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.

NATO’s Troubled Future

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

NATO’s Troubled Future

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

NATO’s Troubled Future

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

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NATOSource

Oct 6, 2011

NATO’s Troubled Future

By Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia

From Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia:  Robert Gates’s remarks last summer that NATO faces “a dim if not dismal future” unless European nations pick up the slack and coordinate on defense spending still reflects core US thinking about the future of the alliance.

United States and Canada

Event Recap

Oct 6, 2011

Roundtable with Ambassador Gordon Gray on Building Civil Society and Democracy in Tunisia

By Adrienne Chuck

The Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a small group of leading development and human rights experts and practitioners working on Tunisia for a roundtable discussion with US Ambassador to Tunisia Gordon Gray to discuss how best to help build civil society and democracy in the North […]

North Africa United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2011

Russia alarmed at decision to station U.S. ships in Spain for NATO missile defense systerm

By Henry Meyer, Bloomberg

From Henry Meyer, Bloomberg:  Russia is alarmed at the U.S. decision to station four ships at a base on Spain’s Atlantic coast as part of an American-led NATO missile defense system, the Foreign Ministry said.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2011

Spain to host U.S. missile defense ships

By David Brunnstrom and David Alexander, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom and David Alexander, Reuters:  The United States and Spain announced an agreement on Wednesday to base U.S. anti-missile warships at Rota on the Spanish coast, strengthening U.S.-led plans for a NATO-wide missile defense system in Europe.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 5, 2011

Panetta outlines key concerns to be addressed at NATO’s Chicago Summit

By Leon Panetta, U.S. Department of Defense

From Leon Panetta, U.S. Department of Defense:  These are the concerns that we must work together to address as we look towards the NATO Summit next May in Chicago.  Ideally, we will be able to halt additional cuts in defense or at a minimum keep defense spending at current levels.

Drones Technology & Innovation

NATOSource

Oct 3, 2011

Three reasons why NATO defense cooperation will not succeed at the Chicago Summit

By James Blitz, the Financial Times

From James Blitz, the Financial Times:  Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nato’s secretary-general, wants to tackle waning defence capability head on. In a speech last week he set out a programme for what he calls “Smart Defence”.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 3, 2011

Le Monde Editor: “The longstanding terms of the old military relationship within the West between America and Europe have ended”

By the European Institute

From the European Institute:  So what does Libya show about Western military cooperation in trying to control future conflicts even against minor rogue states?  It shows that NATO without the U.S. cannot handle an expeditionary war even on the scale of Libya

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 30, 2011

Secretary General’s four goals for NATO Summit in Chicago

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

 From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Security is not an optional extra – even in times of austerity.  It’s not a luxury – it’s a vital necessity.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 30, 2011

A New Atlanticism

By John C. Kornblum, atlantic-community.org

 From John C. Kornblum, atlantic-community.org:  One often meets Europeans these days who say their belief in Europe was nothing but an illusion. The EU is experiencing a serious crisis of confidence among its citizens. Equally worrisome is the growing loss of confidence by its essential protector, the United States.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Sep 29, 2011

Behind Qatar’s Intervention In Libya

By David B. Roberts, Foreign Affairs

From David B. Roberts, Foreign Affairs:  Qatar’s actions in Libya took most analysts by surprise when, in March, it sent six Mirage fighter jets (which likely represented the majority of Qatar’s operational fighter strength) to join in NATO air operations.

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Fatima Abbas

Director of Tribal and Native Affairs, Department of Treasury

Millennium Leadership Program

Politics & Diplomacy Rule of Law

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Grace Abuhamad

Former Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Internet

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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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