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.

Afghan strategy review before troop boost: Germany

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

Afghan strategy review before troop boost: Germany

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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.

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Afghan strategy review before troop boost: Germany

Dispatches
Feb 25, 2026

Why the Arctic matters to the United States

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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

Dec 2, 2009

Afghan strategy review before troop boost: Germany

By Reuters

From Reuters: Germany signaled on Wednesday that it was ready to do more police training in Afghanistan, but said it could not commit more troops before it has reviewed its strategy early next year… U.S. officials said Washington was also seeking 5,000 to 7,000 more troops from allies and German media reports on Wednesday estimated […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 2, 2009

Obama’s References to Role of Allies in New Afghanistan Policy

By the White House

From the White House: Of course, this burden is not ours alone to bear. This is not just America’s war. Since 9/11, al Qaeda’s safe havens have been the source of attacks against London and Amman and Bali. The people and governments of both Afghanistan and Pakistan are endangered. And the stakes are even higher […]

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NATOSource

Dec 1, 2009

Russia drafts “post-Cold War” security pact

By Reuters

From Reuters: Russia on Sunday published its proposal for a new Euro-Atlantic security treaty that would restrict its ability to use military force unilaterally if the United States and its European allies agreed to do the same. President Dmitry Medvedev has said the European Security Treaty is needed to replace Cold War-era institutions like NATO […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 1, 2009

Europe Is Missing the Action in Afghanistan

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: “This is not just Obama’s war,” he [NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen] said. “Once the U.S. president has made his decision, Europe must do its utmost to support him.” This is why the NATO chief has been busy these past few weeks traveling around the Continent and calling Allies […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 1, 2009

Should Obama Apologize for NATO Enlargement?

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Did the United States betray Russia at the dawn of the post-cold war era? The short answer is no. Nothing legally binding emerged from the negotiations over German unification. In fact, in September 1990, an embattled Mr. Gorbachev signed the accords that allowed NATO to extend itself over the former […]

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Report

Dec 1, 2009

Forging a Strategic U.S.-EU Partnership

The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Relations Program outlines a comprehensive plan for renewing U.S.-EU relations in Shoulder to Shoulder: Forging a Strategic U.S.-EU Partnership.Download the PDF

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NATOSource

Nov 27, 2009

Disquiet on the eastern front

By the Economist

From the Economist: Can a distracted America remain a bulwark for eastern Europe? Damage control is never as good as damage prevention. Despite repeated reassurances, the countries of eastern Europe are worried about security. Their biggest concern is NATO, where officials are meant to be drafting contingency plans to defend Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Barack […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 26, 2009

U.S. Seeks 10,000 Troops From Its Allies in Afghanistan

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama’s strategy for the region. Those countries appear willing to provide fewer than half that number, American and allied officials said Wednesday… Washington has not yet made formal troop requests […]

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NATOSource

Nov 25, 2009

How Obama’s Afghan strategy is shaping up

By Reuters

From Reuters: Several of Obama’s top national security and military advisers, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have coalesced around two final options — deploying 30,000 to nearly 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, officials say. If bolstered by trainers from NATO allies, these two options […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 24, 2009

Americans Seek Up to 7,000 Extra NATO Troops for Ramp-Up in Afghanistan

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is in advanced talks with its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies for a coordinated rollout of a new Afghan war strategy, which U.S. officials hope will include a commitment by European allies to send several thousand additional troops. U.S. and European estimates of the new troops they […]

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