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David Ignatius

Novelist and editorialist, David Ignatius is an international affairs analyst with the Washington Post.

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“Can the “Prince” lead Israel?”

by David Ignatius

1 February 2006

Ehud Olmert has the reputation of being the prince of Israel’s policy, a privileged son of an important family who lacks the military experience of the generations that founded Israel. This irritates the Israelis a great deal, but regarding issues like the withdrawal from Gaza last year, the (…)

“Chirac’s failure to lead”

by David Ignatius

13 June 2005

France’s vote in the European Constitutional Treaty was, above all, a protest against the forces of economic globalization. The “NO” voters thought that by rejecting a set of technical amendments to European rules they could hold back a threatening future. The French elites who supported the (…)