David Ignatius

“Real security will come when it's a moneymaker for private companies who want to satisfy public demand for an Internet that isn't crawling with bugs.”

“The world has changed, the CIA is having to change, and again, the challenge for someone like me as a spy novelist is to write realistically about where they're actually going.”

“A disaffected America can be drawn into a civilized - but disruptive - dialogue about political change and reformation.”

“Yes, Europe needs to be more welcoming, but that's only half of it. Muslims need to embrace the obligations of European residence and citizenship.”

“When historians look at the Obama presidency, they're likely to credit him especially for doing the politically unpopular things that were needed in 2009 to salvage the financial wreckage.”

“I've tried, in 'Bloodmoney,' to tell a story that gets at the crazy relationship between the ISI and the CIA, these absolutely fascinating, often mutually destructive two scorpions in a bott...”

“'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.”

“The surest way to empower the new terrorist gangs would be to withdraw from U.S. diplomatic missions.”

“U.S. power flows from our unmatched military might, yes. But in a deeper way, it's a product of the dominance of the U.S. economy.”