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.

Obama Sees Ukraine as Putin’s Client State

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

Obama Sees Ukraine as Putin’s Client State

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

Obama Sees Ukraine as Putin’s Client State

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

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and President Barack Obama, Sept. 28, 2015

NATOSource

Mar 10, 2016

Obama Sees Ukraine as Putin’s Client State

By Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

Russia’s invasion of Crimea in early 2014, and its decision to use force to buttress the rule of its client Bashar al-Assad, have been cited by Obama’s critics as proof that the post-red-line world no longer fears America.

Russia Syria
President Barack Obama, Nov. 18, 2011

NATOSource

Mar 10, 2016

Obama Unhappy with Allies, Upset at Free Riders

By Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

“Free riders aggravate me,” he [President Barack Obama] told me.

France Libya

In the News

Mar 10, 2016

Barno Quoted by Time on Intersections Between Military Careers and Family Life in the United States

By David Barno

Read the full article here.

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Mar 10, 2016

US oil export outlook

By Amrita Sen

In December 2015, a forty-year ban on US crude oil exports lifted. Rapid advancements in US shale oil production played a crucial role in lifting this ban. What are the realities facing US oil exports?

Energy & Environment Oil and Gas

In the News

Mar 9, 2016

Dungan Quoted by Politico Europe on the United States and European Union’s Stance and Strategy Against Russia and Putin

By Nicholas Dungan

Read the full article here.

European Union International Organizations

In the News

Mar 9, 2016

Farkas and Hasik Quoted by Bloomberg on US Military Reinforcements to NATO Against Russia

By Evelyn Farkas and Jim Hasik

Read the full article here.

NATO Russia

In the News

Mar 9, 2016

Cohen Quoted by Forbes Russia on Canada Oil Sands in Crisis

By Ariel Cohen

Read the full article here.

Russia United States and Canada
Soldiers of the 1st BCT, 1st Cavalry Division training in Latvia, Oct. 14, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 9, 2016

General Hodges and the Return of US Land Power in Europe

By Jen Judson, Defense News

I think that the announcement by the president of this ERI request is a great signal of a United States commitment to Europe. … It is a demonstration of the importance of land power … as a part of how the US contributes to assurance and deterrence.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

In the News

Mar 9, 2016

Pham Quoted by Foreign Policy on al-Shabaab’s Strategy Following US Airstrikes Against the Group in Somalia

By J. Peter Pham

Read the full article here.

Somalia United States and Canada

In the News

Mar 8, 2016

Barno and Bensahel in War on the Rocks: Three Minutes to Midnight: Closer to Nuclear Conflict than We Think

By David Barno & Nora Bensahel

Read the full article here.

Defense Industry Korea
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Fatima Abbas

Director of Tribal and Native Affairs, Department of Treasury

Millennium Leadership Program

Politics & Diplomacy Rule of Law

Fellow

Grace Abuhamad

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Internet

Fellow

Elliot Ackerman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

Staff

Iryna Adam

Research Associate

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Eastern Europe English

Fellow

Anca Agachi

Nonresident Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Africa Conflict

Fellow

Paul Amato

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Missile Defense Nuclear Deterrence
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Events

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