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Iran

March 6, 2026

Trivia

Atlantic Trivia on Lasers and McDonald’s

Drew Goins

March 6, 2026

Economy

The Economy’s Warning Light Is Flashing Yellow

Rogé Karma

March 6, 2026

a siren flashing yellow with coins moving across it

Global

The Gulf Countries Can’t Take Much More

Robert F. Worth

March 6, 2026

Illustration with black-and-white photographs of canceled flights, smoking buildings, and a sign for the UAE’s desalination plant

Global

America’s and Israel’s Goals Are Already Colliding

Thomas Wright

March 6, 2026

A photo-illustration showing Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu separated by a red line

Global

Something New Is Happening in Lebanon

Hussein Ibish

March 6, 2026

Photograph of plumes of black smoke rising above Beirut

National Security

Six Days of War, 10 Rationales

Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Isabel Ruehl

March 6, 2026

Trump in USA white baseball camp and American flags

Politics

Pete Hegseth’s Moral Unseriousness

Peter Wehner

March 6, 2026

Ideas

I Don’t Know How the War Is Going

Eliot A. Cohen

March 6, 2026

Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Ata Kenare / AFP / Getty.

Photography

Photos of the Week: Death Valley, Steam Train, Cherry Blossoms

Alan Taylor

March 6, 2026

A boy tries to climb on an unexploded missile that landed in an open field, its nose embedded in the dirt.

Economy

Would Trump Risk an Oil Crisis?

Rogé Karma

March 6, 2026

Illustrated collage of oil-related images

The Atlantic Daily

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

Conor Friedersdorf

March 5, 2026

National Security

The Glaring Oversight in the U.S. War Plan

Simon Shuster and Nancy A. Youssef

March 5, 2026

Illustration of a Shahed 136 through a lens of a drone interceptor

Technology

A Technology for a Low-Trust Society

Charlie Warzel

March 5, 2026

Ideas

U.S. Capabilities Are Showing Signs of Rot

Phillips Payson O’Brien

March 5, 2026

Photograph of the backs of US soldiers in camouflage.

Global

‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’

Graeme Wood

March 5, 2026

Black and white photograph of Mojtaba Khamenei in a crowd of people.

Ideas

Trump’s Unauthorized War

Quinta Jurecic

March 5, 2026

Images of Donald Trump's silhouette and the U.S. Capitol overlayed on a world map

Ideas

The Humiliation of J. D. Vance

Idrees Kahloon

March 5, 2026

A photo of J. D. Vance, with fragmented ripples of the photo in all directions

Radio Atlantic

A War Begun on Instinct

Hanna Rosin

March 5, 2026

Global

Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran

Karim Sadjadpour

March 4, 2026

Illustration with black-and-white photographs of Mojtaba Khamenei, Ali Larijani, and Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf with a red backdrop

Ideas

The American King Goes to War

Adam Serwer

March 4, 2026

A collage of red, gray, and blue images of Donald Trump's face, the U.S. Capitol building, and the Founding Fathers

Podcasts

Trump’s War With Iran and a New Danger at Home

David Frum

March 4, 2026

A black-and-white photo of a cloud of smoke after a bombing in Iran, bordered by an illustration

Global

The Coming Invasion of Iran

Arash Azizi

March 4, 2026

A color image of two members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran inspecting a damaged building at the Azadi Camp after an Iranian attack in the town of Koye.

Global

The Real Reason Trump Went to War

Yair Rosenberg

March 4, 2026

An open pen with Donald Trump's signature on it against a red background.

Ideas

The Dangerous Mismatch Between American Missiles and Iranian Drones

Brynn Tannehill

March 4, 2026

A gif of black silhouettes of missiles in a row fading away

The Atlantic Daily

What Anti-Regime Iranians Can’t Agree On

Stephanie Bai

March 3, 2026

Ideas

This Joke Explains Iran Today

David Frum

March 3, 2026

Photo of a surveillance camera overlooking a banner featuring a portrait of Ali Khamenei overlaid on green, white, and red stripes resembling the Iranian flag.

National Security

The One Variable That Could Decide the War

Missy Ryan and Nancy A. Youssef

March 3, 2026

An illustration of stockpiles and a plane

Ideas

A Very Stable War

Jonathan Chait

March 3, 2026

Illustration with a red-tinted photograph of Donald Trump with the top half of his head omitted, white smoke, and black and green horizontal stripes behind Trump

Books

Why Iranians Are Weeping for a Tyrant

Gal Beckerman

March 3, 2026

Illustration of liquid on a gray background, showing fragments of the face of a man with a mustache.

The Atlantic Daily

Trump Has Given America a Constitutional Dilemma

Tom Nichols

March 2, 2026

National Security

The Big Story: The Iran War

March 2, 2026

Global

The Israel of October 6 Is Never Coming Back

Yair Rosenberg

March 2, 2026

A photograph of Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in front of a large Israeli flag

Radio Atlantic

After Khamenei, What Now?

Hanna Rosin

March 2, 2026

People protest against the Iranian government in Rome, Italy on March 1, 2026.

Ideas

Hubris Without Idealism

George Packer

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.

National Security

From ‘America First’ to ‘Always America Last’

Toluse Olorunnipa, Jonathan Lemire, and Ashley Parker

March 2, 2026

A collage of "Make America Great Again," Iran, Washington, Donald Trump, and Ali Khamenei

Sections

The Print Edition

Why Hasn’t Trump Mentioned Iran’s Oil?

Atlantic Trivia on Lasers and McDonald’s

The Economy’s Warning Light Is Flashing Yellow

The Gulf Countries Can’t Take Much More

America’s and Israel’s Goals Are Already Colliding

Something New Is Happening in Lebanon

Six Days of War, 10 Rationales

Pete Hegseth’s Moral Unseriousness

I Don’t Know How the War Is Going

Photos of the Week: Death Valley, Steam Train, Cherry Blossoms

Would Trump Risk an Oil Crisis?

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

The Glaring Oversight in the U.S. War Plan

A Technology for a Low-Trust Society

U.S. Capabilities Are Showing Signs of Rot

‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’

Trump’s Unauthorized War

The Humiliation of J. D. Vance

A War Begun on Instinct

Trump Has Lost the Plot in Iran

The American King Goes to War

Trump’s War With Iran and a New Danger at Home

The Coming Invasion of Iran

The Real Reason Trump Went to War

The Dangerous Mismatch Between American Missiles and Iranian Drones

What Anti-Regime Iranians Can’t Agree On

This Joke Explains Iran Today

The One Variable That Could Decide the War

A Very Stable War

Why Iranians Are Weeping for a Tyrant

Trump Has Given America a Constitutional Dilemma

The Big Story: The Iran War

The Israel of October 6 Is Never Coming Back

After Khamenei, What Now?

Hubris Without Idealism

From ‘America First’ to ‘Always America Last’