United States and Canada

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.

Schechter Quoted by Publico on US Foreign Policy Toward Cuba and the Latin America Region

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

Schechter Quoted by Publico on US Foreign Policy Toward Cuba and the Latin America Region

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

Schechter Quoted by Publico on US Foreign Policy Toward Cuba and the Latin America Region

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
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Content

In the News

Mar 20, 2016

Schechter Quoted by Publico on US Foreign Policy Toward Cuba and the Latin America Region

By Peter Schechter

Read the full article here.

Cuba Latin America

In the News

Mar 20, 2016

Vajdich Quoted by Politico Europe on US Presidential Candidates’ Foreign Policy Strategies

By Daniel Vajdich

Read the full article here.

European Union International Organizations

Defense Industrialist

Mar 18, 2016

Bending those cost curves, a year on.

By James Hasik

The Pentagon is making progress with better-faster-cheaper, just on a small scale. In January 2015 at the Atlantic Council, Air Force Secretary Debbie James delivered an address on “Bending the Cost Curve,” emphasizing that her department needed to get off the path towards Augustinian singularity. The initiative she outlined had three parts: enhancing communication with […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 17, 2016

TTIP&TRADEinAction – March 17, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

Photo Credit: @MalmstromEU EC Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and US Trade Representative Michael Froman held a meeting in Washington, DC this last week with lead negotiators Dan Mullaney and Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Michael Punk, Ambassador David O’Sullivan and others to gauge the current status of negotiations and the way ahead.

Central Europe Eastern Europe

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 17, 2016

TTIP&TRADEinAction – March 17, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

Photo Credit: @MalmstromEU EC Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and US Trade Representative Michael Froman held a meeting in Washington, DC this last week with lead negotiators Dan Mullaney and Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Michael Punk, Ambassador David O’Sullivan and others to gauge the current status of negotiations and the way ahead.   – In Focus – From March 17-19, […]

Central Europe Cybersecurity

Trade in Action

Mar 17, 2016

TTIP&TRADEinAction – March 9, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

This week Cecilia Malmström is visiting Washington, DC to “talk TTIP” with key US policymakers as well as engage with the US public.  On Friday, 9 March, she will meet with US Trade Representative Michael Froman to discuss the current status of negotiations. Picture Source: European Delegation to the United States.

Central Europe Eastern Europe

Defense Industrialist

Mar 16, 2016

Black boxes faster

By James Hasik

Mac Thornberry’s “Acquisition Agility” bill is a good start—but just a start—towards greater experimentation and prototyping. Congressman Mac Thornberry’s “Acquisition Agility” bill is thirty two pages long, but its intent can probably be summarized thus. Thornberry (R-TX) fundamentally wants the military departments, not the centralized bureaucracy of OSD AT&L, in charge of the day-to-day business of […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

In the News

Mar 16, 2016

Herbst in The National Interest: The Obama Doctrine and Ukraine

By John E. Herbst

Read the full article here.

Russia Syria

In the News

Mar 16, 2016

Pham Signs Open Letter to US Presidential Candidates Urging for the United States to Put Democracy at Center of Foreign Policy Strategy

By J. Peter Pham

Read the full letter here.

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Farkas in Defense One: Putin Got Exactly What He Wanted in Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

Read the full article here.

NATO Russia
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Natalie Barrett

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Energy & Environment English

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Scott D. Berrier

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

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Lisa Basquel

Program Assistant, European Energy Security

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Sarah Bauerle Danzman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

Staff

Jenna Ben-Yehuda

Executive Vice President

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

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Jeanne Benincasa Thorpe

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Resilience & Society United States and Canada
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