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.

International Missile Program Faces Billion Dollar Cost Overrun

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.

Conflict
Iran

International Missile Program Faces Billion Dollar Cost Overrun

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

International Missile Program Faces Billion Dollar Cost Overrun

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

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NATOSource

Mar 24, 2010

International Missile Program Faces Billion Dollar Cost Overrun

By Reuters

From Reuters: The $19 billion U.S.-European MEADS missile development program is facing about $1 billion in added costs, according to officials briefed on the program, but the overrun should not breach congressional thresholds that would trigger a live-or-die review. Gregory Kee, general manager for the NATO agency that manages the Medium Extended Air Defense System […]

United States and Canada

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Mar 23, 2010

Russia Says No Arms Reduction Deal Without Missile Defense Clause

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia insists on the inclusion of U.S. missile defenses in Europe in a new strategic arms reduction treaty between the two countries in order to ensure nuclear parity, Russia’s top military commander said. … "The treaty is some 95% ready, but we still have to resolve some issues, including getting the U.S. […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 22, 2010

Belgium Extends its Afghan Military Mission by 1 Year

By the AP

From the AP: Belgium has extended its military mission in Afghanistan by a year until the end of 2011. The centre-left government agreed Friday to keep its 600 soldiers in the country at the request of the United States. The Belgian contingent is tasked with training Afghan security forces and providing security at the Kabul, […]

United States and Canada

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

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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
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Steven Grundman

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Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Defense Policy

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Beatriz Guillen

Executive Director, The Resource Foundation

Millennium Leadership Program

Civil Society Entrepreneurship

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Trevor H. Rudolph

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Cybersecurity Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Adam Hammer

Nonresident Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Fellow

Katie Harbath

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Elections

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Chynna Hawes

China Director, Edelman Global Advisory

Millennium Leadership Program

East Asia Economy & Business
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2026 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

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