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David E. Sanger
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David E. Sanger is an American journalist and author whose reporting covers foreign policy, globalization, nuclear proliferation, and the presidency.
Biography
David E. Sanger is an American journalist and the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times. Born in 1960, he has been writing since 1982. His reporting covers foreign policy, globalization, nuclear proliferation, and the presidency, with recognition for his coverage of national security and foreign policy.
As of 2025, Sanger has written four books on US foreign policy. They include Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power (2012) and The Perfect Weapon (2018), which examines cyberweapons and their role in international conflict. He has been a member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams and has received numerous honors for his reporting.
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Books by David E. Sanger
The perfect weapon
The Perfect Weapon examines how cyberweapons transformed geopolitics through escalating digital sabotage among world powers. It covers Russian hacking, threats to infrastructure, and Operation Olympic Games, which used malicious code against Iran's nuclear centrifuges.