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Why Trump Pushed for Peace—Again

Simon Shuster and Missy Ryan

November 26, 2025

An illustration of a black-and-white hand with an American flag cufflink holding an ornament, which is blue and yellow (the colors of the Ukrainian flag) and swinging back and forth like a pendulum

Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?

November 26, 2025

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The Biggest Problem With Air Travel: Pajamas?

Alexandra Petri

November 26, 2025

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Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors

November 24, 2025

Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future

November 23, 2025

a group of people are silhouetted by the light at the entrance of a pavilion at COP30 in Brasil

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War

November 22, 2025

A power outage in Kyiv

National Security

A DMZ for Ukraine

Simon Shuster and Jonathan Lemire

November 21, 2025

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National Security

Zelensky’s Blind Spot

November 21, 2025

A color photograph of Zelensky seated and looking off camera during an interview

Trump’s Devastating Plan for Ukraine

Phillips Payson O’Brien

November 21, 2025

Man stands in rubble looking out at an apartment building

A Self-Defeating Reversal on Ukraine

November 20, 2025

A photo shows bomb-damaged city buildings with emergency workers, burned cars, and a muddy Ukrainian flag in the foreground.

Photos: When the Polar Bears Move In

November 19, 2025

A polar bear sits on grassy ground in front of an abandoned house-sized research station.

What if ‘America First’ Appears to Work?

November 18, 2025

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Why Trump’s Ukraine Peace Efforts Keep Failing

November 11, 2025

A woman holding flowers walks by the rubble of a bombed out apartment building

Trump Is Demolishing Four Pillars of American Power

October 28, 2025

A photo-illustration showing Donald Trump and protesters climbing the Berlin Wall

The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model

October 27, 2025

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

Tetiana Kotelnykova

October 22, 2025

A photo-illustration that shows the Kremlin and a USAID stamp

Ukraine’s Underground Generation

Robert F. Worth

October 19, 2025

Young students return to school in the village of Savyntsi.

National Security

Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge

October 17, 2025

Fighter jets flying in formation over Belgium.

Kathryn Bigelow’s Warning to America

October 16, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

A Foreign-Film Starter Pack

October 12, 2025

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Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians

October 11, 2025

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How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia

Robert F. Worth

October 7, 2025

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Moscow Can’t Stop the Music

September 30, 2025

The Russian singer Monetochka performs in an anti-war concert in Poland in 2022.

The Atlantic Daily

Is This ‘America First’?

September 24, 2025

Donald Trump giving a speech at the United Nations General Assembly

National Security

Trump Dares the United Nations to Mock Him Now

Jonathan Lemire and Missy Ryan

September 23, 2025

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The Art of the Decline

Vivek Viswanathan

September 22, 2025

Donald Trump standing alone, offering a handshake

National Security

The U.S. Is Quietly Pausing Some Arms Sales to Europe

September 19, 2025

An image of a German soldier standing on top of a truck while he and others unload a US made Patriot missile.

Trump Isn’t Interested in Competing With China

September 17, 2025

A color photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walking on a red carpet after deplaning at a summit in China.

Ukraine’s Most Lethal Soldiers

September 15, 2025

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The Beginning of the End of NATO

September 10, 2025

A group of Polish soldiers hold a NATO flag at a training in Orzysz, Poland, in July 2022.

Russia’s Reckless Provocation

September 10, 2025

Vladimir Putin sitting in front of three Russian flags

Russia Is Losing the War—Just Not to Ukraine

September 10, 2025

A graphic illustration of a Russian missile making an infinity sign with its rocket-tail smoke.

Trump Is No Nationalist

September 9, 2025

Picture of Donald Trump and Andrzej Duda, Poland's president, in Washington DC

U.S. Adversaries Strengthen Their Bond

September 6, 2025

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously

September 5, 2025

An image of the back of Trump's head against the backdrop of blue carpet.

Putin and Xi Are Holding the West Together

Michael Schuman

September 2, 2025

Xi Jinping holds his arm out while looking at Vladimir Putin, in front of flags of China and Russia.