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Politicians often call for sanctions as a way of sounding tough when they don't want to take riskier measures.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Call Measures Often Politicians Sanctions Take Tough Want Way

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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.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Citizenship Embrace Europe European Half More Muslims Need Needs Obligations Only Residence Welcoming Yes

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European Muslims need to feel ownership of security, rather than viewing the police as an occupying army.

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Topics: Army European Feel Muslims Need Occupying Ownership Police Rather Security Than Viewing

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Europeans don't like to talk about intelligence, and they often pretend their countries don't spy.

~David Ignatius

Topics: About Countries Europeans Intelligence Like Often Pretend Spy Talk

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The value of catastrophic events is that they can help people face up to problems that are otherwise impossible to address.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Address Catastrophic Events Face Help Help People Impossible Otherwise People Problems Up Value

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The European Union needs to reinvent its security system. It needs to break the stovepipes that prevent sharing information, enforcing borders and protecting citizens.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Borders Break Citizens Enforcing European European Union Information Needs Prevent Protecting Reinvent Security Sharing System Union

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Experts say that Britain and France have strong spy agencies; Germany's is competent but afraid to level with its public; the rest are relatively weak, and there is no Europe-wide spy agency.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Afraid Agencies Agency Britain Competent Experts France Germany Level Public Relatively Rest Say Spy Strong Weak

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Apple chief executive Tim Cook is such a respected figure that it's easy to overlook the basic problem with his argument about encryption: Cook is asserting that a private company and the interests of its customers should prevail over the public's interest as expressed by our courts.

~David Ignatius

Topics: About Apple Argument Basic Chief Chief Executive Company Cook Courts Customers Easy Encryption Executive Expressed Figure His Interest Interests Our Over Overlook Prevail Private Problem Public Respected Should Tim

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Training a reliable military force that adheres to Western norms and standards is the work of a generation, not a few months.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Few Force Generation Military Military Force Months Norms Reliable Standards Training Western Work

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As Obama prepares to begin the last year of his presidency, he stands in an unusual position on the national stage: He is the rationalist, a creature of intellect rather than emotion.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Begin Creature Emotion He His Intellect Last Last Year National Obama Position Prepares Presidency Rather Stage Stands Than Unusual Year

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: May 26th, 1950

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