The Iran War Is Putting Pressure on Europe
Panelists joined to discuss the effects of the conflict on America’s allies, and more.
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What Trump’s Address to the Nation Revealed
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the president’s first national address since the war with Iran began.
Trump’s Mixed Messages About Iran
Panelists joined to discuss the president’s shifting answers to how the conflict could end.
How Does Trump Define Victory in Iran?
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss growing opposition to President Trump’s attacks on Iran and what winning a war with unclear objectives could like.
Is Anybody Actually Winning Trump’s Iran War?
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary, and Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges.
What It Means to Be American
Fareed Zakaria and David Frum on whether they regret becoming American citizens. Plus: how 18 years of economic turmoil ushered in a new populist era, and a discussion of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
Watching War From the Strait of Hormuz
Graeme Wood on what he saw at the Strait of Hormuz and the lockdown of oil in the Persian Gulf. Plus: Trump’s war-information blackout and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense at 250 years old.
The Far-Right Algorithm: Anti-Churchill, Anti-West
The historian Andrew Roberts on why many right-wing podcasters now believe that the wrong side won the Second World War, and the rise of algorithmically driven pseudo-historians. Plus: Trump is looking for an off-ramp from his war in Iran, and Gore Vidal’s novel Burr.
Will Republicans Find Consensus on Abortion Politics?
Republicans continue to clash this week as party leadership remains unclear.
The Future of the U.S.-Israel Relationship
“Very simply, the Israeli military has a sort of lower threshold for what it’s willing to tolerate and the risk that it’s willing to put civilians in.”
The State of the Biden-Trump Rematch
“The Biden people seem to be more scared of [RFK Jr.] than the Trump people are … It’s a real wild card partly because the anti-vaxxer vote is a pretty hard-core part of the Republican base.”
Is the Biden-Netanyahu Relationship Rupturing?
“If you flash back to the rupture during the Obama administration, Joe Biden was always the person who stepped in and tried to find a way to make it better.”
The Wars That Divide Washington
“You don’t see the president condemning Schumer’s statements, criticizing it at all … That does say a lot.”
The End of Political Centrism
The State of the Union “was the kickoff of a general election campaign and it was a clear contrast from Republicans on everything from abortion to immigration, to the economy.”
The Leader of Today’s Republican Party
“McConnell was the final backstop against the complete Trumpification of the Senate.”
Can Ukraine Win This War?
Anne Applebaum, David Ignatius, and Lara Seligman discuss with Jeffrey Goldberg what winning would look like for Ukraine.
Trump’s Legal and Political Strategies
Digging into the GOP front-runner’s claims on the stump and in legal filings
Trump’s Republican Party
“The Senate is no longer this cooling saucer for the hot tea that’s boiling in the House.”