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Ukraine

December 8, 2025

A person stands in a desert, facing the mirrored wall of a large building.

Global

Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption

Anne Applebaum

December 7, 2025

Photo illustration of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff superimposed over a map of Ukraine

Global

Putin Lives by a Code Trump Doesn’t Understand

Andrew Ryvkin

December 6, 2025

A photograph shows Trump extending a hand to Putin, who appears to hesitate, looking away from Trump with his hand pointing down.

Photography

Top 25 News Photos of 2025

Alan Taylor

December 5, 2025

A man reacts emotionally while standing outside a burning complex of tall residential buildings.

Global

Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal Is Bad. But Exposing It Is a Win.

Kristina Berdynskykh

December 3, 2025

Photograph of Ukrainians protesting near the monument of a poet, holding up homemade cardboard signs

National Security

Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia

Simon Shuster

November 27, 2025

President Zelensky and Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak

Ideas

Peace Through Bungling

Eliot A. Cohen

November 27, 2025

An apartment with debris lying around and the windows blown out

National Security

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

Ideas

Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?

Anne Applebaum

November 26, 2025

Black-and-white photograph of Steve Witkoff whispering into Donald Trump’s ear, against a red background

The Atlantic Daily

Why One Political Office Is So Mired in Scandals

David A. Graham

November 24, 2025

A "lieutenant governor" sign on a bookshelf

Ideas

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War

Anne Applebaum

November 22, 2025

The Atlantic Daily

Border Patrol’s Chaotic Week in North Carolina

David A. Graham

November 21, 2025

National Security

A DMZ for Ukraine

Simon Shuster and Jonathan Lemire

November 21, 2025

A slightly blurred image of dark road lined with trees, with bright blue and yellow lights

National Security

Zelensky’s Blind Spot

Simon Shuster

November 21, 2025

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

Ideas

Trump’s Devastating Plan for Ukraine

Phillips Payson O’Brien

November 21, 2025

Man stands in rubble looking out at an apartment building

Global

A Self-Defeating Reversal on Ukraine

Thomas Wright

November 20, 2025

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

Books

The Accidental Trailblazers of a New Global Condition

Anastasia Edel

November 12, 2025

Black-and-white photo of a person standing with crutches in the doorway of a room containing prosthetic legs.

Global

Why Trump’s Ukraine Peace Efforts Keep Failing

Thomas Wright

November 11, 2025

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

Ideas

Blaming Foreigners for American Failings Won’t Fix Them

Yair Rosenberg

November 9, 2025

Illustration showing American scolding foreigner

Ideas

The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model

Anne Applebaum

October 27, 2025

photo illustration showing a pixellated image of the Pentagon

Global

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

Global

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

Shane Harris

October 17, 2025

Fighter jets flying in formation over Belgium.

Politics

Trump’s Nobel Thirst Is Actually Great for the World

Jonathan Chait

October 9, 2025

Global

How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia

Robert F. Worth

October 7, 2025

The Atlantic Daily

Is This ‘America First’?

Will Gottsegen

September 24, 2025

National Security

Trump Dares the United Nations to Mock Him Now

Jonathan Lemire and Missy Ryan

September 23, 2025

Black-and-white photo of President Donald Trump delivering his annual United Nations General Assembly address.

National Security

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

Vivian Salama

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.

Global

Ukraine’s Most Lethal Soldiers

Ken Harbaugh

September 15, 2025

An illustration showing a Ukrainian soldier

Podcasts

America’s Greatest Threat to Democracy Comes From Within

Garry Kasparov

September 12, 2025

Photo of guest Jake Sullivan against a blue background and falling white stars

Global

The Beginning of the End of NATO

Robert Kagan

September 10, 2025

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

Ideas

Russia’s Reckless Provocation

Tom Nichols

September 10, 2025

Vladimir Putin sitting in front of three Russian flags

Global

Russia Is Losing the War—Just Not to Ukraine

Jeremy Shapiro

September 10, 2025

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

Ideas

Trump Is No Nationalist

David Frum

September 9, 2025

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

Podcasts

Why the West Failed the ‘Putin Test’

Garry Kasparov

August 29, 2025

Photo of guest Oleksandra Matviichuk against a blue background and falling white stars

National Security

Did the White House Not Understand What Putin Was Really Offering?

Vivian Salama and Jonathan Lemire

August 28, 2025

Photograph of Vladimir Putin in front of the seal of the United States

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2025 in Photos: How the First Months Unfolded

Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption

Putin Lives by a Code Trump Doesn’t Understand

Top 25 News Photos of 2025

Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal Is Bad. But Exposing It Is a Win.

Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia

Peace Through Bungling

Why Trump Pushed for Peace—Again

Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?

Why One Political Office Is So Mired in Scandals

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War

Border Patrol’s Chaotic Week in North Carolina

A DMZ for Ukraine

Zelensky’s Blind Spot

Trump’s Devastating Plan for Ukraine

A Self-Defeating Reversal on Ukraine

The Accidental Trailblazers of a New Global Condition

Why Trump’s Ukraine Peace Efforts Keep Failing

Blaming Foreigners for American Failings Won’t Fix Them

The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model

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

Ukraine’s Underground Generation

Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge

Trump’s Nobel Thirst Is Actually Great for the World

How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia

Is This ‘America First’?

Trump Dares the United Nations to Mock Him Now

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

Ukraine’s Most Lethal Soldiers

America’s Greatest Threat to Democracy Comes From Within

The Beginning of the End of NATO

Russia’s Reckless Provocation

Russia Is Losing the War—Just Not to Ukraine

Trump Is No Nationalist

Why the West Failed the ‘Putin Test’

Did the White House Not Understand What Putin Was Really Offering?