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theatlantic.com > international > 2026 > 09 > trump-iran-houthis-yemen > 688592

Trump Loses the Other Strait

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (392+ words) The Houthi advance is bad news for the U.S., and even worse news for Saudi Arabia. Yesterday morning, those delusions drifted away like smoke as Houthi forces broke through their enemies’ defenses and seized the towns and islands around the Bab…...

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theatlantic.com > national-security > 2026 > 09 > trump-iran-war-navy > 688563

Trump is Preparing for a Long War

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (215+ words) The military is doing long-term planning for its force in the Persian Gulf, risking further strain on the Navy. To hear the Trump administration tell it, the war with Iran is all but over. U.S. military posture tells a different story:…...

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theatlantic.com > national-security > 2026 > 09 > iran-war-trump-assassinations > 688522

A War of Assassinations

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (193+ words) The U.S. and Iran are engaged in a conflict that is massive in scale but personal in nature. Assassination was clearly on Trump’s mind when the elder Khamenei was killed. “I got him before he got me,” Trump told ABC News’s…...

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theatlantic.com > podcasts > 2026 > 08 > david-frum-show-dana-nessel-jewish-voters-michigan > 688413

What Are Jewish Voters Supposed to Do?

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1570+ words) Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on why she is skipping the Michigan Democratic Party’s convention, the rise of anti-Semitism within her party, and the conundrum Jewish Democrat voters face. Plus: a new round of President Trump’s Canadian trade war, and…...

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theatlantic.com > national-security > 2026 > 08 > oman-trump-iran-war-strait-hormuz > 688335

From ‘Indispensable’ Ally to Target of Annihilation

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (526+ words) The latest target of Trump’s ire is the low-profile Sultanate of Oman. When the United States was looking for a way to talk to Iran about a nuclear deal more than a decade ago, it turned to Oman, asking the…...

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theatlantic.com > national-security > 2026 > 08 > trump-iran-economic-pressure > 688250

Trump Attempts Patience

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (137+ words) The Atlantic But how long can the impulsive, reactive president show restraint? The White House stressed to me that Iran’s economy is already reeling, with soaring inflation, redacted energy revenue, and some agricultural shortfalls. One official added that “there are…...

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theatlantic.com > international > 2026 > 08 > iran-appeals-jordan-alliance > 688205

Iran Goes Looking for Love in Jordan

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (433+ words) Tehran wants the Arab public to balk at the cost of allying with the United States. Another message cheekily thanked unnamed Jordanians for providing targeting information for the Iranian strikes. A third appeared to address Jordanian critics of the operation,…...

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theatlantic.com > national-security > 2026 > 07 > iran-war-trump-misunderstandings > 688117

A War of Misunderstandings

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (13+ words) The Iran conflict is being defined by misconceptions and misinterpretations on both sides....

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 07 > trump-iran-war-social-media > 688065

Even Trump Can’t Spin This One

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (40+ words) The Atlantic You can’t post your way out of a war. Read: The war is lost. Now fix what it broke. Nancy A. Youssef and Jonathan Lemire: War by any other name...

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theatlantic.com > international > 2026 > 07 > iran-defeat-cost-oil-drones > 688034

The Mess the Iran War Made

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (186+ words) America has to rethink how it moves resources, fights wars, and deters adversaries. The sooner we acknowledge that the United States has lost the war with Iran and stop fighting, the better. Because we now have a lot of work…...