David Ignatius on a World in Transition: Trump, Xi Jinping, AI & Global Power

David Ignatius is theinternationally admired foreign affairs columnist and associate editor for TheWashington Post. He joined the paper in 1986, later served as foreign editor,and has written his twice-weekly column since 1998.

He is also a popular novelist,writing 11 successful books about the world he covers as a reporter andcolumnist. He is hard at work on his 12th.

Ignatius’s strength as acolumnist and novelist is his extraordinary knowledge and access to primaryplayers in espionage and diplomacy around the world who are on the front linesof the global struggle among nations to survive and dominate in peace and war.

David Ignatius graduated fromHarvard College magna cum laude and studied at King’s College, Cambridge. Hehas, in a varied and distinguished career, worked as an editor and reporter atThe Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and was executive editor of theInternational Herald Tribune in Paris.

Ignatius not only writes novelsand a twice-weekly column but also is a commentator for MSNBC, appearing oftenon Morning Joe. He has written frequently about the Iranian War.

This is an important moment inthe world of politics and foreign policy as elections are being held in theUnited States, Israel, and Brazil, wars continue in the Middle East andUkraine, and everyone is trying to assess the future of AI.

We will talk of many things,including President Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Benjamin Netanyahu, warsin Iran and Ukraine, AI, tech leaders, the Trump cabinet, climate, elections,socialism, China, Europe, Greenland, NATO, global intrigue, spying, spies, andspy novels.