Kathy Gilsinan
She was previously an editor at World Politics Review.
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Eman Mohammed The Americans Left Behind in Iran
The U.S. president prides himself on freeing American prisoners held abroad. So why isn’t he pushing harder for the ones in Iran?
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Indian Space Research Organisation Handout/Reuters Five Stories We’re Watching
Atlantic writers look ahead at India’s moon landing, WeWork’s giant IPO filing, Taylor Swift’s Lover, and more.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The End of the Dan Coats Era
Whoever takes over from Coats permanently could serve as a needed voice of clarity about America’s biggest challenges—or see the intelligence community further sidelined.
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Courtesy of Christian Picciolini A Reformed White Nationalist Says the Worst Is Yet to Come
Christian Picciolini discusses the mainstreaming of white nationalism, what it takes to de-radicalize far-right extremists, and why the problem is metastasizing.
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Mohammad Ismail / Reuters The Promise Presidential Candidates Never Make Good On
Most Democrats want to end the war in Afghanistan, but the next president will have to weigh the trade-off between a responsibility to the American public and what the U.S. owes a country it invaded and promised to rebuild.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Dan Coats Spoke Truth to Trump. Now He’s Out.
The director of national intelligence won plaudits for plainly laying out the intelligence community’s assessments on issues ranging from Iran to Russia, putting him at odds with the president.
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Edgar Su / Reuters How the U.S. Could Lose a War With China
It’s not that the Chinese Communist Party would take over Washington. But in its own region, China has the advantage.
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Jim Young / Reuters How Can Congress Authorize War When It Can’t Decide What War Is?
There’s bipartisan agreement that the law governing America’s wars needs an update. There’s also bipartisan agreement that it won’t happen anytime soon.
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty The Woman at the Center of Trump’s Iran Policy
John Bolton and Mike Pompeo are the public faces of the “maximum pressure” campaign. But the Treasury official Sigal Mandelker is the one actually running its most important component.
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Erin Scott / Reuters Don’t Expect Mark Esper to Contain Trump
The nominee for defense secretary may well be qualified for the job—even a lot of Democrats think so. But in this administration, there’s a limit to anyone’s influence.
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Etienne Oliveau / Pool / Reuters The U.S. Is Worried About China’s Investments—This Time in Israel
The U.S. has long warned about encroaching Chinese influence around the world. And it’s touching America’s closest allies.
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Reuters The Iran Hawks Are Circling
In the escalation in the Middle East, some U.S. lawmakers see an opportunity to kill the Obama-era nuclear deal once and for all.
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Rodi Said / Reuters Europe Has Turned Its Back on Its ISIS Suspects
Italy just took back an alleged fighter to face trial. No one else in western Europe is following suit.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Trump Left the Nuclear Deal. Now Iran’s Fighting Back.
The Islamic Republic has followed through on its threat to breach the nuclear accord. What happens next could determine whether the deal can survive.
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Jim Watson / Getty Democrats Couldn’t Agree on Top National-Security Threats
The candidates’ different answers reflect the Democratic Party’s deeper divisions on foreign policy.
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Kamran Jebreili / AP America’s Free-Rider Problem in the Strait of Hormuz
“The United States has not been willing to walk away from the Gulf, so other allies may not step up to do anything because they know that if they don’t, the U.S. will.”
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Alex Brandon / AP Trump Goes After Iran’s Supreme Leader
After pulling back from a strike on Iran, the Trump administration opted to impose sanctions on Ali Khamenei. But it’s unclear how effective they’ll really be.
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Catie Coylei / U.S. Navy / Handout / ... Is There Still a Deal to Be Done With Iran?
Below the surface, there are faint signs of how both parties can exit the crisis.
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Alex Brandon / AP Trump Might Not Want War, but the Military Is Steering His Iran Policy
The buildup in the Middle East is coming at the request of the forces responsible for the region.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Defense Department Is Leaderless Again
Patrick Shanahan withdrew from consideration to be secretary of defense after reports of a harrowing family situation.
