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Trump Is Not Playing Five-Dimensional Chess in Venezuela

January 10, 2026

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How Trump Could Help the People of Iran

Mark Dubowitz and Behnam Ben Taleblu

January 9, 2026

Photograph of a pre-Revolutionary Iranian flag held in the air

Change May Be Coming to Iran

January 8, 2026

A portrait of Khamenei hangs against a blue curtain.

The Biggest Question About Venezuela

January 4, 2026

Smoke over the hills of Caracas

Trump’s Audacious Success

Richard Fontaine

January 4, 2026

The Atlantic Daily

The President’s Busy Holiday

January 2, 2026

President Donald Trump walks offstage

Trump’s ‘Operation Iranian Freedom’

January 2, 2026

A hazy photograph of a street in Iran with a large skyscraper in the background and a number of Islamic Republic flags in the foreground

Iranians Have Had Enough

January 1, 2026

ISIS Never Really Went Away

December 18, 2025

An ISIS flag being waved

‘Nobody Knows What to Do About the Future’

December 17, 2025

A distorted portrait of Khamenei with the reflection of overhead lights over one of his eyes

Horrible and Devastating—And Worse, Not Shocking

December 15, 2025

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Museum Education Can’t Stop Anti-Semitism

December 15, 2025

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Do We Really Know How Isabel Archer Felt?

December 12, 2025

Two portraits of Isabel Archer

The Star Who Represents Iran’s Golden Age—And Its Future

December 10, 2025

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They Killed My Source

January 2026 Issue

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Trump’s Security Strategy Is Incoherent Babble

December 5, 2025

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The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning

November 7, 2025

Two young Iranian women walk together along a shore of the Chitgar Lake in the recreational Chitgar complex in northwestern Tehran, Iran, on September 11, 2025.

Yitzhak Rabin Knew What Netanyahu Doesn’t

November 4, 2025

Black and white photograph of Yitzhak Rabin holding a cigarette

Iran’s Last Ally in the Middle East

Robert F. Worth

October 28, 2025

Diptych of pictures of oil cranes in Baghdad skyline and Abdul Latif Rashid, Iraq’s president

The Atlantic Daily

Seven Heist Movies for Your Weekend

October 26, 2025

A still from Inside Man showing Clive Owen in a bank vault

What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison

October 22, 2025

A black-and-white photo of Jafar Panahi overlayed onto a green scribble above a yellow diagonal-striped background

The Neighbor From Hell

October 2025 Issue

A photo-illustration showing a portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini, a bombed-out building, and a group of soldiers in a trench, set against a red and green background

Why Iran Hit Australia

August 28, 2025

Photograph of flowers hanging from the fence at the Adass Israel Synagogue

America’s Next Top Racist

August 26, 2025

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Five Baha’i Lessons for a Happier Life

Arthur C. Brooks

August 21, 2025

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The Man Who Could Unite Iran’s Opposition

August 8, 2025

A sketch of a man in a suit with red, green, and white colors smeared around him

The Islamic Republic Was Never Inevitable

August 5, 2025

A black and white photo of Iranian protestors burning an image of the Shah

This Is What Standing Up to Dictators Looks Like

July 25, 2025

Photo of Masih Alinejad against a blue background and white stars

Iran Has a Mass-Deportation Policy Too

July 17, 2025

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The Wheels Are Falling Off Netanyahu’s Government

July 17, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's Parliament.

The Jubilation in Israel Is Premature

Gershom Gorenberg

July 11, 2025

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The Precarious Position of Iranian Jews

July 10, 2025

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National Security

The Lesson of Israel’s Success in the Air

July 9, 2025

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How the West Can Ensure Iran Never Gets the Bomb

July 9, 2025

A color photo of Iranian flags flying above a bomb-damaged building.

Why China Isn’t a Bigger Player in the Middle East

Michael Schuman

July 6, 2025

A red and black photo of Xi Jinping is superimposed in a checkerboard pattern over a black and white map of Iran.

What Trump—And the U.S.—Can’t Understand About Air Strikes

Phillips Payson O’Brien

July 5, 2025

Donald Trump; an Iranian nuclear site