washingtonpost.com - David Ignatius -- Washington Post Columnist (washingtonpost.com)David Ignatius writes about international affairs and U.S. foreign policy for The Washington Post op-ed page.A Past at Rest in Rwanda- May 29, 2008 KIGALI, Rwanda -- It happened just 14 years ago -- the slaughter of roughly a million people here in only 100 days. "More people had been killed more quickly than in any other mass killing in recorded history," writes Martin Meredith in his book "The Fate of Africa."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052802914.html?nav=r... Thinking Through Doomsday- May 23, 2008 At the headquarters of the National Counterterrorism Center, located in a bland office park in Northern Virginia, there's a unit called the "strategic analytical group" that is paid to think about the meta-questions of global terrorism: What's the nature of the threat Is it getting worse or better What can the United States do to bend its trajectoryhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052203014.html?nav=r... A Test for Obama's Promises- May 18, 2008 One of the most appealing but untested promises of Barack Obama's presidential campaign is that he would break down the partisan divisions in America and govern across party lines. He has a chance to make this gauzy idea of consensus politics concrete in his choice of running mate.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603435.html?nav=r... The Squeeze on the Middle East's Moderates- May 15, 2008 Watching the news from Lebanon, it's poignant to read the title of a new memoir by Jordan's former foreign minister, Marwan Muasher, "The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation." The daily headlines tell us that centrist Arabs such as Muasher are becoming an endangered species.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051403088.html?nav=r... Mr. Cool's Intensity- May 11, 2008 Barack Obama called himself an "imperfect messenger" in his victory speech in North Carolina last Tuesday. That was a refreshing touch of humility, but it was also a fact. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is far from perfect. But he has demonstrated the most mysterious and precious gift in politics, which is grace under pressure.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902045.html?nav=r... Where The Wild Cards Are- May 8, 2008 The potentially transforming events in the 2008 campaign are matters of war and peace. Both may be in play between now and November, in ways that add extra volatility to the presidential race.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050703189.html?nav=r... An Enemy on the Run- May 4, 2008 JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- The most interesting discovery during a visit to this city where Osama bin Laden planted his flag in 1996 is that al-Qaeda seems to have all but disappeared. The group is on the run, too, in Iraq, and that raises some interesting questions about how to pursue this terrorist enemy.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050203444.html?nav=r... Building Bridges in the Back of Beyond- May 1, 2008 NARAY, Afghanistan -- This remote, mountainous patch of Afghanistan is near where Rudyard Kipling set his famous story "The Man Who Would Be King." And as you listen to Lt. Col. Chris Kolenda rattle off the names of the region's tribes and subtribes, you realize that he and other Americans here might be Kipling characters themselves.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003253.html?nav=r... |