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The Hormuz War Will End

April 7, 2026

Photograph of a set of industrial pipelines in the desert

National Security

Venezuela Seems to Be Going … Well?

April 6, 2026

Photo of a bus in Venezuela with an image of Hugo Chavez

National Security

The Real Intelligence Failure in Iran

April 5, 2026

Trump in the foreground with U.S. troops behind him in May 2025 at a US air base southwest of Doha

Lions Led by Donkeys

April 1, 2026

A lion and a donkey

The Kurdish Ground Force Preparing to Fight in Iran

Robert F. Worth

March 29, 2026

A man stands with his rifle, facing a mountain range.

The Atlantic Daily

Critics Have a New Way to Describe the Trump Administration

David A. Graham

March 26, 2026

Reflection of Trump in blue curtain

National Security

The U.S. and Iran Are Fighting a Massively Asymmetrical War

Nancy A. Youssef and Missy Ryan

March 25, 2026

Color photograph of a huge lightning formation lighting up the night sky above an oil tanker

Iran Is Trying to Defeat America in the Living Room

Karim Sadjadpour

March 23, 2026

Photograph of a woman wearing a black body covering walking past graffiti of a defaced Statue of Liberty

The Slow, Then Sudden, Death of the Hawkish Democrat

March 20, 2026

blue flowers in the barrel of an army tank

The Atlantic Daily

The Dangerous Logic of the Joe Kent Letter

March 17, 2026

Iran’s War Is Not Only With the West

Elizabeth Tsurkov

March 16, 2026

Photograph of a ruined street in Damascus with a poster of Khamenei, Assad, and Nasrallah.

I Don’t Know How the War Is Going

March 6, 2026

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The Atlantic Daily

Who Is the U.S. Actually at War With Right Now?

Conor Friedersdorf

March 5, 2026

Trump and U.S. soldiers in the background

Trump Opens the Pandora’s Box of Assassination

March 3, 2026

Hubris Without Idealism

March 2, 2026

Photo-illustration with images of Donald Trump, George W. Bush, and George H. W. Bush against an abstract backdrop resembling an American flag.

Why Khamenei Is Dead

March 1, 2026

Iranian leader Ali Khamenei

Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran

February 28, 2026

An Iranian protester shouts anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans while standing next to the portraits of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and late leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

An Iranian Network Is Ready to Act

February 27, 2026

Ali Khamenei walking next to an empty chair

National Security

Pete Hegseth Delights in Violence

February 2, 2026

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth giving a speech with teleprompters behind a glass barrier, while a crowd of uniformed troops stand in the background

Never Fight Alone

William H. McRaven

January 27, 2026

A photograph with camo gear and a rifle illuminated in the foreground and a half-dozen soldiers silhouetted in the background.

I Was Kidnapped by Idiots

Elizabeth Tsurkov

January 11, 2026

A man partially obscured by swirling pink vapor, sits at a table gripping a pink vape. Another figure stands in the shadowy background.

Iraq Was Bad. This Is Absurd.

January 8, 2026

La Guaira, Venezuela, Jan 4

Trump’s Heathen Heart

January 7, 2026

Photograph of Donald Trump and a military officer at a press conference

The Biggest Question About Venezuela

January 4, 2026

Smoke over the hills of Caracas

National Security

Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s

Michael Scherer

January 4, 2026

An image of Delcy Rodríguez, the new interim president of Venezuela, overlayed on a black-and-white image of Trump

Trump’s Risky War in Venezuela

Conor Friedersdorf

January 3, 2026

A U.S. military strike on Venezuela

A Nakedly Imperialistic President

December 19, 2025

An illustration of a giant hand reaching for a barrel of oil.

National Security

Trump Knows What He Wants, Just Not How to Get There

Vivian Salama and Sarah Fitzpatrick

December 13, 2025

A color photograph of Maduro speaking to a crowd

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

National Security

Why Is the Pentagon Afraid of the Press?

Nancy A. Youssef

September 26, 2025

A photo-illustration featuring Pete Hegseth's faith inside a series of pentagons.

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story

Conor Friedersdorf

September 10, 2025

A color photograph of George Retes in front of his military uniforms

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

The Atlantic Daily

Trump Wants to ‘Make Iran Great Again’

David A. Graham

June 23, 2025

Donald Trump holds up a fist before boarding a plane

Trump Got This One Right

June 22, 2025

American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran

June 21, 2025

An image of Donald Trump sitting next to a window

The World’s Hardest Bluffing Game

July 2025 Issue

illustration of man seated on ground, surrounded by other seated players, wearing white and holding out both arms, fists turned down, as another player puts his hand on top of one fist