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.

Astana on the Atlantic: Transatlantic Strategy in Central Asia and the OSCE

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

Astana on the Atlantic: Transatlantic Strategy in Central Asia and the OSCE

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

Astana on the Atlantic: Transatlantic Strategy in Central Asia and the OSCE

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

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Report

Nov 22, 2010

Astana on the Atlantic: Transatlantic Strategy in Central Asia and the OSCE

The new report of the Eurasia Task Force, “Astana on the Atlantic: Transatlantic Strategy in Central Asia and the OSCE,” offers recommendations to the Obama Administration on the eve of the OSCE Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, in order to reposition the U.S. in Central Asia and build an enduring OSCE presence in the region.Download the […]

Central Asia OSCE

NATOSource

Nov 22, 2010

The Obama Administration’s Priorities in Europe

By Philip Gordon, the U.S. Department of State

From Philip Gordon, the U.S. Department of State:  When I think about this administration’s priorities in Europe, there are three basic objectives that stand out in our engagement with the continent

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 22, 2010

Children safer in Afghan cities than NYC: NATO envoy

By Jonathon Burch, Reuters

From Jonathon Burch, Reuters:  Children are probably safer growing up in Afghanistan’s major cities, including the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, than in London, New York, or Glasgow, NATO’s top civilian envoy to Afghanistan has said.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2010

Taliban vows to force NATO out before 2014 pullout

By Patrick Quinnby, the AP

From Patrick Quinnby, the AP:  The Taliban on Sunday vowed to force the U.S.-led coalition to abandon Afghanistan before a 2014 date set by the alliance for handing over security responsibility to its allied Afghan forces. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in message e-mailed to the media that NATO will be unable to establish a […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2010

Russia to aid NATO on anti-missile network in Europe

By Edward Cody, the Washington Post

From Edward Cody, the Washington Post:  Russia agreed Saturday to cooperate with NATO on building a U.S.-planned anti-missile network in Europe as part of what was described as a new era in security relations between the former Cold War enemies.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2010

NATO Allies Appeal for U.S. to Ratify Start Treaty

By Adam Entous, the Wall Street Journal

From Adam Entous, the Wall Street Journal:  Six North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies made a coordinated appeal Saturday to the U.S. Senate to quickly approve President Barack Obama‘s nuclear-arms-control treaty with Russia, warning Republican opposition was putting European security at risk.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2010

Obama’s Withdrawal Strategy

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  [T]oday we stand united in Afghanistan, so that terrorists who threaten us all have no safe haven and so that the Afghan people can forge a more hopeful future.

United States and Canada

Issue Brief

Nov 19, 2010

Adapting the US-EU Summit for a Globalized World

By Fran Burwell and Annette Heuser

As President Obama prepares to meet with European leaders for the first U.S.-EU Summit since the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty, the Atlantic Council and the Bertelsmann Foundation have prepared a joint strategy arguing that such meetings can only advance policies of interest to Washington and Brussels if the gatherings are restructured and less exclusive. […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Nov 19, 2010

US seeks breakthrough on CFE Treaty at Lisbon Summit

By Judy Dempsey, the New York Times

From Judy Dempsey, the New York Times:  The American delegation at the summit here will try to give the negotiations for a renewal of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty a crucial push during the two-day NATO gathering, which is set to open later on Friday, according to diplomats of several signatory countries to the […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 19, 2010

Unpopular Afghan war presents challenge to NATO

By Laura King and Henry Chu, the Los Angeles Times

From Laura King and Henry Chu, the Los Angeles Times:  A NATO summit has its work cut out: Convincing weary European citizens that there is an end in sight, Americans that they aren’t alone in this fight and the Taliban that their cause is hopeless.

United States and Canada
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Natalie Barrett

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Energy & Environment English

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Scott D. Berrier

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Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

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Lisa Basquel

Program Assistant, European Energy Security

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Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

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Sarah Bauerle Danzman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

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Jenna Ben-Yehuda

Executive Vice President

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Jeanne Benincasa Thorpe

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Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Public Event Fri, April 10, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

Game changers: Cures for 21st century biological threats
National Security Technology & Innovation United States and Canada
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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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