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.

Russia Needs Minimum 50 Nuclear Subs for Fleet – Navy Vice Admiral

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

Russia Needs Minimum 50 Nuclear Subs for Fleet – Navy Vice Admiral

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

Russia Needs Minimum 50 Nuclear Subs for Fleet – Navy Vice Admiral

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

Mar 22, 2010

Russia Needs Minimum 50 Nuclear Subs for Fleet – Navy Vice Admiral

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: The Russian Navy ideally needs to have at least 50 nuclear-powered submarines, a high-ranking Navy officer said during a live interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station on Saturday. The Russian Navy has some 60 strategic, multi-functional and diesel-powered submarines in its fleet that are combat ready. "The number of nuclear submarines in […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 22, 2010

U.S., “Team Brussels” and EUCOM

By EUCOM

From EUCOM:  On Nov. 25, 2009 I proposed in these spaces an idea of linking the leadership of U.S. European Command with the senior U.S. leaders based in Brussels, the “Capital of Europe.” Then I suggested a meeting involving America’s geographic military command in Europe – EUCOM, with the 3 U.S. Ambassadors representing America to […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Mar 19, 2010

A New Command Structure in Afghanistan

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy:  Despite all the cynicism, change, as the old saying goes, also provides the illusion of progress, and nothing spells relief quite like a good old-fashioned shuffling of the decks. Most U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to statements made earlier this week, are to be formally placed under NATO command. That’s about 20,000 […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 18, 2010

Lithuania: Additional Security Problems

By the Economist

From the Economist:  Swingeing defence cuts have left Lithuania’s military able to do its NATO duty in Afghanistan, but not to defend the country—something that infuriates the Estonians, who still spend the NATO-mandated 2% of GDP on defence. Lithuania, like the other Baltic states, is now gaining formal contingency plans from NATO and big American […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 17, 2010

U.S.-Russia Relations: In Need of a New Reset

By Time

From Time:  [Russia’s envoy to NATO Dimitri] Rogozin puts the matter more bluntly. "Medvedev sincerely believes that Obama can be trusted," he tells TIME. "But that doesn’t mean this opinion is shared at every level, especially the levels where the implementation of their agreements is borne out." This reality — the disconnect between what Medvedev […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 17, 2010

Snubbed by Obama? Join the Club

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post:  Who has attracted attention in the Obama administration? The answer, so far, seems to be not America’s allies but its competitors, and in some cases its adversaries. If there were a way to measure administration exertion in foreign policy, the meter would show the greatest concentration of energy, beyond the war […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 17, 2010

Reorganization to Place Most U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Under NATO Command

By the AP

From the AP:  A major reorganization of allied forces in Afghanistan will centralize both American and other foreign troops under the direct command of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the senior U.S. and NATO commander in the theater… Vice Adm. Greg Smith, the top military spokesman in Afghanistan, said the reorganization would integrate most of the 20,000 […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 17, 2010

NATO Tensions No Cause for Alarm

By atlantic-community.org

From atlantic-community.org:  NATO has been threatened throughout its existence by diverging interests of its members – or to be precise, by the lack of trust in the solidarity of its members in the light of these diverging interests. The persistent mistrust of some European members concerning the willingness of the United States to risk their […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 16, 2010

Duma Will Not Ratify Arms Treaty if Link to Missile Defense Omitted – Gryzlov

By Interfax

From Interfax:  Russian State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov said the Duma would not ratify the new strategic arms treaty with the United States if it does not seal the link with missile defense. "State Duma deputies participate in the drafting of the START-II treaty. We will not ratify it, if it does not take into […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 16, 2010

U.S. Decision on Modernization of Nuclear Weapons Impacts Arsenal in Europe

By Spiegel

From Spiegel:  Germany’s foreign minister has called for the removal of Cold War legacy nuclear weapons being stored here, but some in Washington may have other plans. The US Department of Energy is requesting a budget of close to $2 billion to modernize the country’s oldest models of nuclear weapons, including those being kept in […]

United States and Canada
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Fatima Abbas

Director of Tribal and Native Affairs, Department of Treasury

Millennium Leadership Program

Politics & Diplomacy Rule of Law

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Grace Abuhamad

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Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Internet

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Elliot Ackerman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

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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

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Paul Amato

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Missile Defense Nuclear Deterrence
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