David Ignatius's Blog, page 42

Can the Taliban become a reliable partner to the U.S.? Only time will tell.

So far, American officials are working with the Taliban to bring some order to Afghanistan. It's not clear whether that will last or what the future relationship will look like.

Can the U.S. work with the Taliban in Afghanistan? That’s the central question.

So far, American officials are working with the Taliban to bring some order to Afghanistan. It's not clear whether that will last or what the future relationship will look like.

The Best and Brightest never recovered from Vietnam. Will Biden’s team fare better?

Failure can shatter the trust and consensus of any team, and that’s a danger now for the Biden White House.

Good intentions and seductive illusions: Scenes from Afghanistan’s long descent

U.S. commanders kept convincing themselves they were making progress. But hope is not a strategy.

The bloody war in Afghanistan is nearing a final tipping point

What appears ahead is a battle for Kabul itself.

An undeclared war is breaking out in cyberspace. The Biden administration is fighting back.

Some surprisingly public moves at the secretive NSA are one indication of the seriousness of the threat.

The latest revolutionary tools in warfare? Microwaves.

A promising new technology uses the directed energy of microwaves to take down drones. It could transform the battlefield — and maybe more.

Biden’s careful approach to Iraq is built on all that’s absent in Afghanistan

The administration pursues a low-cost, sustainable way to maintain U.S. power along a strategic fault line.

رأي: رواية مروّعة يصفها مسؤول سعودي تكشف عن مدى وحشية النظام

كان سالم المزيني مسؤولًا كبيرًا في الحكومة السعودية. ثم قُبِض عليه – وتعرّض للتعذيب على حد قوله – على يد قوات الأمن السعودية التي كان يساعدها ذات يوم

A Saudi official’s harrowing account of torture reveals the regime’s brutality

Salem Almuzaini was a senior official in the Saudi government. Then he was seized — and, he says, tortured — by the Saudi security forces he had once helped.