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.

Poland ready to accept new US missile defense deal

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

Poland ready to accept new US missile defense deal

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

Poland ready to accept new US missile defense deal

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

Oct 21, 2009

Poland ready to accept new US missile defense deal

By the AP

From the AP: Poland’s prime minister said Wednesday that his country is ready to participate in President Barrack Obama’s revamped plan for a U.S. missile defense shield in Europe. Speaking alongside U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Donald Tusk welcomed the Obama administration’s proposal for a missile shield that would replace a bulkier version previously planned […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2009

U.S. says not eyeing non-NATO states for shield

By Reuters

From Reuters: The United States does not envisage placing any elements of a revised missile defence system within non-NATO members and is not in consultations with any such states, a senior U.S. defence official said on Tuesday. The comments by U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defence Alexander Vershbow followed concern expressed in Russia last week at […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2009

EuroHawk UAV Finally Goes Global

By Popular Mechanics

From Popular Mechanics: Can a single unmanned aerial vehicle save the NATO alliance? Last week, German military brass and Northrop Grumman officials unveiled the EuroHawk, a UAV that performs long-endurance signal intelligence missions at more than 50,000 feet. (EuroHawk is an adapted Global Hawk, which the U.S. Air Force flies and plans to use to […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 19, 2009

United States admits tackling Italians over payments to the Taleban

By the Times (UK)

From the Times (UK): The US Government acknowledged for the first time yesterday that payment of protection money to the Taleban by Italian forces in Afghanistan was discussed by American officials and their Italian counterparts last year. A senior US official confirmed, two days after The Times reported that Italian authorities had paid the bribes, […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 16, 2009

US to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland in 2010: US official

By AFP

From AFP: The United States will deploy ground-to-air Patriot missiles in Poland in 2010 and is discussing its plans for a new anti-missile system with Warsaw, a US defence official said Friday. “We presented some detailed information on how the rotations of our Patriot batteries would be conducted over the next few years under the […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 16, 2009

Soft Power is Dead, Long Live Soft Power

By Derek Reveron

Just three weeks ago, the International Olympics Committee signaled that a new era in international affairs had finally begun. By eliminating Chicago a personal appeal by President Obama, the IOC subtly told the United States that its unipolar moment was over. Instead, future international affairs will be dominated by different regional power centers-the European Union, […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 16, 2009

Russia concerned by U.S. missile shield talks with non-NATO states

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Russia is concerned by U.S. missile defense talks with countries outside NATO, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. The statement came following reports on talks between the United States and Ukraine on the possible use of the latter’s radars or deployment of a new radar in the ex-Soviet state as […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 15, 2009

NATO mulls Afghan troops, decision hinges on Obama

By Reuters

From Reuters: NATO’s top defence officials will examine proposals on Saturday for a big troop surge to contain Afghanistan’s escalating insurgency but any such move hinges on a decision by the U.S. president, NATO military officials said… Military Committee members told Reuters the response of others in the 28-nation NATO alliance to McChrystal’s call, and […]

United States and Canada

Report

Oct 15, 2009

Resetting the Transatlantic Economic Council

The Trans-Atlantic Economic Council (TEC) is at a crossroads.  It has great potential as a forum for discussing strategic issues between the United States and Europe but is often bogged down in single-issue gridlock.Download the PDF

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Oct 15, 2009

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: The View from Europe

By Benjamin Preisler

The announcement of Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize has thus far been met mostly with consternation in Europe. As in the U.S., most commentators view his intentions positively but consider the award to be premature, with the President not even a year into his term and having few concrete accomplishments to his name.

United States and Canada
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Experts

Fellow

Alvin Camba

Nonresident Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Chinese

Fellow

Newton Henry Campbell Jr.

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Digital Policy Space

Staff

Elina Carpen

Associate Director

Global Energy Center

Americas Energy & Environment

Fellow

Lesley Chavkin

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Africa Economy & Business

Millennium fellow

B. Pratyusha Chennupati

Head of Regulatory Affairs, Pebble Labs Inc.

Millennium Leadership Program

Americas Technology & Innovation

Fellow

Deborah Cheverton

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Industry
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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