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.

Web Is New Front Among Cold War Foes

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

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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

Web Is New Front Among Cold War Foes

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

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

NATOSource

Jan 8, 2010

Don’t Discount Europe’s Commitment to Afghanistan

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post: For decades, Europeans have heard an enduring message from the United States: Do more. Carry your weight. Don’t make America do all the heavy lifting. And this message has been delivered, loud and clear, once again, on Afghanistan. An honest assessment would conclude that over the years these complaints have occasionally […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 7, 2010

A New Decade and a New Transatlantic Strategy?

By European Voice

From European Voice: High on the agenda of the strategic dialogue should be a strategy for broadening and deepening the transatlantic market. This has long been a token mutual goal that has failed for lack of ambition. Yet a study for the Commission published in December concluded that elimination of just half of the transatlantic […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 7, 2010

Germany to Announce its New Afghanistan Strategy in London

By Xinhua

From Xinhua: Germany would use a London conference to announce its new strategy for Afghanistan, German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said on Wednesday. Guttenberg told local daily Leipziger Volkszeitung that Germany would announce its own unilateral strategy for Afghanistan at the London conference, which is due to be held on Jan. 28. The new […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 7, 2010

Joint Forces Command Chief Pitches New Name

By the Navy Times

From the Navy Times: Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, U.S. Joint Forces Command chief, late last month pitched to Defense Secretary Robert Gates a proposal to rename the Norfolk, Va.-based organization, aiming to reflect how much it works with non-American entities and officials. The JFCOM commander wants “coalition” added to the organization’s name, according to […]

United States and Canada
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