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 reacts to Obama dropping missile defence shield

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 reacts to Obama dropping missile defence shield

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 reacts to Obama dropping missile defence shield

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

Sep 17, 2009

Europe reacts to Obama dropping missile defence shield

By the Guardian

From the Guardian: Ellen Tauscher, the state department’s under-secretary for arms control, and Alexander Vershbow, deputy defence secretary and former US ambassador to Russia and Nato, were in Warsaw and Prague today doing the explaining . . . “The Americans only cared about their interests. They used everybody else,” said Lech Walesa, the former Polish […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 17, 2009

NATO expects close work with U.S. on missiles

By Reuters

From Reuters: NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he had spoken to U.S. officials on Thursday but did not react directly to the reports that Washington is backing away from its missile defense project involving sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, which has provoked Russian concerns. “It is my clear impression that the American […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 17, 2009

FACT SHEET U.S. Missile Defense Policy A Phased, Adaptive Approach for Missile Defense in Europe

By the White House

From the White House: Throughout all four phases, the United States also will be testing and updating a range of approaches for improving our sensors for missile defense. The new distributed interceptor and sensor architecture also does not require a single, large, fixed European radar that was to be located in the Czech Republic; this […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 17, 2009

Remarks by the President on Strengthening Missile Defense in Europe

By the White House

From the White House: [W]e have made specific and proven advances in our missile defense technology, particularly with regard to land- and sea-based interceptors and the sensors that support them. Our new approach will, therefore, deploy technologies that are proven and cost-effective and that counter the current threat, and do so sooner than the previous […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 17, 2009

The Two Timetables

By Nikolas Gvosdev

U.S. and Russian strategies in the space “east of Europe” and across the Eurasian plain are operating on two different timetables.

Europe & Eurasia Russia

NATOSource

Sep 16, 2009

Time for Russia to show it is serious

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times: This week, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the new Nato secretary-general, followed suit, telling the FT he wants to start an “open-minded and unprecedented dialogue” with the Kremlin on security issues. These words have been accompanied by action to allay Russian concerns, such as an effective halt to Nato’s eastward expansion. Yet in […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 14, 2009

US puts Europeans on alert to provide more troops for Afghan campaign

By the Guardian

From the Guardian: The US will insist that Britain and other European states provide any military reinforcements for the Afghanistan operation, Nato sources said today. The top US commander, General Stanley McChrystal, has yet to indicate whether he will ask for more troops this autumn to augment the existing force of just over 100,000. But […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 14, 2009

U.S. fighter jets to take part in drills in Estonia, Lithuania

By Ria Novosti

From Ria Novosti: U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets will take part in two-stage military exercises in Estonia and Lithuania aimed at improving interoperability and combat readiness of NATO forces in the Baltic region. The aircraft from the 494th Fighter Squadron based at the Royal Air Force base in Lakenheath (U.K.), will leave their base […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2009

U.S. eyes $7.8 billion missile sale to Turkey

By Reuters

From Reuters: The Obama administration has notified Congress of a possible $7.8 billion sale of Patriot PAC-3 antimissile batteries and related gear to Turkey, the only NATO ally bordering Iran. The sale would include 13 Patriot ‘fire units,’ 72 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles and a range of associated hardware for ground-based air defense, the Pentagon’s […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2009

Spanish government agrees to send 220 more troops to Afghanistan

By the Canadian Press

From the Canadian Press: Spain’s government agreed Friday to send 220 more troops to Afghanistan, raising the total to about 1,000 and moving to help a hard-pressed allied coalition fighting the resurgent Taliban. The decision now goes to parliament, which is expected to approve it. Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said […]

United States and Canada
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Sudeep Kanungo

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Marie Kasperek

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Wardah Khalid

Senior Policy Adviser, Office of Refugee Resettlement, US Department of Health and Human Services

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Jongsun Kim

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Defense Policy

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Beka Kiria

Senior Policymaker, Ministry of Defense, Georgia

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Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy
Josh Kirshner is a nonresident senior fellow in the GeoStrategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

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Josh Kirshner

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Arms Control Defense Policy
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