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.

Shaheen: ‘I am concerned that Kremlin’s actions are creating an environment of fear’ inside Russia

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

Shaheen: ‘I am concerned that Kremlin’s actions are creating an environment of fear’ inside Russia

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

Shaheen: ‘I am concerned that Kremlin’s actions are creating an environment of fear’ inside Russia

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

NATOSource

Nov 30, 2012

Shaheen: ‘I am concerned that Kremlin’s actions are creating an environment of fear’ inside Russia

By Jeanne Shaheen, Office of Senator Shaheen

From Jeanne Shaheen, Office of Senator Shaheen:  The United States and Russia have a long history of dramatic ups and downs and seeming contradictions.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 29, 2012

Clinton: A transatlantic trade deal will generate ‘hundreds of billions of dollars for our economies’

By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Department of State

From Hillary Rodham Clinton, Department of State:  Perhaps the most important question in the years ahead will be whether we invest as much energy into our economic relationship as we have put into our security relationship.

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Nov 29, 2012

Turkey, Syria and the NATO umbrella: A reading from Brussels

By Marc Pierini, Hurriyet Daily News

From Marc Pierini, Hurriyet Daily News:  [W]hat is the meaning of the Patriot deployment?

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 29, 2012

NATO Needs Robust European and US Economies

By James L. Jones & Thomas J. Donohue, New Atlanticist

From James L. Jones & Thomas J. Donohue, New Atlanticist:  There’s a growing and welcome awareness among NATO partners that we can’t meet our security needs without stronger, healthier economies.

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Nov 28, 2012

Germany, Turkey Spar Over Patriots

By David Crawford, Emre Peker, and Stephen Fidler, Wall Street Journal

From David Crawford, Emre Peker, and Stephen Fidler, Wall Street Journal:  Germany is privately pressing Turkey to scale back the scope of its request for Patriot missile-defense batteries to defend the country’s borders with war-torn Syria, according to a person familiar with negotiations.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 28, 2012

China’s Arctic Aspirations

By Linda Jakobson and Jingchao Peng, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

From Linda Jakobson and Jingchao Peng, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI):  Although several non-Chinese observers have described China’s actions in the Arctic as ‘more assertive’, China’s Arctic policies are still in a nascent stage of formulation.

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 28, 2012

NATO, searching for Patriot missile sites, visits military facilities in southeast Turkey

By AP

From AP:  A NATO team assessing possible sites for Patriot missiles to protect Turkey’s border with Syria inspected military installations Wednesday in southeast Turkey, the state-run news agency reported.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 27, 2012

Rasmussen says Patriot missiles in Turkey will be under NATO command

By Today's Zaman

From Today’s Zaman:  NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said the Patriot missiles to be deployed on the Turkish-Syrian border to counter threats from Syria will be under NATO control.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 24, 2012

As cyberwarfare heats up, allies turn to U.S. companies for expertise

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  In the spring of 2010, a sheik in the government of Qatar began talks with the U.S. consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton about developing a plan to build a cyber-operations center.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 23, 2012

NATO Allied Land Command activating next week in Turkey

By John Vandiver, Stars & Stripes

From John Vandiver, Stars & Stripes:  A new NATO land command headquarters, restructured to streamline costs and decision making, will be activated next week in Turkey as the new home for planning how infantrymen from the 28-nation alliance fight together.

NATO Security & Defense
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Experts

Fellow

Natalie Barrett

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Energy & Environment English

Fellow

Scott D. Berrier

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

Staff

Lisa Basquel

Assistant Director

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Sarah Bauerle Danzman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

Staff

Imran Bayoumi

Deputy Director and Resident Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy Security & Defense

Staff

Jenna Ben-Yehuda

Executive Vice President

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense
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Economy & Business Energy & Environment Technology & Innovation United States and Canada
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2026 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

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