It's a genuine dilemma for governments, deciding how much information to share in this threat-filled era. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
During an economic crisis, what matters is that the government keeps its foot on the accelerator. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Politicians often call for sanctions as a way of sounding tough when they don't want to take riskier measures. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
American politics, like most things, is a story of what statisticians describe as the reversion to the mean. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi has become a political football in the presidential campaign, with all the grandstanding and… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Politicians need to rethink their reflexive invocations of the Second Amendment and the idea that the gun lobby is too powerful to… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
2011 was a year in which events rarely turned out as predicted, and when much of the world seemed shrouded in turmoil… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Self-proclaimed saviors and other outliers come and go throughout our political history. Occasionally, they're successful; most times, they're not. But the system… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
The nation's chronic weakness is its political system, which is nearing dysfunction. If the U.S. can elect better political leadership, it should… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Enter the candidates on horseback: While military leaders can sometimes be dangerous in politics, our best generals and admirals embody the democratic… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Empty political space will be filled by extremists unless the United States and its allies build strong local forces that can suppress… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Panic is a natural human response to danger, but it's one that severely compounds the risk. — David Ignatius Copy Share
Global warming ... may be a plaintiff lawyer's dream. And it's interesting, in a perverse way, to imagine how a jury in 2050 might… — David Ignatius Copy Share
Fear brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. It's a test of character, for individuals and nations. — David Ignatius Copy Share
It's very hard to understand just what our strategy is in Syria, frankly, and on Iraq that this is Iraq's war, that the role… — David Ignatius Copy Share
I believe, that there is at least de facto cooperation between United States and Iran, at least in Iraq. — David Ignatius Copy Share
If you want to hear arguments against deploying a big U.S. ground force in Syria, just ask a general. — David Ignatius Copy Share
2011 is one of those years that historians are likely to look back on as a 'hinge.' And the truth, at once frightening and… — David Ignatius Copy Share
Big mistakes were made in Benghazi, and people should be held accountable. But the brave officers who staff American posts in crisis zones know… — David Ignatius Copy Share
Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies. — David Ignatius Copy Share
Foreign policy is about the execution of ideas as much as their formulation. — David Ignatius Copy Share
The best restraint is old-fashioned market discipline, in which financial traders know that they, personally, will lose a ton of money if they take… — David Ignatius Copy Share
CIA officers aren't idiots. They knew they were heading into deep water - legally and morally - when they signed up for the interrogation… — David Ignatius Copy Share
Making economic policy isn't a popularity contest, especially when financial markets are in a panic. — David Ignatius Copy Share
'Cyber-security' is one of those hot topics that has launched a thousand seminars and strategy papers without producing much in the way of policy. — David Ignatius Copy Share
