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.

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Mar 11, 2026

Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war

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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.

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Outdated, Unwanted, US Nukes Hang On In Europe

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

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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.

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Outdated, Unwanted, US Nukes Hang On In Europe

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Why the Arctic matters to the United States

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

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May 9, 2010

Outdated, Unwanted, US Nukes Hang On In Europe

By the AP

From the AP: "Relics of the Cold War" is how Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle labeled the bombs as Germany’s new government took office last October. … By early this year, he was joined by the foreign ministers of Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Luxembourg in calling for the nuclear discussion at Tallinn. Ex-NATO chief Claes […]

United States and Canada

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May 7, 2010

General Nominated to be NATO Spec Ops Chief

By the Air Force Times

From the Air Force Times: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Headquarters in Belgium will be getting a new commander. Air Force Maj. Gen. Frank K. Kisner has been nominated for a third star and assignment to that job, the Defense Department announced May 6. Kisner currently is serving as commander of Special Operations […]

United States and Canada

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May 6, 2010

West Europeans Target US Nukes at Treaty Session

By the AP

From the AP: Germany and other West European nations at the U.N. nonproliferation conference are calling for elimination of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe — "leftovers from the Cold War" — as a way to advance global arms control. "They no longer serve a military purpose and do not create security," German state minister […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

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May 6, 2010

Biden Seeks Cooperation from European Parliament

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times:  Joseph Biden, the US vice-president, on Thursday sought to win over members of the European parliament opposed to a bank data sharing system that Washington believes is crucial to winning the war on terror. Mr Biden, the most senior US leader to address the European parliament since Ronald Reagan in 1985, […]

European Union International Organizations

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May 6, 2010

VP’s Trip to Europe Billed as “a Big Freaking Deal in the Security Sphere”

By Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy

From Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy: President Obama had to cancel his most recent trip to Europe due to the huge ash cloud, but this week Europeans will get the next-best thing — a visit from Vice President Joseph Biden. The White House is billing the trip as a big freaking deal in the security sphere, […]

European Union International Organizations

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May 5, 2010

Advancing Europe’s Security

By Vice President Joe Biden, New York Times

From Vice President Joe Biden, New York Times: This week I will sit down with NATO ambassadors to advance the ongoing dialogue among the United States and its closest allies on the future of European security. I do so because the United States is firmly committed to the view that any decisions about Europe’s security […]

United States and Canada

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May 4, 2010

U.S. “Having a Very Hard Time Getting the Rest of NATO to Deliver on Commitments”

By the New York Times

From the New York Times:  President Obama made a convincing case last December for sending an additional 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan. Most of those new forces, plus 58,000 already in country, would fight the Taliban. A smaller number would mold Afghan recruits into an indigenous Army and National Police force that could in time […]

United States and Canada

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May 4, 2010

US Has More Than 5,000 Nuclear Warheads

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph:  The United States has become the first country to disclose an up-to-date figure for the number of weapons in its nuclear arsenal. It has done so to encourage more openness from other nuclear states and to further President Barack Obama’s goal of global disarmament. The Pentagon said 5,113 warheads were either operationally […]

United States and Canada

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May 3, 2010

Europe Lacks Plan on Nuclear Arms

By Judy Dempsey, the New York Times

From Judy Dempsey, the New York Times: The European Union, which includes the nuclear powers France and Britain, goes into the major United Nations conference reviewing nuclear nonproliferation on Monday having failed to unite on how to reduce its nuclear weapons. Diplomats involved in the negotiations called the stance a disappointment for the bloc’s ambitions […]

European Union International Organizations

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Apr 30, 2010

Polish Foreign Minister: We’re not Actually Worried About Iranian Missile Threat

By Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy

From Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy: Poland doesn’t see is itself as a target of the missile threat from Iran, the country the nascent U.S. missile shield is supposedly designed to thwart. "If the mullahs have a target list we believe we are quite low on it," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview […]

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