David Ignatius's Blog, page 102

In our new Cold War, deterrence should come before detente

Behind the scenes, the Obama administration has worked to check Vladi­mir Putin’s cyber-meddling in U.S. affairs.

Why Mike Rogers’s departure from the Trump team is alarming

You could imagine the jaws dropping Tuesday across the intelligence community when people heard the news.

In attacking Trump, did Clinton strengthen support for him?

An email exchange with an old friend brings the ‘backfire effect’ to life.

Donald Trump is the American Machiavelli

But the president-elect’s hunger for public affirmation might have worried the cynical Florentine.

What President Trump’s foreign policy will look like

The inexperienced executive could dismantle traditional U.S. alliances and more.

The three big items left on Obama’s agenda

The president still has time to shape major foreign policy issues.

Russia may be wounded, but it can still bite

The country is in decline, but Vladi­mir Putin is willing to take bold risks.

A President-elect Clinton would face a foreign policy two-step

She would have to signal both continuity with the Obama administration and a tightening of U.S. policy.

Why the Middle East knows not to trust the United States

The U.S. pattern of recruiting local forces, then abandoning them, is at play again with the Kurdish militia fighting the Islamic State.

Trump treats foreign policy like a game of ‘Survivor’

The presidential nominee acts as though international diplomacy were the same as his reality TV shows.