
David Ignatius
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I am a columnist for the Washington Post, a former Harvard Kennedy School fellow and author of twelve espionage thrillers.
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It’s David Ignatius “Phantom Orbit” for real! via @NYTimes nytimes.com/interactive/20…


Great graphic piece by The Washington Post colleagues. For a fictional look at space weapons, check out my new novel "Phantom Orbit," which even the author finds eerily close to the news. What would happen if Russia detonated a nuclear bomb in space? wapo.st/3zq2jXu



Very sad news about the death of Walter Shapiro this morning. He was a legend among political reporters, always on the campaign trail covering politics up close, never captive of any candidate or ideology. And always hilariously funny. Every interaction with him felt like a





The amazing Saad Mohseni has been a voice for freedom in Afghanistan for two decades. His new book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the long, painful battle for a modern Afghanistan in which I’m convinced Saad and his friends will eventually triumph.



Great reporting by Katharine Houreld and Hafiz Haroun about the world's most under-reported tragedy. A State Department funded report says America's close ally the UAE is among the countries pumping weapons into this terrible war. wapo.st/3Ye5fiW

Here’s an example of innovative reporting provided every day by The Washington Post reporters, in photo analysis by susannah george and Jarrett Lay of damage Iran suffered in recent Israeli strikes. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/…

Sec. Blinken was told Monday that IDF leadership believes it has accomplished its mission of degrading Hezbollah. “The IDF feels that now is the time to exit and go for a deal,” agreed an Israeli insider. “We can hopefully secure the deal in next 2 weeks.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

A deeply moving piece of reporting by the great Clarissa Ward from one of Assad’s liberated prisons in Syria.

Worrying news from human-rights lawyer Jared Genser that Ruben Vardanyan has begun a hunger strike to protest his detention and trial in Baku, Azerbaijan. People who know Ruben’s remarkable humanitarian work will share my concern for him.

Note this warning from human-rights lawyer Jared Genser about the sharply declining health of his client Ruben Vardanyan who is on a hunger strike to protest his trial in Baku. Ruben co-founded Dawn Humanitarian Initiative, whose motto “Gratitude in action” was never more

Listen to Dr. Tom Catena, a courageous Catholic relief doctor in South Sudan, explain why the Azerbaijani charges against his friend Ruben Vardanyan are “completely false and absurd.”