Event: World order in the age of ISIS and a rising Asia 

David Ignatius, one of America’s most distinguished foreign-policy writers, is coming to Sydney to discuss a global order that is in a state of transition, in some cases turmoil. David’s recent Washington Post columns have focused on the North Korea threat, the dangers of a Trump presidency for America’s place in Asia, the behind-the-scenes story of the Iran nuclear deal, and the Syria-Iraq conflict.
 
Join us at the Lowy Institute to hear David talk about the decay of the Middle East, the rise of a more assertive China, and America’s response to these challenges under a new president.

David Ignatius is the Lowy Institute’s 2016 Telstra Distinguished International Fellow. David writes a foreign affairs column for the Washington Post and is one of America’s most respected foreign-policy commentators. David has also written eight spy novels. He joined The Post in 1986 and in 1990 he became foreign editor. He began writing his column in 1998 and continued even during a three-year stint as executive editor of the International Herald Tribune in Paris. David has received multiple honours for his writing and journalism, including the Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary, Legion of Honor from the French Republic, the Urbino World Press Award from the Italian Republic, and a lifetime achievement award from the International Committee for Foreign Journalism. 

Previous Lowy Institute Distinguished International Fellows were Kurt Campbell, Stephen Hadley and Ambassador Shyam Saran.

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