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2026 Iran war

Washington Week With The Atlantic

The Iran War Is Putting Pressure on Europe

April 11, 2026

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

The Romance of the Gas-Station Sign

April 11, 2026

A truck parked in front of a gas sign.

The Atlantic Daily

Iran Has the Upper Hand in the Upcoming Negotiations

April 10, 2026

A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun shows trails of rockets fired from Lebanon towards Israel

National Security

What China Just Learned From the Iran War

April 9, 2026

Two tourists, seen from behind, taking a photo of the Chinese mainland and Chinese flagged sand dredgers from the bunker of an old Taiwan military observatory in Kinmen, Taiwan.

Only Losers Play the Madman

April 8, 2026

A black-and-white photograph of Donald Trump speaking from a low vantage point with the sky behind him

A New Geopolitical Reality Is Here

April 8, 2026

An image of local officials and navy personnel saluting a ship in the Gulf of Oman.

The Atlantic Daily

Trump Threatens to Destroy an Entire Nation

David A. Graham

April 7, 2026

Black-and-white photo of Donald Trump speaking at a podium during a White House press conference.

Three Things the Consensus Gets Wrong About the Iran War

April 7, 2026

Photograph of a man looking through the side of a bombed out building.

Trump Is Putting America’s Weaknesses on Display

Phillips Payson O’Brien

April 6, 2026

Photograph taken behind iron window grills of a destroyed building with an Iranian flag hanging from its side

National Security

The Real Intelligence Failure in Iran

April 5, 2026

Trump in the foreground with U.S. troops behind him in May 2025 at a US air base southwest of Doha

Why Trump Thinks He Can Walk Away From the Strait of Hormuz

April 5, 2026

Illustration of a globe with a silhouette of Trump's face against a map of Iran in green and tan

Washington Week With The Atlantic

What Trump’s Address to the Nation Revealed

April 4, 2026

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

The Atlantic Daily

What Trump Wants From Cuba

April 3, 2026

Motorcycles in Cuba holding the flag

Why Trump Didn’t Predict the Gas-Price Spike

April 1, 2026

Illustration of a rising-line chart with a gas-pump icon

Lions Led by Donkeys

April 1, 2026

A lion and a donkey

No Good Way Out

Nancy A. Youssef

March 31, 2026

Color photograph of Trump walking down the stairs on Air Force One.

The Atlantic Daily

Airfare Is Just the Beginning

March 27, 2026

Crowded TSA line at airport

The War With Iran Is Exposing Big Problems for the Military

March 25, 2026

A collage of two images: one black-and-white photo of a large military ship, one photo of four jets flying against a blue sky

The Deep Risk That Republican Hawks Overlooked

March 25, 2026

A picture of Joe Kent is distorted into red and blue squares beside a globe, Trump's face, and Israel

National Security

Military Families Once Again Brace for a Knock

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

March 24, 2026

Dignified transfer cases belonging to Major Jeffery R. OBrien, Captain Cody A. Khork, and Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, US, on Saturday, March 7, 2026

‘You Want to Leave Us Alone With Mojtaba?’

March 24, 2026

A photo of mourning Iranian women

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

March 17, 2026

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