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Ukraine Is Not Losing. Russia Is Not Winning.

June 7, 2026

A photograph of Ukrainian soldiers preparing to launch a drone interceptor at night

Photos: Farming in Ukraine’s War Zone

June 1, 2026

A person walks in a farm field, carrying a long gun and a hand-held electronic device, watching for drones, as a farm worker drives a tractor in the background.

The U.S. Brain Surgeon Volunteering at Ukraine’s Most Frantic Hospital

May 25, 2026

Brown-tinted photograph of Rocco Armonda in a military uniform seated next to equipment. The photo is damaged, with light flares at the bottom and a black streak on the left side. Behind the image is a photograph of a human skull from a medical scanner in a three by six grid. Behind both of those images is an arial photo of a suburban neighborhood with white smoke rising from a black, burned house.

Putin Can No Longer Hide His Catastrophe

Phillips Payson O’Brien

May 23, 2026

Photograph of Putin giving a speech in front of the Kremlin building.

Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump

Phillips Payson O’Brien

April 18, 2026

A collage of Zelensky and a Ukranian military soldier holding a Ukranian made drone

Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable

April 12, 2026

Winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest

April 9, 2026

Fire and smoke rise from a large government building as protesters crowd beneath a gate.

National Security

Don’t Mess With the Housewives of Ukraine

April 2, 2026

A collage of Volodymyr Zelensky and Armin Papperger

National Security

The Hardest Job in Europe

Isaac Stanley-Becker

March 31, 2026

America Needs to Get Serious About Drones

Brynn Tannehill

March 31, 2026

An image of US Air Force B-52H long range strategic bombers sitting on a tarmac.

America Is Now a Rogue Superpower

March 30, 2026

Illustration of a rapidly spinning globe

The First Post-Reality Political Campaign

March 27, 2026

Collage of images of Viktor Orbán, Péter Magyar, and Volodymyr Zelensky

National Security

Building Tanks While the Ukrainians Master Drones

March 27, 2026

An illustration of a military tank and drones

The Trouble With Seizing Kharg Island

Brynn Tannehill

March 21, 2026

Illustration with photos of Kharg Island, soldiers, and oil pipes with a gas flare nearby

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

March 17, 2026

Photograph of Donald Trump walking down a staircase to exit an airplane

Why Trump Didn’t Plan for the Strait of Hormuz

Phillips Payson O’Brien

March 13, 2026

Collage with an oil-tanker explosion, Mojtaba Khamenei's face, and maps of the Strait of Hormuz

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

The Humiliation of J. D. Vance

March 5, 2026

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

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

National Security

Elon Musk Moves Against the Russians in Ukraine

February 27, 2026

A photo of Elon Musk

Photos: Four Years of War in Ukraine

February 24, 2026

A soldier in a dress uniform stands guard in front of decorated military gravestones and a light display.

Europe Has Received the Message

February 17, 2026

A photograph of two soldiers in red berets raising an EU flag

National Security

Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Volodymyr Zelensky

February 13, 2026

A black-and-white photograph of Volodymyr Zelensky seated and gesturing

Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Disqualified for a ‘Helmet of Remembrance’

February 12, 2026

A grim-looking athlete wearing a blue beanie and a yellow jacket holds up a gray racing helmet adorned with many images of other athletes.

National Security

Zelensky Makes His Pitch to Trump

February 12, 2026

A color full-length portrait of Volodymyr Zelensky

National Security

The New Laser That Can Take Down Aircraft

February 10, 2026

A photograph of Kyiv's skyline, in the dsitance and in the dark, lit up with ballistic missiles

National Security

This Is What Putin Thinks of Trump’s Peace Talks

February 3, 2026

Flames are visible in a night sky behind a high-rise in Kyiv.

What Should Americans Do Now?

January 27, 2026

Color photograph of a person in a cap looking down at Minneapolis protests from a window.

National Security

America’s Crimea

January 21, 2026

Vladimir Putin, entering through gold doors

Why Trump Sides With Putin

January 21, 2026

A black-and-white photo of Fiona Hill, surrounded by an illustrated border

Photos of the Week: Icy Dip, Resting Goose, Campaign Bear

January 16, 2026

An aerial view of four people wearing bright-red rubber protective suits, floating in green-colored water among chunks of floating ice.

Putin’s Explosive Message to Trump

January 14, 2026

Close-up picture of Putin

Trump Is Not Playing Five-Dimensional Chess in Venezuela

January 10, 2026

Black-and-white photograph of many birds flying in front of a building draped with a banner of Trump's face

National Security

A High-Seas Gambit Humiliates Putin

January 8, 2026

A photo of Nicolás Maduro and Vladimir Putin, torn in the middle

Making Sense of the Venezuela Attack

January 3, 2026

American military planes

A ‘Trump Class’ Folly on the High Seas

Phillips Payson O’Brien

December 27, 2025

Photograph of a masked soldier on a small boat at dusk, with a green light shining on him