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A High-Seas Gambit Humiliates Putin

January 8, 2026

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

Is the U.S. Running Venezuela or Not?

January 5, 2026

President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and General Dan Caine

Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out

January 3, 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping

The Holiday Traditions of a Nation Long Dead

December 31, 2025

Left: The Red Square viewed from the "Gum" department store, Moscow, 2001. Right: Christmas Tree On Berlin Soviet Zone On December 7th, 1960.

Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption

December 7, 2025

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

Putin Lives by a Code Trump Doesn’t Understand

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.

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Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia

November 27, 2025

President Zelensky and Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak

Peace Through Bungling

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

Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?

November 26, 2025

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

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War

November 22, 2025

A power outage in Kyiv

Trump’s Devastating Plan for Ukraine

Phillips Payson O’Brien

November 21, 2025

Man stands in rubble looking out at an apartment building

The Atlantic Daily

What Really Happens After the Shutdown Ends

November 12, 2025

A plane landing on a foggy day

Why Trump’s Ukraine Peace Efforts Keep Failing

November 11, 2025

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

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

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Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge

October 17, 2025

Fighter jets flying in formation over Belgium.

Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians

October 11, 2025

A GIF of an app icon that spins around to reveal a camera

Trump’s Nobel Thirst Is Actually Great for the World

October 9, 2025

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Moscow Can’t Stop the Music

September 30, 2025

The Russian singer Monetochka performs in an anti-war concert in Poland in 2022.

The Race to Save America’s Democracy

September 28, 2025

Illustration of the American flag cut out of an image of a sky

A Warning for Those Ready to Capitulate to Trump

September 23, 2025

Photo of guest Michael McFaul against a blue background and falling white stars

America’s Greatest Threat to Democracy Comes From Within

September 12, 2025

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

The Beginning of the End of NATO

September 10, 2025

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

Russia’s Reckless Provocation

September 10, 2025

Vladimir Putin sitting in front of three Russian flags

Russia Is Losing the War—Just Not to Ukraine

September 10, 2025

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

The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously

September 5, 2025

An image of the back of Trump's head against the backdrop of blue carpet.

Putin and Xi Are Holding the West Together

Michael Schuman

September 2, 2025

Xi Jinping holds his arm out while looking at Vladimir Putin, in front of flags of China and Russia.

What I Learned From the Georgia Protests

Lauren Grodstein

September 1, 2025

Photograph of protesters in masks surrounded by smoke, holding one flag of a red cross on white and another that is blue with a circle of yellow 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

The View from NATO’s Eastern Flank

August 22, 2025

Photo of guest Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen against a blue background and falling white stars

What Trump Actually Wants From a Ukraine Deal

August 21, 2025

An image of Trump's silhouette.

Trump Has No (Legal) Power to Mess With the Election

August 21, 2025

Photograph of mail-in ballots in plastic United States Postal Service bins on a red shelf

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants

William J. Burns

October 2025 Issue

an illustration of the American flag without stars, while in the foreground a figure walks while carrying a box with a star

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Trump’s Half-Baked Approach to Negotiation

David A. Graham

August 19, 2025

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Trump Buys More Time for Putin

August 18, 2025

A photograph of Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House

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Zelensky Wasn’t Going to Repeat His Oval Office Disaster

Vivian Salama and Jonathan Lemire

August 18, 2025

A photo with a row of world leaders, including Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky