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.

US begins deploying new missile defense program for Europe

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

US begins deploying new missile defense program for Europe

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

US begins deploying new missile defense program for Europe

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

Mar 2, 2011

US begins deploying new missile defense program for Europe

By Lolita C. Baldor, the AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, the AP:  The U.S. is sending a special radar-equipped warship to the Mediterranean Sea next week, the first step in the development of a broad anti-ballistic missile system to protect Europe against a potential Iranian nuclear threat, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 2, 2011

Gates: “no unanimity within NATO for the use of armed force”

By Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger, the Guardian

From Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger, the Guardian:  Despite the rhetoric of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, in backing a no-fly zone, French Nato officials are averse to the alliance’s intervention in north Africa, arguing it would discredit the pro-democracy movement and provide an opening for Islamist extremists to exploit the turmoil and declare an […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Mar 1, 2011

Obama and Canadian PM coordinate response to Libyan crisis

By the White House

From the White House:  Readout of President Obama’s Call with Canadian Prime Minister Harper

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Mar 1, 2011

Obama and Canadian PM coordinate response to Libyan crisis

By the White House

From the White House:  Readout of President Obama’s Call with Canadian Prime Minister Harper

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Mar 1, 2011

Obama and Canadian PM coordinate response to Libyan crisis

By the White House

From the White House:  Readout of President Obama’s Call with Canadian Prime Minister Harper

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Mar 1, 2011

Empty threats or creeping toward intervention?

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  On Monday, the United States said it was moving military ships and planes closer to the Libyan coast, without specifying what they might do.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2011

Accuser in psyops scandal admits he is not a psyops officer

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the Washington Post

From Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the Washington Post:  A spokesman for [Lt. Gen. William] Caldwell, Lt. Col. Shawn Stroud, said the general is not commenting on the allegations because of the ongoing investigation.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2011

Obama tells Merkel that Gaddafi needs to leave

By the White House

From the White House:  Readout of President Obama’s Call with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2011

Cyberspace Wars

By Joseph Nye, Jr., the International Herald Tribune

From Joseph Nye, Jr., the International Herald Tribune:  The costs of developing multiple carrier taskforces and submarine fleets create enormous barriers to entry and make it possible to speak of U.S. naval dominance.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2011

Italy suspends treaty with Libya

By Alessandra Rizzo, the AP

From Alessandra Rizzo, the AP:  Italy has effectively suspended a treaty with Libya that includes a nonaggression clause, amid turmoil in the North African nation, the foreign minister said Sunday.

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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

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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.
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