When Washington goes to war, nations challenge the U.S., or the White House is in crisis, readers of The New York Times turn to David E. Sanger, whose compelling front-page analyses dig far beyond the official pronouncements of presidents or cabinet members to explain the most complex events of our time.

For 25 years, as a Times correspondent covering technology, economics, foreign policy and the White House, Sanger has become one of the nation’s most lucid analysts of globalization, the rise of Asia and new economic competitors, nuclear proliferation, and the shifting forces affecting American power in the world.

Twice a member of Times reporting teams that won the Pulitzer Prize, Sanger has charted the arc of the Bush presidency, from 9/11 and the administration's internal battles, to its decisions to go into Iraq and Afghanistan, its visions of spreading democracy and the unexpected consequences as the Iraq war went off the rails.
 

“Outstanding! The full range of his talent was on display — his insider’s knowledge of Washington politics, his ability to place current events in historical context, his skill at connecting with his aud-ience, his knack for explaining complex issues, and not least, his humor.”

The College of William and Mary

Along the way he has delved deeply into the primary challenge of our day — nuclear proliferation. With his colleague Bill Broad, he played a major role in exposing and explaining the rise of private nuclear-weapons entrepreneurs like Pakistan's Abdul Khadeer Khan, the man who armed Iran, North Korea and Libya.

In Washington, Sanger is known for his access to decision-makers and his pointed questions, often at presidential news conferences. To his readers, he is known for his range — he covered the rise of Japan as a fearsome economic competitor and then its humbling mistakes, the emergence of China as an industrial powerhouse and a growing military force, two space shuttle disasters, and the development of North Korea's secret nuclear weapons program.

Sanger got his start as a business reporter, covering the early days of the personal computer industry and high technology. After working as the Times’ Bureau Chief in Tokyo, Sanger took up the position of chief Washington economic correspondent, covering a series of global economic upheavals, from Mexico to the Asian economic crisis. In 1999 he was named one of the paper's senior writers and later that year became White House correspondent. His diplomatic reporting on Iraq and the rising Korea crisis won the Weintal Prize, one of the highest honors for foreign policy coverage.
 
Sanger’s engaging, articulate style has made him a regular on public affairs and news shows, including PBS' Washington Week in Review, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Charlie Rose, Face the Nation, and such documentaries as the Discovery/Times’ Nuclear Jihad, which explained why we are on the brink of a second nuclear age. Twice a week he delivers the Washington Report on WQXR, the radio station of the Times. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Sanger is a graduate of Harvard College.

His first book, The Inheritance: The World America Now Faces (Jan. ‘09), is an examination of the Bush administration’s legacy, its successes and failures, and the complex challenges facing the next president.