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David Ignatius

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

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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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After Assad, much promise — and risk and uncertainty

09.12.2024 20

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What Trump sees in Kash Patel: Avid loyalty and a kindred spirit

Kash Patel described me as a “shameless Deep State mouthpiece” in his 2023 book, presumably because of critical articles I wrote about him. So...

07.12.2024 30

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In Syria, shocking rebel surge derails a diplomatic gambit

Before last week’s explosive resurgence of Syria’s civil war, the Biden administration and Arab allies were quietly exploring a deal with Damascus...

03.12.2024 5

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The Regressivists come to Washington

As Theodore Roosevelt was launching his crusade to reform a stagnant government and corrupt business elite in the 1890s, he made it a test of...

30.11.2024 100

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In a season of war in the Middle East, diplomacy finally gets a win

After months of frustrating Middle East peace negotiations, the Biden administration has brokered a cease-fire in Lebanon that will give that...

27.11.2024 40

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Europe comes to terms with the Trump restoration

PARIS — When I traveled to France and Germany this week, I expected to find Europeans aghast at President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory....

23.11.2024 50

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Trump’s national security wrecking crew

American voters gave Donald Trump a solid win on Election Day. But they didn’t give him a wrecking ball to destroy the country’s military and...

15.11.2024 100

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If Israel doesn’t help Gaza’s civilians, Biden has to stop supplying weapons

When President Joe Biden thinks about unfinished legacy issues, I hope he will put taking decisive action to help the war-ravaged civilian...

12.11.2024 50

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The right way for Trump to play peacemaker

08.11.2024 20

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Antony Blinken’s play to ease three Mideast wars at once

Amid the roar of the 2024 presidential campaign, the United States and Israel are making significant progress toward stabilizing three dangerous...

06.11.2024 10

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My hope for Lebanon

BEIRUT — A company of Lebanese soldiers assigned to maintain order in this anxious wartime capital is gathered at its headquarters 100 yards from...

03.11.2024 40

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Trump to Putin: What’s a little covert war among friends?

25.10.2024 100

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Ukraine’s defense minister outlines Kyiv’s ‘victory plan’

As Ukraine anxiously awaits the approaching U.S. presidential election, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov explained in a wide-ranging interview how...

21.10.2024 30

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Yahya Sinwar’s death ushers in an uncertain ‘day after’ for Gaza

When the first reports emerged Thursday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was dead, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant posted a verse from...

19.10.2024 20

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What Hamas hoped would happen after Oct. 7

16.10.2024 60

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Will wider war in the Middle East make America weaker?

One year after Oct. 7, 2023, violence is spreading across the Middle East. On the latest episode of “Impromptu,” columnists David Ignatius and Josh...

11.10.2024 5

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Trump courts disaster by underestimating Iranian death threats

Donald Trump has a flair for the dramatic, especially in the heat of a political campaign. But the former president faces what U.S. officials say...

05.10.2024 60

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What Oct. 7 didn’t change

When Hamas terrorists burst through the Gaza fence at 7:43 a.m. on Oct. 7, 2023, they turned the Middle East upside down. The vaunted Israeli...

05.10.2024 6

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The U.S. has an opportunity to help rebuild Lebanese sovereignty

04.10.2024 30

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Israel’s Oct. 7 counterpunch

02.10.2024 10

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Don’t underestimate the risks of escalation over Ukraine

30.09.2024 30

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Hasan Nasrallah chose his own fate

Hasan Nasrallah wanted to live and die as a fighter, and he got his wish Friday, when Israeli bombs pulverized his underground lair in Beirut....

29.09.2024 4

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Sadness and dread as the next Lebanon war looms

“We’ve seen this movie before.” People often say that about wars in the Middle East, but it isn’t true. Each one is a unique catastrophe, with...

24.09.2024 50

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The ominous implications of the pager attack against Hezbollah

18.09.2024 100

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Ukraine is bleeding out. It cannot fight forever.

16.09.2024 50

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These people have seen Harris in the Situation Room. Here’s what they have to say.

Would Kamala Harris make a good president and commander in chief? The vice president certainly strengthened her case with a deft performance in...

13.09.2024 200

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Why the U.S. is opting against a ‘Manhattan Project for AI’

The Biden administration is preparing a formal “national security memorandum” on artificial intelligence that will explore ways for the United...

06.09.2024 4

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