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.

Europe is not yet whole, free or entirely at peace

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

Europe is not yet whole, free or entirely at peace

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

Europe is not yet whole, free or entirely at peace

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

Nov 10, 2009

Europe is not yet whole, free or entirely at peace

By the Miami Herald

From the Miami Herald: Europe is not yet whole, free or at peace. Throughout wider Europe other walls remain — historical animosities, ethnic hatreds, struggles for power and control. Festering tensions can explode, as we discovered in the Balkans and again last year when Russia clashed with Georgia. Successful reforms could resonate significantly across the […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 10, 2009

Freedom Award for NATO Troops

By SHAPE

From SHAPE: Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, accepted a Freedom Award on behalf of NATO troops during a gala banquet of the Atlantic Council in Berlin November 8, the day before the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. From the Bridge: I was truly humbled by the privilege of accepting […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 9, 2009

US to send $100M worth of weapons to Georgia

By Russia Today

From Russia Today: The US has offered to sell Georgia up to $100 million worth of weapons, which would include, among others, a sophisticated air defense system, small arms and ammunition, according to Russian security services… The head of the General Staff, Aleksandr Shlyakhturov, told the agency [TASS] that, according to the information at their […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 9, 2009

Secretary Clinton sees NATO as a “Cornerstone of a Global Architecture of Cooperation”

By the U.S. Department of State

From the U.S. Department of State: “We owe it to ourselves and to those who yearn for the same freedoms that are enjoyed and even taken for granted in Berlin today. And we need to form an even stronger partnership to bring down the walls of the 21st century, and to confront those who hide […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 7, 2009

Russian Deputy Says Polish Comments Could Hurt Relations

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Duma’s International Affairs Committee, said in Moscow that [Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw] Sikorski’s statement about Russia threatening Polish security is “absolutely groundless and unacceptable.” He added that the Russian Foreign Ministry should respond to Sikorski’s statement. Kosachev’s comment came after Russian media outlets quoted […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2009

A NATO Without Turkey?

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: Today, the Turkish military can do little but watch as the secular, democratic, pro-Western republic established by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in the early 1900s is undermined. While it’s still too early to write Turkey out of NATO, in the not so distant future, the alliance will reach a decision point. […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2009

Lavrov says surprised Poland seeking U.S. protection from Russia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Moscow is surprised at media reports that Poland is seeking to host U.S. troops to protect it from Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday… “If he [Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski] did say that, I am astonished, as we have discussed in detail European security problems that need to be […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2009

Central Europe needs NATO forces – Polish Minister

By Reuters

From Reuters: Central Europe needs “strategic reassurance” from Washington and NATO forces should be placed in the region to underscore its value to the alliance, Poland’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. The minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, said a visit last month to Poland and the Czech Republic by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, to ease concerns […]

United States and Canada
Berlin Wall Freedom

New Atlanticist

Nov 6, 2009

President George H.W. Bush on the Fall of the Berlin Wall

By George H.W. Bush

I am delighted to join the Atlantic Council in commemorating the 60th Anniversary of NATO and the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The Fall of the Wall was first and foremost a testament to the spirit of the German people.

Germany United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 5, 2009

Kouchner Urges Stronger Afghan Role for Europe

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Europe should take the opportunity of a new Afghan administration to coordinate its policies on Afghanistan and not wait for Washington to make all the decisions, the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said on Wednesday. “We need to speak as Europe to the Americans” on Afghanistan, he said, and end […]

United States and Canada
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Rolando Mattar

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

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Barbara C. Matthews

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Americas China

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Mary McCord

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Extremism Intelligence

Fellow

Daniel McDowell

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

China Economy & Business

Fellow

Whitney McNamara

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Fellow

Joel Meyer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative GeoStrategy Initiative

Artificial Intelligence Defense Policy
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