David Ignatius's Blog, page 65

America is now implicitly endorsing a one-state solution

Pompeo’s judgment on settlements makes the prospect of a two-state solution a lot harder.

People died while Trump played games with Ukraine’s military aid

Sadly, the president’s fecklessness in the proxy war with Russia is emblematic of his larger foreign policy.

The U.S.-China trade war is cooling off. But the tech war is heating up.

The stakes are high as artificial intelligence enters the picture.

Where is Mike Pompeo? He’s hiding in fear of Donald Trump.

The secretary of state joins a long list of those damaged by their fealty to this president.

Hezbollah had been nearly untouchable in Lebanon. But the people are fighting back.

Forming a new, nonpolitical government is the next step.

In Ukraine, the quid pro quo may have started long before the phone call

More information is coming to light about Trump’s attempt to play politics in Ukraine.

Baghdadi’s death is accompanied by demands for change in the Arab world

His brutal radicalism seems to have crested.

Russia has earned its success in the Middle East — partly thanks to Trump

His performance in Syria and the greater Middle East shames the United States, especially the military.

The world needs more of this gratitude in action

The remarkable finalists at the awards ceremony of the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity makes one wonder how the judges made their decision.

Syria is lost. Let’s save Lebanon.

Beirut feels it’s the next to be discarded by the United States.