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.

Munich: First Look at Obama Foreign Policy, Big Boost for Georgia

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

Munich: First Look at Obama Foreign Policy, Big Boost for Georgia

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

Munich: First Look at Obama Foreign Policy, Big Boost for Georgia

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

New Atlanticist

Feb 10, 2009

Munich: First Look at Obama Foreign Policy, Big Boost for Georgia

By David Smith

Last weekend’s 45th Munich Security Conference afforded the world its first look at the emerging foreign policy of U.S. President Barack Obama.  The conference’s mostly European audience heard the constructive new tone for which it had hoped.  However, the substantive policy studiously delivered by all Administration representatives in Munich was one of cautious continuity.

Germany United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Feb 6, 2009

Canada’s MacKay Unlikely NATO Secretary General

By James Joyner

While some have touted Canadian defense minister Peter MacKay as Jaap de Hoop Scheffer’s successor as NATO’s secretary general, precedent makes it highly unlikely. 

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 6, 2009

Canada Encouraged on ‘Buy America’ Rollback

By James Joyner

Canada has expressed relief that the U.S. Senate has watered down the “Buy America” provision of the economic stimulus package currently under negotiation but that it will continue pressure to keep trade between the two countries open. John McCrank for  Reuters:

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 7, 2008

Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next President (Hunter)

By Robert Hunter

Editor’s note: We polled several friends of the Atlantic Council last week on the question What are the top foreign policy priorities for the next president?   We’ll be running their responses all week.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 6, 2008

Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next President (Gompert)

By David Gompert

Editor’s note: We polled several friends of the Atlantic Council last week on the question What are the top foreign policy priorities for the next president?   We’ll be running their responses all week. The next president should pay particular attention to five foreign policy objectives.  The following are not listed in order of priority.  Some […]

United States and Canada
Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next President

New Atlanticist

Nov 3, 2008

Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next President

By James Joyner

While the public opinion polls have told us for weeks that Barack Obama is likely to win the longest presidential contest in American history, the voters will finally decide once and for all tomorrow.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 29, 2008

Stuck in Time: The Next President Needs a New Worldview

By Derek Reveron

The American recession and global financial crisis have largely displaced foreign policy in the U.S. presidential campaign. Regardless, President Obama or President McCain will inherit a Bush foreign policy that has 160,000 troops in Iraq and rising demand for NATO forces in Afghanistan. As the next president-elect assembles his team, he needs to be careful […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2008

World Prefers Obama: It’s Unanimous

By James Joyner

Foreign Policy commissioned Gallup to conduct a worldwide poll about the U.S. presidential election as part of its “If the World Could Vote” series. 

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 9, 2008

Afghanistan and the Presidential Campaign

By Don Snow

The war in Iraq has largely fallen off the table among issues being contested in the presidential election campaign, but America’s “other” war in Afghanistan, has begun to attract more attention, at least in part because of increased U.S. casualties in that theater. Since the economy will almost certainly continue to dominate election concerns between now […]

Afghanistan United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 11, 2008

Own Goal: Undermining the Restoration of America’s Image

By Robert Manning

One of the most embarrassing, counter-productive moments in soccer is when a player trying to defend against a score accidently kicks the ball into his own goal. Sadly, well-meaning politicians, in a misguided attempt to restore America’s image and clout abroad, may be committing the political equivalent of an Own Goal.

Economy & Business United States and Canada
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Daniel Elkins

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative

Security & Defense United States and Canada

Staff

Gabrielle Ellicott

Program Assistant

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy Democratic Transitions

Staff

Peter Engelke

Senior Fellow, GeoStrategy Initiative

GeoStrategy Initiative Global Energy Center

Technology & Innovation

Millennium fellow

Karim Farishta

Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense

Millennium Leadership Program

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

Staff

Jonah Fisher

Senior Director

Millennium Leadership Program

Arabic Central Europe

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Cori Fleser

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Americas Defense Policy
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Defense Industry Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia Geopolitics & Energy Security
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Game Changers: Cures for 21st Century Biological Threats
National Security Technology & Innovation United States and Canada
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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.
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