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Illustration of Xi Jinping in black and white against a red-and-white background — Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Sarah Meyssonnier / AFP / Getty.

China Gets Tough on Trump

Beijing explores the leverage it now has to work its geopolitical will.

Michael Schuman

October 23, 2025

A photo-illustration that shows the Kremlin and a USAID stamp — Illustration by Anna Ruch / The Atlantic. Sources: Burt Glinn / Magnum; Ezra Acayan / Getty; Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / Getty.

The U.S. Tactic That Russia Is Using to Hoard Power

As a Ukrainian, I’ve seen firsthand how Russia has learned to emulate American soft power for authoritarian ends.

Tetiana Kotelnykova

October 22, 2025

A black-and-white photo of Jafar Panahi overlayed onto a green scribble above a yellow diagonal-striped background — Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Emma McIntyre / Getty.

What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison

Jafar Panahi discusses his most daring work yet.

October 22, 2025

Trump pointing his finger up — Evelyn Hockstein / Getty

Can Trump Contain Israel’s Hard Right?

Israel’s extremists aren’t giving up on settling Gaza. Trump’s regional agenda depends on restraining them.

October 21, 2025

A family sits in the doorway of a ruined building, looking out on piles of rubble and a wrecked car. — Moiz Salhi / Andalou / Getty

A Cease-Fire Is a Moment to Count the Dead

Palestinians in Gaza know that they’ll never return to the life they once had.

Ghada Abdulfattah

October 21, 2025

Young students return to school in the village of Savyntsi. — Jedrzej Nowicki for The Atlantic

Ukraine’s Underground Generation

Addressing the isolation of young people has become an urgent priority in eastern Ukraine.

Robert F. Worth

October 19, 2025

Vladimir Putin — Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Source: Contributor / Getty.

Putin Is Not Winning

Underestimating the Russian leader is dangerous, but ascribing dark powers to him plays right into his hands.

October 14, 2025

Black-and-white drawing of the Statue of Liberty's hand holding an extinguished torch with smoke rising from it. — Illustration by Matt Huynh

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

October 14, 2025

Donald Trump in Israel's Knesset — Chip Somodevilla / AFP / Getty

One Era Ends in Gaza, and Another Begins

A moment for radical hope

October 13, 2025

A GIF of an app icon that spins around to reveal a camera — Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians

Russia is pushing a “super app” for citizens. What could possibly go wrong?

October 11, 2025