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.

Police probe Stockholm blasts as act of terrorism

Dispatches
Mar 11, 2026

Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war

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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

Police probe Stockholm blasts as act of terrorism

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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

Police probe Stockholm blasts as act of terrorism

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
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NATOSource

Dec 12, 2010

Police probe Stockholm blasts as act of terrorism

By Mia Shanley and Niklas Pollard, Reuters

From Mia Shanley and Niklas Pollard, Reuters:  Police said on Sunday they were treating bomb blasts in Stockholm as an act of terrorism by a lone attacker that followed an emailed threat referring to Sweden’s troops in Afghanistan and to cartoons of Mohammad. Police stopped short of calling Saturday afternoon’s blasts, which killed the suspected […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 10, 2010

A Coming Sino-Turkish Axis?

By Michael Auslin, the Wall Street Journal

From Michael Auslin, the Wall Street Journal:  [T]he current downturn in relations is made even worse by Mr. [Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan‘s decision to reach out to yet another authoritarian power, one that currently has a tense, if not troubled, relationship with the United States and many of its neighbors. That power is […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 10, 2010

Georgia pressing US for NATO membership prospectus

By the AP

From the AP:  The former Soviet republic of Georgia wants the United States to outline the steps necessary for it to join NATO. Deputy Prime Minister Georgia [sic] Baramidze was raising the issue in Washington this week with the Obama administration. He said in an interview with The Associated Press that Georgia wants a "road […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 9, 2010

Poland: “We got tired of being the one country to stand up to Russia”

By Marcin Sobczyk, the Wall Street Journal

From Marcin Sobczyk, the Wall Street Journal:  According to analysts, the thaw in relations helps both sides as Poland’s previous Russophobic image wasn’t helping to build the country’s position within western structures

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Dec 9, 2010

5 Reasons Why Russia Could Join NATO

By Alexander Kramarenko, the Moscow Times

From Alexander Kramarenko, the Moscow Times:  1.  Russia does have civilian and democratic control over its armed forces, which one could easily confirm by following debates in the country’s media. Some even believe that this control cannot be more civilian than is already the case. Moreover,  in Russia’s history, including during the Soviet period, the […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Dec 9, 2010

Russia expecting NATO answers on leaked defense plan

By Reuters

From Reuters:   Moscow is seeking explanations from NATO after the release of U.S. diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks that say the alliance has drawn up secret plans to defend the Baltic states, news agencies quoted Russia’s foreign minister as saying.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 8, 2010

Obama and Komorowski: The Strategic Partnership between Poland and the U.S.

By the White House

From the White House:  Both Presidents applauded the outcomes of the Lisbon NATO Summit, including the allied commitment to reaffirm the primacy of our Article 5 obligations to one another’s security and to adopt territorial missile defense as a core mission.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 8, 2010

Leaked memo offers insight to Russian security agencies

By Walter Pincus, the Washington Post

From Walter Pincus, the Washington Post:  New insights into Russia and its security services can be gained from a Nov. 5, 2009, confidential cable written to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III before his visit to Moscow that month.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 7, 2010

Wikileaks cables: Poland furious over getting “potted plants,” not missiles

By Ian Traynor, the Guardian

From Ian Traynor, the Guardian:  It is the biggest single concrete example of US support for Polish security on the ground. But the leaked embassy cables show that a battery of Patriot missiles in the north-east of the country lacked one crucial component – live missiles.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 7, 2010

Georgia Arrests More Suspected Russian Spies

By the AP

From the AP:  Georgia has arrested six people suspected of being agents for Russia, accusing them of causing a series of explosions, including one outside the US embassy, officials said. [Deputy Interior Minister Eka] Zguladze said the six suspects are accused of staging an explosion outside the US embassy in Tbilisi in September and several […]

United States and Canada
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Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Anca Agachi

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Paul Amato

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