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.

Talking Truth to NATO

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

Talking Truth to NATO

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

Talking Truth to NATO

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 11, 2011

Talking Truth to NATO

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke bluntly to America’s NATO allies on Friday. They needed to hear it.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 11, 2011

U.S. and NATO: If We Don’t Shoulder the Burden, Nobody Will

By Max Boot, Commentary

From Max Boot, Commentary:  Bob Gates is leaving the Defense Department with a bang—or at least a blast—rather than a whimper.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 11, 2011

Libya Operation costing the US about $2 million per day

By Jeremy Lemer and Christine Spolar, the Financial Times

From Jeremy Lemer and Christine Spolar, the Financial Times:  US military operations in Libya are on course to cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than the Pentagon estimated, according to figures obtained by the Financial Times.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 11, 2011

Solidarity: On the Front Line of Freedom’s Defense

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  Freedom will only flower if North Americans and Europeans together tend the lighthouse of hope so many millions want to believe in.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 10, 2011

Text of Speech by Robert Gates on the Future of NATO

By Robert Gates, Department of Defense

From the U.S. Department of Defense:  “Reflections on the status and future of the transatlantic alliance” as delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Brussels, Belgium, Friday, June 10, 2011.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 10, 2011

Gates criticizes NATO; How much does U.S. pay?

By David S. Morgan, CBS News

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 10, 2011

NATO governments crackdown on members of Anonymous

By Cassel Bryan-Low, the Wall Street Journal

From Cassel Bryan-Low, the Wall Street Journal:  Spanish police have arrested three alleged members of online hacker collective Anonymous as part of a global police crackdown on the group claiming responsibility for computer attacks against a broad range of targets in recent months

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jun 10, 2011

Gates praises some allies with limited resources for making smart defense choices

By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service

From Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service:  “I am the latest in a string of U.S. defense secretaries who have urged allies privately and publicly, often with exasperation, to meet agreed-upon NATO benchmarks for defense spending,” Gates said.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 10, 2011

Gates: NATO Has Become Two-tiered Alliance

By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service

From Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service: NATO has turned into a two-tiered alliance of members who consume security and those who produce it, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 10, 2011

Gates blasts NATO, questions future of alliance

By Robert Burns, the AP

From Robert Burns, the AP:  America’s military alliance with Europe — the cornerstone of U.S. security policy for six decades — faces a "dim, if not dismal" future, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday in a blunt valedictory address.

United States and Canada
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Robert Bradley

Associate Director for Government Relations and Policy

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense​ Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Erik Brattberg

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Danish Digital Policy
Graham Brookie

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Graham Brookie

Vice President - Atlantic Council Technology Programs

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation National Security

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Emerson T. Brooking

Director of Strategy and Resident Senior Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Defense Policy Disinformation

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Chris Brummer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

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Nathan Bruschi

Chief Executive Officer, Anchorwork Inc.

Millennium Leadership Program

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2026 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

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