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How many minutes to midnight? Different answers from Israel and the U.S.
Are some issues just beyond the range of 'rational' discussion?
What made the president's appearance different from a normal campaign stop
It's time to ask 'naive questions' about the threat from Iran.
An interview that is valuable for what the president reveals, and conceals
All sides may be bluffing in today's Iran showdown. That could provide a margin of safety -- or of danger
A warning about reckless war talk, when the warning might still do some good
Why is one troublesome regime considered so much more immediately threatening than all others?
The logic that applies in the rest of American defense policy is thrown aside with Iran
A thoughtless 'argument' for war, and a more sober caution against it
The element left out of many discussions about how to deal with Iran
The mainstream media deal with a main foreign-policy question
The 'debate' about bombing Iran resembles what we heard about Iraq a decade ago -- with a significant difference.
It's fine for the Iranian government to think that the U.S. might not attack. As long as the U.S. government doesn't believe the same thing.
How would Iran's leaders respond to the threat of impending attack?
A former Senator and Presidential candidate with a checklist of what to do before starting a war
A reader writes in support of our cover-story analysis; I dissent from one of our commenters.
Setting up an Atlantic debate, with reader critiques about 'Point of No Return'
We're discussing the motives of Israel, Iran, and the United States -- but what about China?
Is the Atlantic's cover story really an argument for war? I don't think so.