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.

Atlantic Council Edelman Trust Barometer Event Featured in Inc. Magazine

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

Atlantic Council Edelman Trust Barometer Event Featured in Inc. Magazine

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

Atlantic Council Edelman Trust Barometer Event Featured in Inc. Magazine

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

In the News

Feb 18, 2016

Atlantic Council Edelman Trust Barometer Event Featured in Inc. Magazine

By Atlantic Council

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United States and Canada

Defense Industrialist

Feb 16, 2016

Economics of the Third Offset, part 1

By James Hasik

Why the shift of billions from procurement to development funding? Funding for American military materiel is set to shift from buying to designing. If the US Congress more-or-less adopts the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 budget request, spending on research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) would increase by 5 percent—$6.4 billion—over fiscal 2016 , and procurement would […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Feb 12, 2016

End draft registration

By James Hasik

Rather than mandating that women register, just terminate that useless practice. Should women be registered for the draft? Now that Defense Secretary Carter has removed the exclusion of women from all combat jobs, the Army chief of staff, the Marine Corps commandant, and Senator McCaskill of Missouri want all women registered. The secretary himself says that’s […]

Defense Policy Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 12, 2016

Zichal Quoted by Public News Service on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan

By Heather Zichal

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Energy & Environment United States and Canada

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Atlantic Council Event Featured in Military Times

By Atlantic Council

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Defense Industry Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Atlantic Council Event Featured in US Naval Institute News

By Atlantic Council

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Defense Industry Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Itani Quoted by Wall Street Journal on US’ Hesitation in Syria and Russian Relations

By Faysal Itani

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Russia Syria

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Atlantic Council Event Featured on Federal News Radio

By Atlantic Council

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United States and Canada

In the News

Feb 10, 2016

Ullman Joins The Tipping Point With Liz Wheeler to Discuss ISIS and President Obama’s Foreign Policy Strategy

By Harlan Ullman

United States and Canada

In the News

Feb 9, 2016

Barno and Bensahel in War on the Rocks: Beyond the Army Commission: Unifying the Army’s Components

By David Barno & Nora Bensahel

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Defense Industry Security & Defense
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Alisha Chhangani

Associate Director

GeoEconomics Center

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Kevin P. Chilton

Distinguished Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Defense Industry

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Julie Chon

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Americas China

Executive Leadership Intensive participant

Lauren Cipicchio 

Deputy COO, Ashler Capital

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Technology & Innovation

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Andrea Clabough

Nonresident Fellow

Global Energy Center

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

Fellow

Leremy Colf

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Digital Policy Internet
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