The Iran War Is Putting Pressure on Europe
Panelists joined to discuss the effects of the conflict on America’s allies, and more.
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What Trump’s Address to the Nation Revealed
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the president’s first national address since the war with Iran began.
Trump’s Mixed Messages About Iran
Panelists joined to discuss the president’s shifting answers to how the conflict could end.
How Does Trump Define Victory in Iran?
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss growing opposition to President Trump’s attacks on Iran and what winning a war with unclear objectives could like.
Is Anybody Actually Winning Trump’s Iran War?
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary, and Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges.
What It Means to Be American
Fareed Zakaria and David Frum on whether they regret becoming American citizens. Plus: how 18 years of economic turmoil ushered in a new populist era, and a discussion of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
Watching War From the Strait of Hormuz
Graeme Wood on what he saw at the Strait of Hormuz and the lockdown of oil in the Persian Gulf. Plus: Trump’s war-information blackout and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense at 250 years old.
The Far-Right Algorithm: Anti-Churchill, Anti-West
The historian Andrew Roberts on why many right-wing podcasters now believe that the wrong side won the Second World War, and the rise of algorithmically driven pseudo-historians. Plus: Trump is looking for an off-ramp from his war in Iran, and Gore Vidal’s novel Burr.
What Does Iran Want?
And will Iran-supported militias back down after U.S. strikes?
Trump Gets One Step Closer
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, January 26, 2024
The Candidates Running for Vice President
“Donald Trump made it pretty clear that he didn’t care if his previous vice president lived or died on January 6. It’s kind of a dangerous job to take. Why would anybody want that job?”
Trump on Trial—And on the Trail
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, January 12, 2024.
After January 6
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, January 5, 2024.
What a Collapse Could Look Like
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 29, 2023.
A Tumultuous Year in Politics
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 22, 2023.
Biden’s Domestic, Foreign, and Familial Issues
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 15, 2023
Will Foreign-Policy Debates Decide Biden’s Fate?
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 8, 2023
The GOP’s Internal Dysfunction
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 1, 2023