The Collapse of Cuba
Hunger. Sickness. Blackouts. Abandoned streets. The withering of the state is shocking to behold.
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Moises Saman / Magnum for The Atlantic Saudi Arabia Is Running Out of Options
Houthi violence is undermining the kingdom’s best-laid plans.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty; BISWAS / AFP / Getty; Osamah Abdulrahman / AP. Trump Loses the Other Strait
The Houthi advance is bad news for the U.S., and even worse news for Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Huwais / AFP / Getty Iran Goes Looking for Love in Jordan
Tehran wants the Arab public to balk at the cost of allying with the United States.
Christopher Lee / Getty Believe the Hype About Teen Takeovers
Outdoor street parties are turning into violent rumbles in D.C. and other large cities.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service / Getty The Magician of the Kremlin
Kirill Dmitriev will do anything to stay close to power.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Maxim Shemetov / Pool Photo / AP. The Iranian Royalists’ Thuggish Edge
MAGA-style tactics and hardball advisers have raised Reza Pahlavi’s profile and divided his potential followers.
Illustration by Mark Harris. Sources: Getty; Voice of America; James Willoughby / Getty. The Kurdish Ground Force Preparing to Fight in Iran
The Peshmerga on the Iraq-Iran border are eager to join the American campaign. They’re also deeply uneasy about where it might lead.
AFP / Getty The Gulf Countries Can’t Take Much More
Iran is exposing their vulnerabilities.
Illustration by The Atlantic* Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
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