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David Ignatius

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What Trump needs to remember on his way to Alaska

yesterday 40

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The 12 days that turned back the clock on Iran’s nuclear program

26.07.2025 60

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How strategists think about keeping the peace in the Taiwan Strait

24.07.2025 60

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In Gaza, a war with no endgame leads to a humanitarian collapse

22.07.2025 5

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U.S. allies find that ‘nice kitty’ doesn’t keep Trump from biting

18.07.2025 7

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In squeezing Putin, Trump ‘escalates to de-escalate’

15.07.2025 6

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A band of innovators reimagines the spy game for a world with no cover

11.07.2025 80

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The Middle East confronts a ‘be bold’ diplomatic moment

04.07.2025 10

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Trump will be judged by the work he finishes. It’s not his strong suit.

02.07.2025 60

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Why Trump was confident that Iran was building a bomb

26.06.2025 60

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Trump’s Iran strike was clear and bold. The aftermath could be far messier.

23.06.2025 50

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Trump needs creativity to resolve the Iran crisis. The two-week pause is a start.

22.06.2025 20

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Israeli bombs can’t build the Iran its people deserve

17.06.2025 30

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Israel seized an opening to strike. The hard part may be closing it.

14.06.2025 40

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Democrats ignored border politics. Now the consequences are here.

11.06.2025 60

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Ukraine’s dirty war is just getting started

06.06.2025 70

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This is what a war on knowledge looks like

04.06.2025 4

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Trump’s road to failure in Ukraine

24.05.2025 90

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What happens when honest intelligence work can get you fired?

21.05.2025 100

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Trump’s Ukraine peace push is built on three illusions

21.05.2025 70

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A Trumpworld power struggle muscles Waltz out

02.05.2025 20

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Has Trump found a path to peace in Ukraine?

26.04.2025 30

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By saying ‘no’ to Trump, Harvard saves its soul

17.04.2025 100

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As Trump’s trade war continues, the dollar may be caught in the crossfire

11.04.2025 50

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Tehran gets a taste of Trump the dealmaker

09.04.2025 60

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A deeply ominous week for the spy agencies

06.04.2025 100

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Trump bets on a ‘Reverse Kissinger’

05.04.2025 30

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Trump’s war on Big Law is a dangerous new development

01.04.2025 50

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Are intelligence analysts still doing their jobs? We just got an answer.

28.03.2025 20

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Move fast and trip over things

26.03.2025 30

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Trump’s destabilizing ‘Liberation Day’

22.03.2025 70

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Trump is nearing a sharp fork in the road to Ukraine peace

19.03.2025 40

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What happens when so much national security expertise is tossed aside?

14.03.2025 40

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In Trump’s new world order, strongmen dominate and might makes right

12.03.2025 50

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Trump sledgehammered Zelensky. Now comes the hard part.

11.03.2025 100

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Zelensky doesn’t hold the cards. But he can still make a deal.

02.03.2025 40

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There’s a story in each shard of the shattered USAID

25.02.2025 200

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At Munich, Trump’s chaotic approach has allies rattled

17.02.2025 80

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Real estate developer in a china shop

06.02.2025 90

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Why Britain’s departing ambassador is still betting on America

04.02.2025 10

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‘People are shocked’: A hostile health-care takeover is underway

30.01.2025 10

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The three strikes against Tulsi Gabbard

30.01.2025 7

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On a global stage, an imperial Trump offers some positive surprises

26.01.2025 40

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How ‘Mild Bill’ Burns led a covert CIA campaign in Ukraine

19.01.2025 90

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After the Gaza ceasefire, getting serious about peace

16.01.2025 50

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How Biden’s middle-path foreign policy went off course

12.01.2025 30

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The strategist in the hurricane

01.01.2025 30

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What strange things does 2025 have in store? Take my quiz to find out.

29.12.2024 30

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With Iran’s guard down, the U.S. and Israel face an urgent choice

Iran appears to be at the most precarious moment in its modern history. Its proxy armies have been crushed in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. And it...

14.12.2024 10

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Syrian rebels had help from Ukraine in humiliating Russia

The Syrian rebels who swept to power in Damascus last weekend received drones and other support from Ukrainian intelligence operatives who sought...

11.12.2024 90

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