David Ignatius's Blog, page 49

Russia is trying to set the rules for the Internet. The U.N. saw through the ruse.

Russia is still trying to create new global rules for Internet governance.

The U.S. is finally catching up to the domestic terrorism threat

The country has to apply domestically the counterterrorism lessons it learned abroad.

Even from prison, Navalny is the most potent political threat Putin has ever faced

The anti-corruption campaigner’s latest salvo cracked Putin’s aura of invincibility.

المشكلة السعودية التي تقع على عاتق إدارة بايدن

يجب أن تعمل إدارة بايدن على تأمين إطلاق سراح ابن وابنة سعد الجبري من أجل إعادة ضبط العلاقات مع السعودية

The Biden administration’s Saudi problem

To reset relations with Saudi Arabia, the Biden administration must work to secure the release of Saad Aljabri's children.

Some of Trump’s foreign policies are worth sustaining. Biden should keep that in mind.

Much is broken — but not everything.

Joe Biden’s fundamental challenge is to root out the domestic insurgency

He must direct the government to stamp out seditious actors within its ranks.

Our national security apparatus failed last week. Officials hope it will be ready for Inauguration Day.

The Defense and Justice departments are mobilizing, albeit belatedly.

What we can tell from Biden’s administration picks

Biden’s presidency will be moderate and focused on domestic crises.

Biden plans to nominate William J. Burns, a former career diplomat, to run the CIA

Burns is an inside player — brainy, reserved, collegial — and loyal to his superiors, sometimes to a fault, as he conceded in his 2019 memoir.