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.

Russian elections: US and Europe must rethink the ‘reset’

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

Russian elections: US and Europe must rethink the ‘reset’

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

Russian elections: US and Europe must rethink the ‘reset’

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

Mar 5, 2012

Russian elections: US and Europe must rethink the ‘reset’

By Kurt Volker, the Christian Science Monitor

From Kurt Volker, the Christian Science Monitor:  For the past several years, US and European policy has aimed largely at cooperating with the Russian government on key issues

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 2, 2012

Finland to buy Lockheed Martin cruise missiles

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Finland is set to buy Lockheed Martin cruise missiles for 178.5 million euros ($239 million), the country’s defence ministry said, part of the Nordic country’s efforts to boost its strike capability.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 2, 2012

U.S. should stay out of Syria’s conflict

By the Editors of the Los Angeles Times

From the Editors of the Los Angeles Times:  War is not something to blunder into blithely, and no country — no matter how powerful — can solve all the problems of all the countries in the world.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 1, 2012

The case for arming Syria’s opposition

By Stephen J. Hadley, the Washington Post

From Stephen J. Hadley, the Washington Post:  The moral case for arming Syrians seeking their freedom has become overwhelming.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 1, 2012

British MoD reconsidering buying different version of F-35 fighter

By Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian

From Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian:  Britain’s troubled and increasingly expensive plan to equip the navy with new aircraft carriers has been plunged into fresh turmoil as ministers consider reversing their earlier decision to change the type of plane that should fly from them, it has emerged.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 1, 2012

US expanding hi-tech intelligence base in Britain

By Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian

From Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian:  America’s largest eavesdropping centre in Britain, Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire, is being expanded in a multimillion-pound programme as it becomes increasingly vital to US intelligence and military operations

United Kingdom United States and Canada

Event Recap

Mar 1, 2012

The Authoritarian Slippery Slope: The Case of Belarus

By Jason Harmala

On March 1st, the Transatlantic Relations Program hosted an off-the-record roundtable discussion with the Dr. Anatoli Mikhailov and Dr. Pavel Tereshkovich of the European Humanities University.

Belarus European Union

NATOSource

Mar 1, 2012

Rasmussen: ‘NATO doesn’t just talk about security – NATO delivers security’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Our Chicago Summit will be an important event. Because NATO is busier than ever protecting our shared values and our shared security.

United States and Canada

Issue Brief

Mar 1, 2012

The United States and the Global Future

By Uri Dadush, Banning Garrett, David Ignatius, and James B. Steinberg

This piece is co-authored by Uri Dadush, senior associate and director of the Carnegie Endowment’s International Economics Program; Banning Garrett, director of the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative; David Ignatius, associate editor and twice-weekly columnist for the Washington Post; James B. Steinberg, dean and professor at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

Economy & Business United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 1, 2012

Did Panetta disclose internal talking points instead of planned public statements?

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  One announcement that won’t be made at the NATO summit is the alliance’s intention to mark 2013 as the year when full, lead combat responsibility will be handed over from NATO to the Afghan security forces.

NATO Security & Defense
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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

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

Oluwayemisi Ajumobi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Technology & Innovation Non-Traditional Threats
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Events

Public Event Thu, March 12, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

Resilience in Security and Economics Dialogue
Central Europe Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy
Public Event Tue, March 17, 2026 • 9:30 am ET

Transmission 2026: Durable infrastructure and regulations for a new digital age
Energy & Environment Energy Transitions United States and Canada
Flagship Event Fri, December 11, 2026 • 8:30 am ET

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.
Digital Policy Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia European Union