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.

US preparing intelligence assessment of cyber threat from China

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

US preparing intelligence assessment of cyber threat from China

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

US preparing intelligence assessment of cyber threat from China

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

Feb 2, 2013

US preparing intelligence assessment of cyber threat from China

By Lolita C. Baldor, AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, AP:  The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese hackers are waging against U.S. companies and government agencies.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2013

NATO Secretary General strongly condemns attack on US Embassy in Turkey

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I strongly condemn today’s bomb attack on the Embassy of the United States in Ankara, which killed and injured a number of people.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2013

New York Times case sheds light on China’s ‘vast army of hackers’

By Paul Harris and Jonathan Kaiman, Guardian

From Paul Harris and Jonathan Kaiman, Guardian:  "This is business-as-usual from what we can tell for aspects of the Chinese government," said Marc Frons, head of the newspaper’s digital technology and its chief information officer.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2013

NATO Chief: Mali shows Europe must work to plug defense gaps

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  France’s need for U.S. help during the Mali operation shows Europe must do more to fill worrying gaps in its defenses, NATO’s chief said on Thursday.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2013

Suicide bombing kills guard outside U.S. Embassy in Turkey

By Jonathon Burch, Reuters

From Jonathon Burch, Reuters:  A suicide bomber from a far-left group killed a Turkish security guard at the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Friday, blowing the door off a side entrance and sending smoke and debris flying into the street.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 31, 2013

Secretary General: ‘Three serious gaps’ threaten NATO’s ‘military capacity and political credibility’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  [D]efence spending among the Allies is increasingly uneven, not just between North America and Europe, but also among European Allies.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 31, 2013

Will Mali become France’s Afghanistan?

By Laura Seay, Foreign Policy

From Laura Seay, Foreign Policy:  How is Mali different from Afghanistan? First, Mali is not where empires go to die.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jan 31, 2013

Descent into Hell: The Demise of Amerian Politics

By Harlan Ullman

The Irish bon vivant Oscar Wilde naughtily observed that the reason the politics of academic life were so sharp was because the stakes were so small. In the United States today, politics are growing even sharper and nastier because the stakes are so huge.

National Security Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2013

Europe’s army?

By Paul Ames, Global Post

From Paul Ames, Global Post:  [T]here are few troops anywhere in the world better prepared for their task than the marines, foreign legionaries, and other elite French units rolling north to confront the Jihadist militants controlling much of Mali.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2013

Report: Pentagon planning new drone base in western Africa

By Robert Burns, AP

From Robert Burns, AP:  Plans to base unarmed American surveillance drones in the African nation of Niger highlight the Obama administration’s growing concern about extremist influences in the volatile region.

Drones Technology & Innovation
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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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2026 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

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