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.

Republicans eye missile-defense site on US East Coast

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

Republicans eye missile-defense site on US East Coast

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

Republicans eye missile-defense site on US East Coast

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

Apr 27, 2012

Republicans eye missile-defense site on US East Coast

By Jim Wolf, Reuters

From Jim Wolf, Reuters:  Republicans who control the House of Representatives’ Armed Services Committee called on Wednesday for studies on what could become a third missile-interceptor site in the United States, this one on the East Coast.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 27, 2012

US confident of France’s commitment to NATO

By AFP

From AFP:  The United States is confident of France’s commitment to NATO regardless of who wins the upcoming presidential election, White House officials said Thursday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 26, 2012

US and Russia discuss hotline for cyber incidents

By Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 26, 2012

Rubio: “We need to re-energize and lead a united coalition with European nations”

By Marco Rubio, the Office of Senator Rubio

From Marco Rubio, the Office of Senator Rubio:  [I]f we still have to lead, can’t we at least be equal partners with someone else? In fact, shouldn’t we rely on other nations to carry more of the burden?

Energy & Environment European Union

NATOSource

Apr 26, 2012

House caps European missile shield funds, demands cost-sharing deal with NATO

By Carlo Munoz, the Hill

From Carlo Munoz, the Hill:  If the Obama administration wants Congress to finance a new missile shield in Eastern Europe, it will have to first get NATO to agree to foot part of the bill. 

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 26, 2012

Forget Red Dawn, US inviting Russian paratroopers to first joint exercise in Colorado

By Eloise Lee, Business Insider

From Eloise Lee, Business Insider:  Russian paratroopers will meet up with American forces next month for an unprecedented military exercise in Colorado, according to RT News.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Apr 26, 2012

A World in Transformation

By Brent Scowcroft

We are living in a world that we know and that has shaped our thinking, but that world is in a process of transformation. We are struggling with institutions and practices of an Old World when that Old World is fading. This issue explores this global transformation, and I commend to you the articles contained […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 25, 2012

President of Estonia: a democratic world needs a strong NATO

By the Office of the President of Estonia

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 25, 2012

France votes to throw down the gauntlet to Europe

By Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times

From Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times:  France feels surrounded. To the south is the debt-driven austerity and social upheaval of Greece, Spain and Italy. To the north and west are the Anglo-Saxon markets of Wall Street and the City. To the east are the implacable Germans insisting on their new fiscal pact

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Apr 25, 2012

The case for military intervention in Syria

By Kurt Volker, the Christian Science Monitor

From Kurt Volker, the Christian Science Monitor:  In 1993, US Secretary of State Warren Christopher began consultations with European allies to gauge their level of support for military force.

United States and Canada
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Fatima Abbas

Director of Tribal and Native Affairs, Department of Treasury

Millennium Leadership Program

Politics & Diplomacy Rule of Law

Fellow

Grace Abuhamad

Former Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Internet

Fellow

Elliot Ackerman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

Staff

Iryna Adam

Research Associate

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Eastern Europe English

Fellow

Anca Agachi

Nonresident Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Africa Conflict

Fellow

Paul Amato

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Missile Defense Nuclear Deterrence
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Events

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2026 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

The Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics is an annual flagship convening focused on issues at the nexus of economics, finance, foreign policy, and national security.
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