An Evening with David Ignatius

Acclaimed journalist, novelist, and scholar David Ignatius kicks off Global Summit X with a discussion of national and international issues. Ignatius, an associate editor and nationally syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, frequently offers his analysis of national security issues on national news networks.

Before joining the staff of the Washington Post, Ignatius covered the steel industry in Pittsburgh for the Wall Street Journal and served as the publication's Middle East correspondent from 1980 to 1982. In 1985, he received the Edward Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting. Ignatius has also been awarded many other professional honors, including a lifetime achievement award from the International Committee for Foreign Journalism.

His writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, Talk Magazine, and The Washington Monthly.

In addition to his career as a journalist, Ignatius, 68, has also written 10 fiction novels that draw on his experience and interest in foreign affairs and intelligence operations. His latest novel, Quantum Spy, is a thriller about the race to build the world's first hyper-fast quantum computer.

Past best-selling novels include Body of Lies and The Increment, among others. "Fact and fiction converged for me in a story that change my life – and turned me into a novelist," he noted. Body of Lies was adapted into a film by director Ridley Scott. In 2015, it was announced that Ignatius would work on a political opera called "The New Prince," based on the teachings of Niccolo Machiavelli, with composer Mohammed Fairouz.

Ignatius grew up in Washington, D.C., and studied political theory at Harvard University and economics at Kings College, Cambridge. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Dr. Eve Thornberg Ignatius, and they have three daughters.

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