Washington Post columnist David Ignatius discusses global conflicts at ABA meeting
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius discusses global conflicts at ABA meeting November 19, 2025 Law and National Security Washington Post foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius, and Glenn Gerstell, senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, led a discussion on Nov. 13 about the rule of law, national security and global conflicts during the 35th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference in Washington, D.C. Ignatius, who has written extensively about the rule of law and national security, provided an overview of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war and updates on Lebanon, Iran, China, Taiwan, the future of war and the rule of law and national security. Ignatius said he has been “astonished” at how quickly institutions that make up the rule of law have been dismantled. “I think the effect on the rule of law and the national security components of rule of law has been quite stunning, and I'm struck by the lack o...