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Fred Hiatt is the editorial page editor of The Post. He writes editorials for the newspaper and a biweekly column that appears on Mondays. He also contributes to the PostPartisan blog.
Hiatt has been with The Post since 1981. Before joining The Post, he worked as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal and the Washington Star. At The Post, he covered government, politics, development and other issues in Fairfax County and statewide in Virginia, and later military and national security affairs on the newspaper’s national staff. From 1987 to 1990, he and his wife were co-bureau chiefs of The Post’s Tokyo bureau, and from 1991 to 1995 they served as correspondents and co-bureau chiefs in Moscow. He joined the editorial board in 1996 and became editorial page editor in 2000. He is the author of “The Secret Sun: A Novel of Japan,” which was published in 1992, as well as two books for children, “If I Were Queen of the World” (1997) and “Baby Talk” (1999).
Articles by Fred Hiatt
Gray area: How does democracy do in an aging society? (July 24, 2011)
Why is China afraid of the Dalai Lama? (July 15, 2011)
Theres a lot riding on the deficit showdown (July 10, 2011)
What's happened to Americas leadership role? (June 27, 2011)
Obama, where are those hard truths you promised? (June 12, 2011)
The U.S. could get on the right side of history in Burma (May 30, 2011)
In Libya, time to nourish democracys roots (May 13, 2011)
Is Obama too rigid to seize a Mideast moment? (May 1, 2011)
On climate change, the GOP is lost in never-never land (April 15, 2011)
Kick out the FTC to make room for art? (April 2, 2011)
Petraeuss progress in Afghanistan and Washington (March 21, 2011)
Post Partisan (March 10, 2011)
What Felipe Calderon wants from the U.S. (March 4, 2011)
Post Partisan (March 3, 2011)
Could Obama decide a deficit deal is in his interest? (February 21, 2011)
Could Obama decide a deficit deal is in his interest? (February 21, 2011)
Obama needs a freedom agenda he can believe in (February 7, 2011)
The Obama administration must get tougher on dictators (February 7, 2011)
Post Partisan (February 6, 2011)
A long time to wait for freedom (January 21, 2011)
Do we have to wait 30 years for human rights in China? (January 21, 2011)
Patching up our alliance with Japan (January 10, 2011)
Japan's offer of security (January 10, 2011)
Kitchen culture wars (December 27, 2010)
How did obesity become a partisan fight? (December 27, 2010)
Think boldly, Mr. Obama (December 8, 2010)
The fiscal agenda Obama should seize (December 8, 2010)
Post Partisan (December 5, 2010)
Obama's creeping deadline (November 15, 2010)
On Afghanistan, Obama shifts away from July 2011 (November 15, 2010)
An option for Obama: Leadership (October 31, 2010)
A choice for Obama: Try leadership (October 31, 2010)
We've seen these political debates before (October 18, 2010)
Will Obama's foreign policy follow his new democracy rhetoric? (October 4, 2010)
Adrian Fenty's out, but can D.C. school reform still succeed? (September 20, 2010)
Can reset push Russia toward democracy? (July 19, 2010)
Around the world, freedom is in peril (July 5, 2010)
Courageous Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi marks birthday still under house arrest (June 19, 2010)
A modest proposal for Liberia (June 7, 2010)
In the absence of debate, Iraq and Afghanistan go unnoticed (May 24, 2010)
China's troubling friendship with N. Korea (May 10, 2010)
Obama's governing discipline (April 26, 2010)
Will the U.S. commit to free trade with South Korea? (April 12, 2010)
Can Obama avert a fiscal catastrophe? (March 29, 2010)
Obama's happiness deficit (March 15, 2010)
Obama's empathy meets the politics of governing (March 1, 2010)
When politics sound the alarm on national security (February 15, 2010)
Where is McConnell's sense of leadership? (February 1, 2010)
In Obama's first year, successes outweigh missteps (January 19, 2010)
Humanizing war policy in 'The Good Soldiers' (December 21, 2009)
Does Japan still matter? (December 11, 2009)
Fred Hiatt on parallels between the Iraq, Afghanistan troop surges (December 7, 2009)
Fred Hiatt: Will health reform signal progress or paralysis? (November 22, 2009)
Fred Hiatt on stepping closer to universal health care -- and bankruptcy (November 9, 2009)
Hiatt on the public option -- Talk cloaks political inaction (October 26, 2009)
Obama Policies Risk Bolstering Tyrants (October 12, 2009)
Does Russia Get It on Iran? (October 4, 2009)
Change in Japan Won't Be Easy (September 28, 2009)
An Alternative for Accountability on Torture: A Presidential Commission (August 30, 2009)
None of Health Reform's Competing Visions Find a Clear Majority (August 16, 2009)
Obama's Deficit Plan Can Be Read Two Ways (August 10, 2009)
Obama Needs Long-Term Plan for Deficit (July 6, 2009)
Universal Coverage Demands Real Savings (June 22, 2009)
One-Party Rule in Washington -- It's Not Gridlock, but . . . (June 8, 2009)
Supreme Court Justice Souter's 'Safe Place' (May 25, 2009)
Human Rights Work in Putin and Medvedev's Russia (May 11, 2009)
The Federal Government's Broken Hiring System (April 27, 2009)
A Bipartisan Budget Commission is a Bad Idea -- but It May Be Necessary (April 12, 2009)
How Bill Gates Would Repair Our Schools (March 30, 2009)
Breaking the Gridlock on How We Pay for Roads (March 16, 2009)
Fred Hiatt: Obama's War and the Risks of Realism (February 22, 2009)
A Russia Reality Check (February 8, 2009)
De-emphasizing Democracy (January 19, 2009)
One Rap Sheet in Singapore (December 8, 2008)
Can Obama Help Rhee? (November 10, 2008)
On Burma, A Phony Realism (October 27, 2008)
What McCain Hasn't Tried (October 13, 2008)
The Battle For Hope In Iraq (September 15, 2008)
One Voice on Georgia (September 1, 2008)
Who Made Russia Attack? (August 18, 2008)
Answering McCain's Attacks (August 4, 2008)
Toehold in Tehran? (June 23, 2008)
'Bush Lied'? If Only It Were That Simple. (June 9, 2008)
The Belligerent vs. the Naif? (May 26, 2008)
In Burma, a U.N. Promise Not Kept (May 12, 2008)
The Gymnast And the Czar (April 28, 2008)
The Bumpy Road to Congestion Relief (April 14, 2008)
She Brakes for Ideology (January 21, 2008)
She Brakes for Ideology (January 21, 2008)
Myth of the Strongman (December 24, 2007)
Myth of the Strongman (December 24, 2007)
The Anti-Freedom Agenda (December 10, 2007)
The Anti-Freedom Agenda (December 10, 2007)
Calculation and Conviction (November 26, 2007)
Calculation and Conviction (November 26, 2007)
A Rescuer for the U.N. -- and Burma (November 12, 2007)
A Rescuer for the U.N. -- and Burma (November 12, 2007)
Maryland's Senator Fix-It (October 29, 2007)
Maryland's Senator Fix-It (October 29, 2007)
Armenians Who Need Help Today (October 15, 2007)
Armenians Who Need Help Today (October 15, 2007)
What We Owe the Burmese (October 1, 2007)
What We Owe the Burmese (October 1, 2007)
No-Excuses Leadership for the Schools (September 3, 2007)
No-Excuses Leadership for the Schools (September 3, 2007)
Pre-K Pragmatism From Tim Kaine (August 20, 2007)
Pre-K Pragmatism From Tim Kaine (August 20, 2007)
What Clinton (Almost) Doesn't Say (July 16, 2007)
What Clinton (Almost) Doesn't Say (July 16, 2007)
Buried With Bush (July 2, 2007)
Buried With Bush (July 2, 2007)
Kremlin Anxiety (June 18, 2007)
Kremlin Anxiety (June 18, 2007)
Stay-the-Course Plus (June 4, 2007)
Stay-the-Course Plus (June 4, 2007)
Choices That Are Changing Lives in D.C. (May 21, 2007)
Choices That Are Changing Lives in D.C. (May 21, 2007)
A Soviet Memorial -- and Mind-Set (May 7, 2007)
A Soviet Memorial -- and Mind-Set (May 7, 2007)
The Fall Replacements (March 26, 2007)
The Fall Replacements (March 26, 2007)
Who's to Blame for Russia? (March 12, 2007)
Who's to Blame for Russia? (March 12, 2007)
Who's to Blame for Russia? (March 12, 2007)
Clogged Arteries (February 26, 2007)
Clogged Arteries (February 26, 2007)
Clogged Arteries (February 26, 2007)
Kasparov's Gambit (February 12, 2007)
Kasparov's Gambit (February 12, 2007)
Kasparov's Gambit (February 12, 2007)
The Vanishing Foreign Correspondent (January 29, 2007)
The Vanishing Foreign Correspondent (January 29, 2007)
The Vanishing Foreign Correspondent (January 29, 2007)
The Lives on the Line (January 15, 2007)
The Lives on the Line (January 15, 2007)
The Lives on the Line (January 15, 2007)
A New Mideast, or Wishful Thinking? (December 18, 2006)
A New Mideast, or Wishful Thinking? (December 18, 2006)
Japan Shrinks (November 20, 2006)
Japan Shrinks (November 20, 2006)
A Freedom Agenda for Japan (November 15, 2006)
A Freedom Agenda for Japan (November 15, 2006)
A Case Study for Washington's New Mayor (November 6, 2006)
A Case Study for Washington's New Mayor (November 6, 2006)
In Tackling Schools, Fenty Will Be Tested (October 23, 2006)
In Tackling Schools, Fenty Will Be Tested (October 23, 2006)
China's Iron Grip (October 9, 2006)
China's Iron Grip (October 9, 2006)
How We Endorse, and Why (September 11, 2006)
How We Endorse, and Why (September 11, 2006)
The Democracy Backlash (July 10, 2006)
The Democracy Backlash (July 10, 2006)
How to Save Immigration Reform (June 26, 2006)
Burmese Delusions (May 29, 2006)
Signs of Change At Gallaudet (May 15, 2006)
Going It Alone? It Depends (May 1, 2006)
Democrats' Narrow Vision (April 3, 2006)
The Case for Caring Now (March 20, 2006)
'Poised to Make a Difference' in D.C. Schools (March 6, 2006)
Why Kaine Is Different (February 20, 2006)
The Goal Of These Pages (February 5, 2006)
Bush's Big Silence (January 23, 2006)
Champion Of Freedom? (December 26, 2005)
Chinks in the Republican Armor (December 12, 2005)
The Politics of War (November 14, 2005)
Two Systems, One (Uncertain) Future (October 31, 2005)
Honesty Isn't the Policy in Virginia (October 17, 2005)
Silent on Putin's Slide (October 3, 2005)
The Unsung Heroes (June 27, 2005)
The Right Conversation for America (June 13, 2005)
High Stakes at the U.N. (May 30, 2005)
The Cost Of Putin's Repression (May 2, 2005)
