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.

“New START” Dead on Arrival?

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

“New START” Dead on Arrival?

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

“New START” Dead on Arrival?

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

Feb 23, 2010

“New START” Dead on Arrival?

By the Cable

  From the Cable: As the Obama administration finishes up negotiations over the lynchpin of its strategy of hitting the "reset button" on U.S. relations with Russia, the "New START" nuclear arms reduction treaty, the big lingering question on everyone’s mind is: Will the Senate actually be able to ratify the deal? Senior Democratic senators, who […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 23, 2010

Jones: NATO Must be Lean, Agile, and Flexible

By the New Atlanticist

  From the New Atlanticist: In a provocative closed door session yesterday, National Security Advisor Jim Jones proclaimed that "NATO must be prepared to address, deny, and deter the full spectrum of threats, whether emanating from within Europe, at NATO’s boundaries, or far beyond NATO’s borders…" His challenge for an Alliance that has kept the West […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 23, 2010

Gates: Europe’s Demilitarization Has Gone Too Far

By the AP

From the AP: Europeans’ aversion to military force is limiting NATO’s ability to fight wars effectively, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. In remarks to a forum on rewriting the basic mission plan for the NATO alliance, Gates called for far-reaching reforms in an organization that was created 61 years ago as a political and military […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 23, 2010

Rasmussen: Sale of French Warship to Russia, “is not NATO Business”

By the Cable

  From the Cable: Rasmussen also commented briefly on the French sale of the Mistral amphibious assault ship to Russia, saying the sale is not a NATO issue. "This is not NATO business, this is a bilateral question between France and Russia," he said, "So as such, NATO is not engaged in this." As the first […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 23, 2010

Hillary Clinton: The Future of NATO

By the Atlantic Council

  From the Atlantic Council: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke on the future of NATO before the Atlantic Council on February 22. Council Chairman Senator Chuck Hagel offered welcoming remarks, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright introduced Secretary Clinton. Albright is the Chair of the Group of Experts commissioned by NATO Secretary General […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 22, 2010

U.S. Patriot Missiles in Poland Early April

By  Reuters

From Reuters: Poland is set to host a battery of U.S. Patriot missiles and the American troops to man it from the start of April, PAP news agency said Sunday. "The Defense Ministry expects the first stage of the stationing of a Patriot air-defense battery and a 100-man service team to get under way in the […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 22, 2010

U.S. to Brief Russia and NATO Partners on Details of Missile Plan

By  UPI

  From UPI: The Russian permanent envoy to NATO said Friday a U.S. official will provide details of the U.S. missile defense program at an upcoming briefing. Envoy Dmitry Rogozin told Russia’s Interfax news agency the briefing by the U.S. official, whose identity was not released, would occur at a March 3 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 21, 2010

Alexander Haig, 1924-2010; Former Secretary of State and SACEUR

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post: Retired Army Gen. Alexander Haig, who held influential positions in the U.S. military and government and who as White House chief of staff shepherded Richard M. Nixon toward peacefully resigning the presidency, died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore of complications from an infection. He was 85. Presidents Gerald R. Ford […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 20, 2010

US Missile Defence Plan Stalled as Ankara Resists Radar Base

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times: President Barack Obama’s missile defence plan to counter Iran is facing resistance in Turkey because Ankara is reluctant to host a radar base unless other Nato countries also increase support for the system. While the US has identified Turkey as the best land-based site to provide coverage of Iranian short and medium-range […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 19, 2010

Final Seminar on NATO’s Strategic Concept in DC

By  NATO

From NATO: The fourth and final Strategic Concept Seminar convened for the Group of Experts commissioned by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to advise the Alliance on a New Strategic Concept will take place at the National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 23, 2010. The event is jointly hosted […]

United States and Canada
Load More

Experts

Staff

Kimberly Donovan

Director, Economic Statecraft Initiative

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

Executive Leadership Intensive participant

Chris Dowd

Investor, Collaborative Fund

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Staff

Amy Drake

Assistant Director

Global Energy Center Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

Fellow

Jonathan P. Dunne

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy National Security

Fellow

Nicholas Eftimiades

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Intelligence

Fellow

Naz El-Khatib

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Europe & Eurasia Indo-Pacific
Load More

Events

Public Event Fri, April 10, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

Game changers: Cures for 21st century biological threats
National Security Technology & Innovation United States and Canada
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