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.

Pentagon’s New Cyber Strategy

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

Pentagon’s New Cyber Strategy

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

Pentagon’s New Cyber Strategy

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

Jul 15, 2011

Pentagon’s New Cyber Strategy

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  The Department of Defense’s new cyber strategy is being released this afternoon and many cyber security professionals who read it may be disappointed that it does not say more.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jul 15, 2011

NATO and Strategic Cyber Capabilities

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  NATO must transform itself in order to deal with cyber threats and opportunities.

Cybersecurity NATO

NATOSource

Jul 14, 2011

Lavrov confirms US recalled its own missile defense proposal

By Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring

From Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring:  Ellen Tauscher, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, reacted harshly to a report in this space June 16 on the draft missile-defense agreement with the Russians that was rejected by the White House amid concerns it would limit U.S. missile defenses.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 14, 2011

Vive la France

By David McCullough, the New York TImes

From David McCullough, the New York TImes:  [T]he ties that bind America and France are more important and infinitely more interesting than most of us know.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 14, 2011

Turkey arrests 15 suspects for plotting Al Qaeda attack against US Embassy

By Sebnem Arsu, the New York Times

From Sebnem Arsu, the New York Times:  The police have detained 15 suspected Al Qaeda militants on evidence that they had plotted to attack foreign diplomatic targets including the United States Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, the Anatolian News Agency reported on Wednesday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 12, 2011

Panetta: Some NATO allies in Libya could be exhausted in 90 days

By Phil Stewart, Reuters

From Phil Stewart, Reuters:  New U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday that some NATO allies operating in Libya could see their forces "exhausted" within 90 days. "The problem right now, frankly, in Libya is that … within the next 90 days a lot of these other countries could be exhausted in terms of […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 11, 2011

The Necessity of U.S. Naval Power

By Gordon England, James L. Jones & Vern Clark, the Wall Street Journal

From Gordon England, James L. Jones & Vern Clark, the Wall Street Journal:  The future security environment underscores two broad security trends.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 10, 2011

France tells Libya rebels to seek peace with Gaddafi

By Lamine Chikhi, Reuters

From Lamine Chikhi, Reuters:  With no imminent end to the conflict in sight, cracks are emerging inside the NATO alliance. Some member states are balking at the burden on their recession-hit finances, and many are frustrated that there has been no decisive breakthrough.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 9, 2011

Europe’s last dictator

By David J. Kramer and A. Wess Mitchell, the Washington Post

From David J. Kramer and A. Wess Mitchell, the Washington Post:  Dubbed the last dictator in Europe, Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko is under growing domestic and international pressure because of his gross human rights abuses and responsibility for his country’s worst economic crisis since gaining independence 20 years ago.

Energy & Environment European Union

NATOSource

Jul 8, 2011

The Realist Prism: Countdown Begins on NATO-Russia BMD Deal

By Nikolas Gvosdev, World Policy Review

From Nikolas Gvosdev, World Policy Review:  Russia’s envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, has set a timer in motion for resolving the outstanding differences between the North Atlantic alliance and Russia over a proposed ballistic missile defense system in Europe.

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

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