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.

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Mar 7, 2012

For first time in centuries, Asia’s military spending overtakes Europe

By Peter Apps, Reuters

From Peter Apps, Reuters:  Asian military spending will top that of Europe in 2012 for the first time in centuries, a global defence survey said on Wednesday, pointing to high regional economic growth and an increasingly ambitious China.

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Mar 7, 2012

Lawmakers criticize Air Force for mothballing $3.8 billion worth of UAVs

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  Lawmakers on Tuesday called top Air Force officials to task over recent acquisition missteps and raised concerns about their budget plans for fiscal 2013, which calls for cancellation of Northrop Grumann Corp’s unmanned Global Hawk plane.

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Mar 7, 2012

Turkey calls for ‘immediate opening’ of humanitarian corridors in Syria

By Emre Peker and Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg

From Emre Peker and Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg:  Turkey called for an “immediate opening” of humanitarian aid corridors in Syria as Russia rebuffed efforts to revive a United Nations Security Council condemnation of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Mar 6, 2012

US Air Forces Africa Briefing with General Margaret Woodward

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted Major General Margaret H. Woodward, Commander of the 17th Air Force and US Air Forces Africa, for a briefing on her command’s core priorities and future concerns in the continent.

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Mar 6, 2012

Putin’s Return and NATO-Russia Relations: Back to the Future

By Jakub Kulhanek, the New Atlanticist

From Jakub Kulhanek, the New Atlanticist:  The NATO-Russia rapprochement reached its apex at the time of the NATO Lisbon Summit when both sides declared their readiness to build a joint missile defense in Europe.

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Mar 6, 2012

McCain calls for airstrikes and safe havens in Syria

By the Office of John McCain

From the Office of John McCain:  [A]t the request of the Syrian National Council, the Free Syrian Army, and Local Coordinating Committees inside the country, the United States should lead an international effort to protect key population centers in Syria, especially in the north, through airstrikes on Assad’s forces.

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Mar 6, 2012

White House statement on moving the G-8 meeting to Camp David

By the White House

From the White House:  In May, the United States looks forward to hosting the G-8 and NATO Summits.

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Mar 6, 2012

The Finance Crisis: Lessons Learned from Canada and the Way Forward

By Atlantic Council

On November 16, 2011 the Atlantic Council, Thomson Reuters, the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and the Embassy of Canada hosted a day-long conference to look at the actions and tools Canada used to so successfully weather the financial crisis. Entitled The Finance Crisis: Lessons Learned from Canada and the Way […]

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Mar 5, 2012

Obama splits Chicago Summit, moves G8 meeting to Camp David

By Christi Parsons, the Chicago Tribune

From Christi Parsons, the Chicago Tribune:  The G-8 economic summit will be held at Camp David, not in Chicago as had been scheduled.

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Mar 5, 2012

Germans concerned they have become “the Americans of Europe”

By Jan Fleischhauer, Spiegel

From Jan Fleischhauer, Spiegel:  It won’t be long before they start burning German flags.

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