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 dysfunction is a two-way street

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 dysfunction is a two-way street

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 dysfunction is a two-way street

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

Jun 22, 2011

NATO dysfunction is a two-way street

By the Editors of the Boston Globe

From the Editors of the Boston Globe:  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is losing its coherence, and not just because European allies are shirking their obligations.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 22, 2011

Budget cuts reducing NATO’s planned UAV purchase

By Bradley Peniston, Defense News

From Bradley Peniston, Defense News:  NATO is continuing to negotiate with Northrop Grumman on an estimated 1 billion euro ($1.4 billion) contract to provide the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Core Capability, a small fleet of radar-equipped Global Hawk unmanned aircraft.

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NATOSource

Jun 22, 2011

Libya War-Funding Fight Escalates

By Siobhan Hughes, the Wall Street Journal

From Siobhan Hughes, the Wall Street Journal:  U.S. lawmakers staked out starkly different positions Tuesday on the legitimacy of the American intervention in Libya, suggesting more legislative challenges are ahead in a debate the White House had hoped to put to rest.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 22, 2011

Steny Hoyer: Defunding Libya undermines NATO

By Seung Min Kim, POLITICO

From Seung Min Kim, POLITICO:  House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said Tuesday he opposes the idea percolating in the House to defund U.S. involvement in Libya. “It certainly would undermine the confidence of NATO in the ability of the president of the United States to participate in support of an effort that NATO had agreed […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 22, 2011

Gates warns of lack of vision and walking away from US leadership in the world

By John Barry and Tara McKelvey, Newsweek

From John Barry and Tara McKelvey, Newsweek:  Aboard the Pentagon jet on his last foreign trip as secretary of defense, Robert Gates takes a moment to peer across the American horizon—and the view is dire: the U.S. is in danger of losing its supremacy on the global stage, he says.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

Video of crashed NATO helicopter drone in Libya

By Amy Butler, Aviation Week

From Amy Butler, Aviation Week:  A U.S. Navy MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned rotorcraft was lost June 21 while conducting a mission over Libya, according to program sources.

Drones Technology & Innovation

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

Sarwar Kashmeri on Gates’ speech and NATO’s relevance

By SKY News

From SKY News:  Interview with British MP Mike Gapes of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and Sarwar Kashmeri, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and author of NATO 2.0: Reboot or Delete?    

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

NATO’s Command Center for Libya Op

By Fiona Ehlers, Spiegel

From Fiona Ehlers, Spiegel:  The ballroom in Naples is the secret command center in NATO’s war against Gadhafi. Some 350 men and a handful of women sit there in front of computer screens, serving as the military alliance’s eyes and ears

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NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

Czech government reaffirms support for NATO missile defense

By the Czech Foreign Ministry

From the Czech Foreign Ministry:  The Czech Republic has been a long-term advocate of the development of the NATO Missile Defence capability as it considers it as a crucial issue for the defence of Europe. Therefore, in accordance with its conviction, the Czech Republic supported the November 2010 decision of the NATO Summit in Lisbon […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2011

Stop the Europe-bashing

By Anne Penketh, the Hill

From Anne Penketh, the Hill:  It’s open season on the Europeans at the moment. Following the lead of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who delivered a stiff warning to NATO the other day, everyone has been piling on.

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Fatima Abbas

Director of Tribal and Native Affairs, Department of Treasury

Millennium Leadership Program

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Grace Abuhamad

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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

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Iryna Adam

Research Associate

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Eastern Europe English

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Anca Agachi

Nonresident Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

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Paul Amato

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Missile Defense Nuclear Deterrence
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