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Vladimir Putin

Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable

April 12, 2026

National Security

Is The End of NATO Near?

Jonathan Lemire and Simon Shuster

March 26, 2026

Illustration of NATO flag being torn by a fighter jet

Trump Had No Plan B for Iran

March 20, 2026

Trump on a tight rope

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

‘We Would Be Entering a Completely Different World’

March 13, 2026

A sideways oil barrel spilling a black-and-white world map

Europe Has Received the Message

February 17, 2026

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

Putin Didn’t Know How Good He Had It

Thomas Graham and Alan Cullison

February 13, 2026

A photo-illustration showing Russian President Vladimir Putin and the White House

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.

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

How to Understand Trump’s Obsession With Greenland

January 19, 2026

An illustration of Trump next to a map of Greenland

Something Is Wrong With Russia’s Children

January 16, 2026

A photo-illustration showing soldiers marching and a child screaming

Putin’s Explosive Message to Trump

January 14, 2026

Close-up picture of Putin

Trump’s Folly

January 9, 2026

National Security

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.

National Security

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

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National Security

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