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.

U.S. General Gives Notice of More Risk for Germans

Dispatches
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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Iran

U.S. General Gives Notice of More Risk for Germans

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

U.S. General Gives Notice of More Risk for Germans

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.

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NATOSource

Apr 22, 2010

U.S. General Gives Notice of More Risk for Germans

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, warned Germans on Wednesday that the Obama administration’s new counter-insurgency strategy increased risks for troops serving there, but that it was a crucial policy aimed at winning support from the Afghan people. General McChrystal, who made a […]

United States and Canada

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Apr 22, 2010

NATO Missile Defense System Dependent on U.S.-Japanese Cooperation

By Reuters

From Reuters: Army Lieutenant General Patrick O’Reilly said on Wednesday he had held several high-level program reviews with Japanese government officials since the Democratic Party of Japan’s victory in the Aug. 30, 2009, elections for the legislature’s lower house. "They have indicated that they are in full support and their commitments are solid," he told […]

United States and Canada

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Apr 22, 2010

U.S. Patriot Battery to be Deployed in Poland “Around May 24”

By Reuters

From Reuters: A planned battery of U.S. Patriot missiles that has irritated Russia will now arrive in Poland in late May, the state news agency PAP said on Wednesday, nearly two months behind schedule. The temporary deployment of the battery, along with a 100-man team to operate it, is part of a Polish-U.S. agreement signed […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2010

Tanker Contract is Back in Play

By Jen DiMascio, POLITICO

From Jen DiMascio, POLITICO:  The stage is now set for a two-company battle for a $35 billion contract to make aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force in the wake of the announcement by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. that it would in fact submit a military version of its A330 aircraft for […]

United States and Canada

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Apr 22, 2010

Rasmussen: NATO Needs Missile Defense System to Protect “All Our Populations”

By NATO

From NATO: [W]e also need a credible missile defence system, providing coverage for all the Allies. The United States already has a missile defence system. Some European Allies have a capacity to protect deployed forces against missile attacks. But of course we must be able to also protect our populations – all our populations. If […]

United States and Canada

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Apr 21, 2010

US and Europe Rethink Role of Cold War Alliance

By the AP

From the AP:  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading to a meeting of NATO ministers in Estonia at a time when the 61-year-old organization is suffering from a kind of mid-life crisis. … The Tallinn meeting, in fact, could split over the question of whether it’s time to remove an estimated 200 U.S. […]

United States and Canada

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Apr 20, 2010

Military Scrambles Soldiers, Staff and Supplies

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Volcanic ash and no-fly orders by European air-control authorities forced the U.S. military to reroute several planes flying wounded soldiers out of Afghanistan and to cancel hundreds of training flights in Europe, military officials said Monday. In addition, U.S. bases struggled with staff shortages because thousands of soldiers on leave […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 19, 2010

“The US has begun talks… about withdrawing its tactical nuclear weapons from Europe”

By the Guardian

From the Guardian:  Also on the agenda [for Thursdays’ NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Estonia] will be a call by five Nato countries for the removal of all remaining US nuclear weapons on European soil, in a move intended to spur global disarmament. Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway and Luxembourg have drawn up a joint […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 19, 2010

Merkel Firm on Afghan Mission Despite Deaths

By the Local

From the Local:  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her understanding for those who doubt her country’s involvement in NATO’s Afghanistan mission following the death of four soldiers on Thursday, but said she stands behind the deployment. During a speech at Stanford University in San Francisco, Merkel said she respected concerns about the worsening situation […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 16, 2010

Congressional Opposition to Sale of Mistral to Russia

By Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Hill

From Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Hill : Last month, when French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Washington, administration officials had a golden opportunity to confront the French leader about his nation’s proposed sale of advanced amphibious warships to Russia. This sale threatens to shake the NATO alliance to its core, bolstering Russia’s offensive military capabilities as […]

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Ryan J. Lamke

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Will LaRivee

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Ivy Lau-Schindewolf

International Policy and Partnerships, OpenAI

Millennium Leadership Program

China Digital Policy

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Josh Lawson

Head of Civic and Strategic Risk, Open AI

Millennium Leadership Program

Technology & Innovation United States and Canada

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Keir Lieber

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Josh Lipsky

Chair, International Economics

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