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.

U.S. Rushes to Stop Syria from Expanding Chemical Weapon Stockpile

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

U.S. Rushes to Stop Syria from Expanding Chemical Weapon Stockpile

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

U.S. Rushes to Stop Syria from Expanding Chemical Weapon Stockpile

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

Oct 26, 2012

U.S. Rushes to Stop Syria from Expanding Chemical Weapon Stockpile

By Noah Shachtman, Danger Room

From Noah Shachtman, Danger Room:  The regime of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is actively working to enlarge its arsenal of chemical weapons, U.S. officials tell Danger Room. Assad’s operatives have tried repeatedly in recent months to buy up the precursor chemicals for deadly nerve agents like sarin, even as his country plunges further and […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2012

Europe and the ‘Asia Pivot’

By Tomas Valasek, International Herald Tribune

From Tomas Valasek, International Herald Tribune:  What is NATO to do? One school of thought in Europe holds that an alliance with such widely different capabilities will not survive.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2012

Russia wants answers on NATO post-2014 Afghan mission

By Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters

From Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters:  Russia wants to know more about the scale and scope of NATO‘s post-2014 mission in Afghanistan before deciding whether to keep cooperating with the Western alliance, an envoy for President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2012

Poland planning large investment in independent missile defense capability

By NTI

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2012

Details of cyber attack against Saudi energy giant

By Nicole Perlroth, New York Times

From Nicole Perlroth, New York Times:  The hackers picked the one day of the year they knew they could inflict the most damage on the world’s most valuable company, Saudi Aramco. On Aug. 15, more than 55,000 Saudi Aramco employees stayed home from work to prepare for one of Islam’s holiest nights of the year […]

Cybersecurity Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2012

Ukraine’s Troubling Trends

By Hillary Rodham Clinton and Catherine Ashton, New York Times

From Hillary Rodham Clinton and Catherine Ashton, New York Times:  Ukraine now stands at an important juncture.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Oct 24, 2012

U.S. Army wants to develop a new generation of cyber weapons

By John Reed, Killer Apps

From John Reed, Killer Apps:  The U.S. Army is conducting a new study to identify the cyber weapons it needs to develop, the service’s top cyber officer said today.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 24, 2012

Hague: If EU completed free trade negotiations, ‘GDP could be increased by up to $77 billion a year’

By William Hague, British Foreign Ministry

From William Hague, British Foreign Ministry:  Many European economies are stagnant. Weak public finances, and a recovering financial system mean we cannot rely on increased public or consumer spending for growth.

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Oct 23, 2012

Turkey Disappointed With Obama’s Syria Policy

By Jorge Benitez, U.S.News & World Report

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 23, 2012

North Korea Improves Cyber Warfare Capacity, U.S. Says

By Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News

From Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News:  North Korea’s government has a “significant” cyber warfare capability that it continues to improve, the top U.S. commander on the Korean peninsula said.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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Experts

Fellow

Jason C. Moyer

Nonresident Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Europe & Eurasia NATO

Millennium fellow

Junaid Nabi

Senior Researcher, Harvard Business School

Millennium Leadership Program

Coronavirus Disinformation

Fellow

Nisha Narayanan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Economy & Business India

Fellow

Abrão Neto

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Brazil English

Staff

Maia Nikoladze

Associate Director, Economic Statecraft Initiative

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Digital Currencies Eastern Europe
Nanjala Nyabola

Fellow

Nanjala Nyabola

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Africa Digital Policy
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