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.

Recent Reform Improving Effectiveness of 10,000 US Special Forces in Afghanistan

Inflection Points
Mar 31, 2025

‘What you’re witnessing is a revolution.’ Making sense of Trump’s head-spinning moves.

By
Frederick Kempe

As the past week made clear, the Trump administration is pushing ahead with what it sees as a revolution in the US approach to the world.

Economy & Business
Greenland

Recent Reform Improving Effectiveness of 10,000 US Special Forces in Afghanistan

New Atlanticist
Mar 27, 2025

Our experts separate Signal from noise in the Trump team’s messages about bombing the Houthis

By
Atlantic Council experts

The still-unfolding revelations offer perhaps the clearest picture yet of how top officials in the Trump administration are thinking about US foreign policy.

Intelligence
Maritime Security

Recent Reform Improving Effectiveness of 10,000 US Special Forces in Afghanistan

Issue Brief
Mar 27, 2025

Canada needs an economic statecraft strategy to address its vulnerabilities

By
Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze, Lize de Kruijf

To address threats from Russia and China and reduce trade overdependence on the United States, Canada’s federal government will need to consolidate economic power and devise an economic statecraft strategy that will leverage Canada’s economic tools to mitigate economic threats and vulnerabilities.

China
Cybersecurity

Content

NATOSource

May 17, 2013

Recent Reform Improving Effectiveness of 10,000 US Special Forces in Afghanistan

By Thom Shanker, New York Times

From Thom Shanker, New York Times:  As other troops are withdrawn, Special Operations forces are expected to make up almost one-third of the American military presence in Afghanistan by next February.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 16, 2013

Aegis System Destroys Missile in Successful BMD Test

By Missile Defense Agency

From Missile Defense Agency:  The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS LAKE ERIE (CG-70) successfully conducted a flight test today of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in the intercept of a separating ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean

Missile Defense Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 16, 2013

How Turkey and Israel Could Force US Action in Syria

By Sarah Grebowski and Maksymilian Czuperski

Early this week, the world looked to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a response to the bombings in Reyhanli that killed 47 people and left more than 100 wounded. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in Turkey since the 2003 Istanbul bombings, shocking the nation and fueling anxiety over the war in neighboring […]

Security & Defense Syria

NATOSource

May 16, 2013

NATO’s Plan for Afghanistan Post-2014: A ‘Stable Instability’

By Michael Hirsh, Atlantic

From Michael Hirsh, Atlantic:  Senior commanders with the American-led International Security Assistance Force, which consists of 28 NATO countries and 22 other participating nations, say that substantial aid and military support is going to be necessary well after the scheduled withdrawal at the end of 2014.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 15, 2013

NSA Chief: US Under Constant Cyber Attack Threat

By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Deborah Charles, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa and Deborah Charles, Reuters:  The top U.S. general in charge of cyber security warned on Tuesday that the United States is increasingly vulnerable to attacks

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

May 15, 2013

Beijing’s Bitskrieg: China’s Revolution in Cyber Warfare

By John Arguilla, Foreign Policy

From John Arguilla, Foreign Policy:  What’s coming from Beijing is, in a word, "bitskrieg." The Pentagon report describes this as a three-phase process.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

May 15, 2013

Arctic Council Adds Six Members, Including China

By Steven Lee Myers, New York Times

From Steven Lee Myers, New York Times: The Arctic Council agreed on Wednesday to expand to include six new nations, including China, as observer states, as a changing climate opens the Arctic to increasing economic and political competition.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

May 15, 2013

Security Interests in the New US Strategy for the Arctic

By White House

From White House:  While the Arctic region has experienced warming and cooling cycles over millennia, the current warming trend is unlike anything previously recorded.

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 15, 2013

US Moving 200 Marines to Sicily for Libya: Italy

By AFP

From AFP:  Italy on Wednesday said the United States was transferring 200 marines and two planes to its base at Sigonella in Sicily to deploy in Libya in case US diplomats come under attack as they did last year.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

May 14, 2013

Forging a Trilateral Bond: Solving the Transatlantic Problem by Expanding It

By James Joyner

“If the United States and Europe are to remain competitive—economically, politically, and strategically—in this increasingly multipolar world, they must reach out to partners who share their values and can contribute to a stronger transatlantic economy. That partner is Latin America.”

Economy & Business Energy & Environment
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Tao Tan

Senior Managing Director

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Indo-Pacific

Fellow

Stephen Tankel

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Transatlantic Security Initiative

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Fellow

Francis X. Taylor

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Intelligence National Security

Millennium fellow

Ankita Thakkar

Vice President, Investor Relations, Goldman Sachs

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business United States and Canada

Millennium fellow

Cameron Thomas-Shah

Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

Millennium Leadership Program

East Asia Media
Caitlin Thompson is a nonresident senior fellow at the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

Fellow

Caitlin Thompson

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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

Entrepreneurship Resilience
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