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.

Transatlantic Homeland Security

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

Transatlantic Homeland Security

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

Transatlantic Homeland Security

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

Jan 19, 2010

Transatlantic Homeland Security

By Global Europe

From Global Europe: If Europeans and Americans are to be safe at home, the United States need to boost its direct cooperation with EU institutions, and those institutions must take their new responsibilities seriously… Creating common standards in airline security or reaching a legal accord on data protection will be difficult, given our different legal […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 19, 2010

The Death of the West?

By the American Interest

From the American Interest: The biggest surprise, however, in the 2010s may be the breakup of the West. Just as the glue that once held the Third World is dissolving over time, the forces that once brought western Europe, the United States and Japan into a single economic and political bloc are gradually losing their […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2010

Thanks to Poland, the Alliance will Defend the Baltics

By the Economist

From the Economist: In A crunch, would NATO stand by its weakest members—the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? After five years of dithering , the answer now seems to be yes, with a decision in principle by the alliance to develop formal contingency plans to defend them. The shift comes after hard-fought negotiations, […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 14, 2010

Article 5 Jitters at Prague Conference

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Specifically, there is growing concern, particularly in Poland and the Baltic states, that NATO’s eastern borders remain largely unprotected. There are also worries in Eastern Europe that Article 5 of the alliance charter, which obligates the entire alliance to come to the defense of a member who is attacked, would […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 14, 2010

Web Is New Front Among Cold War Foes

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: Alleged attacks on Google Inc. from China redraw the battle lines between the U.S. and its former Cold War adversaries, who are now squaring off on a new front: cyberspace… Past attacks directed at the private sector—like Chinese and Russian efforts to surveil the U.S. electric grid and Chinese penetrations […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jan 13, 2010

Sen. Levin to Press Allies to Honor Pledges

By the AP

From the AP: Afghanistan is facing a major shortage of instructors needed to train Afghan forces, a senior American lawmaker said Wednesday, calling the deficit “inacceptable.” Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, said he would press nations in the international coalition to honor their pledges to train the Afghan security […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 12, 2010

Afghans Optimistic on Future, Support Karzai: Poll

By Reuters

From Reuters: A majority of Afghans are confident about the future of their country, a national opinion poll showed on Monday, with 72 percent rating President Hamid Karzai as doing a good or excellent job. The survey, commissioned by the BBC, ABC News and German broadcaster ARD, found the number of people who thought things […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 11, 2010

Stop France Arming Russia

By the Georgian Daily

From the Georgian Daily: “In providing Putin with the tools for rapid invasion of Georgia, Crimea and the Baltic countries,” writes French philosopher André Glucksmann in Le Monde, “Our message is clear: go ahead!” Such geopolitical autism—or cynicism—will tear at the fabric of NATO just as the alliance searches for common ground in Afghanistan and […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 11, 2010

Can Madrid Reform the New Transatlantic Agenda?

By the European Voice

From the European Voice: [I]t was 15 years ago, during an earlier Spanish EU presidency, that the US and the EU signed the New Transatlantic Agenda (NTA), the most ambitious programme for US-European co-operation to date. Mirroring its stance in 1995, the Spanish government has announced that transatlantic relations will be a key focus of […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 8, 2010

Global Hacker Threat Comes from Russia?

By Russia Today

From Russia Today: Cyber attacks are now considered as dangerous as terrorism and nuclear proliferation. Russia and China are the most serious sources of cyber threats, according to a recent NATO report… A notorious ring known as the RBN, or Russian Business Network, was set up in St. Petersburg in the late 1990. As well […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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Ryan Berger

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Charlotte Bertrand

Project Assistant

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Jian Bland

Vice President of Workplace Experience, Mastercard New York City Technology Hub

Millennium Leadership Program

Technology & Innovation United States and Canada

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Joseph T. Bonivel Jr.

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Cybersecurity Defense Technologies

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Zeina Boustani

Director, Strategy & Operations, Mastercard

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Alexander Bozmoski

Vice President, Programs, DEPLOY/US

Millennium Leadership Program

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