planning are emerging as the main bones of contention in the debate on a new Nato "Strategic Concept," to be adopted next month.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 5, 2010

French arrests expose multinational components of suspected terrorist network

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Anti-terrorist police arrested 11 people in several parts of France early on Tuesday in swoops on suspected Islamic extremists, police sources said. In one operation focused on a network supplying false papers for jihadists returning from Afghanistan, police arrested two men in the Mediterranean port of Marseille and a third in the city […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 5, 2010

Can the Obama administration avoid a split with Pakistan?

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  Relations between the United States and Pakistan, never stable, are once again close to crisis.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 4, 2010

Obama congratulates the people of Germany on Anniversary of Reunification

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  On Sunday, October 3, the people of the United States join with the people of the Federal Republic of Germany in celebrating the Day of German Unity and the 20th anniversary of the unification of East and West Germany.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 4, 2010

Commander of the Russian Navy warns of China’s race for Arctic

By Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters

From Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters:  Russia will increase naval patrols in the Arctic Ocean to defend its interests against nations such as China seeking a share of the area’s mineral wealth, the navy commander was quoted as saying on Monday. Arctic nations such as Canada, Russia, Norway, the United States and Denmark are trying to file […]

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 4, 2010

Sarkozy to Propose New Bond With Russia

By Steven Erlanger and Katrin Bennhold, the New York Times

From Steven Erlanger and Katrin Bennhold, the New York Times:  President Nicolas Sarkozy of France plans to propose a new security and economic relationship between Europe and Russia

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 1, 2010

Bin Laden involved in Europe attack plot: report

By AFP

From AFP:  Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is involved in an unfolding plot to launch attacks on European cities and may have even targeted the United States, a radio report said. Several months ago, bin Laden sent a directive to Al-Qaeda affiliates and partners that he wanted a Mumbai-style attack on at least three European […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada
Load More

Experts

Millennium fellow

Fatima Abbas

Director of Tribal and Native Affairs, Department of Treasury

Millennium Leadership Program

Politics & Diplomacy Rule of Law

Fellow

Grace Abuhamad

Former Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Internet

Fellow

Elliot Ackerman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

Staff

Iryna Adam

Research Associate

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Eastern Europe English

Fellow

Anca Agachi

Nonresident Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Africa Conflict

Fellow

Paul Amato

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Missile Defense Nuclear Deterrence
Load More

Events

Public Event Thu, May 14, 2026 • 4:00 pm ET

Trade over aid: Prosperity for the US and the developing world
Politics & Diplomacy Resilience & Society United States and Canada
Public Event Thu, June 4, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

From the ground up: Federated biodefense
Crisis Management Infrastructure Protection Intelligence National Security
Flagship Event Fri, December 11, 2026 • 8:30 am ET

2026 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

The Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics is an annual flagship convening focused on issues at the nexus of economics, finance, foreign policy, and national security.
Digital Policy Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia European Union