United States and Canada

A European manifesto: It’s time for a New NATO

Thirteen Europeans—former heads of state and government, military leaders, diplomats, and top experts—make the case for NATO to take important steps to set the Alliance on a better course.

Could the United States’ future liftoffs take place in Africa?

By Temidayo Oniosun

This summer, as France and China continued to mark their sixtieth anniversary of diplomatic relations, the Space Variable Objects Monitor—a satellite developed by the two countries—launched successfully into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which developed the rocket that transported the satellite into space, said that the […]

Zelenskyy and the challenge of navigating election-year America

By Frederick Kempe

The Ukrainian president’s recent fraught visit to the US underscored both the historic stakes of the election and the perils involved in maneuvering around the parties.

The storm clouds may be parting after Zelenskyy’s tumultuous US visit

By John E. Herbst

The Ukrainian president’s meetings with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Donald Trump seesawed between low and high drama.

The US confronts two global threats: China-Russia and itself

By Frederick Kempe

NEW YORK—Two dark clouds hung over the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York. The first was the growing peril of Chinese-Russian common cause. The second was uncertainty about whether US leadership will rise to the challenge after the November elections. It’s impossible to separate the two issues, as the disruptive dangers of […]

The IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in 2024: Five important issues to be addressed

By Hung Tran

The world’s finance ministers and central bank governors are gathering in Washington DC for the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) from October 21 to October 26, 2024. They will be confronted with a very complex and difficult situation—including five important issues they must address. Despite intense geopolitical contention […]

The White House’s Daleep Singh on how to achieve balance in the use of economic statecraft

By Atlantic Council

The US deputy national security advisor for international economics spoke at the Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics about navigating today's geopolitical reality with various economic statecraft tools.