David Rothkopf

Red-Line Follies

Sorting the mistakes from the fiascos on Syria.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 6, 2013

The Next Head of the WTO? Choose Wisely.

It's time to put someone from the BRICS in charge of the world's leading trade body.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 30, 2013

The Balance of Power

Why sexism is civilization's greatest shame.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY/JUNE 2013

The Ugly Choice in the Middle East

Permanent chaos, or a new generation of strongmen? Take your pick.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 23, 2013

Road Warrior

Can John Kerry travel all the time and still be a great secretary of state?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 15, 2013

Mad Men

Who's more dangerous to Americans than Kim Jong Un?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 9, 2013

The Deliverable-in-Chief

Is Obama’s light-footprint diplomacy inviting tomorrow’s problems?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 18, 2013

Lessons Learned (and Not)

Seven things we've learned after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 4, 2013

Does John Kerry Matter?

Why Obama's new secretary of state might not have much room to run.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The Cool War

Cold War technology made war unthinkable. Cool War technology makes it irresistible.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

If Obama Were a Truth-Teller

Here’s what he would say on Tuesday night.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Size Matters

The miniaturization of U.S. foreign policy.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Next Appointments

Obama is about to name a new international economic team. Will he use this opportunity wisely?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 29, 2013

The Bidenization of America

The veep is no joke -- and he's making a serious play for 2016.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 14, 2013

The Disengagers

Kerry, Hagel, and the end of American military adventurism?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 7, 2013

The Coming Year in Review

The headlines we'll be reading in 2013.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 2, 2013

Cursed With Plenty

America is on the verge of an energy boom. But will abundant shale gas create more problems than it fixes? 

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 2, 2013

The Other Pivot

America rediscovers diplomacy.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 24, 2012

A President We Can Believe In

Newtown changed Obama. Can it change the world?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 17, 2012

The Fierce Urgency of Now

The case for short-term thinking.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 11, 2012

It's His Prerogative

Let Obama pick his secretary of state. Even if it's Susan Rice. 

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The Opposite of Thinking

The key ingredient missing in our policymaking these days? Creativity.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 2012

Reasons to Be Thankful

Bubba, the fiscal swamp, after Gaza... the list goes on and on. 

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

12 Catastrophes the Next President Must Avoid

We've heard plenty about what the candidates want to do in office, but the future will be determined by what Tuesday's winner doesn't do.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 5, 2012

How Foreign Policy Came to Matter in This Election

The race was supposed to be all about jobs, jobs, jobs. What happened?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 22, 2012

An Army of One

How Malala can lead where America could not.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 15, 2012

A Truly Credible Military Threat to Iran

The Israelis and the Americans are zeroing in on a strike option that has a real chance of deterring the mullahs -- and defusing Mitt Romney's attacks.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 8, 2012

The Third Industrial Revolution

Why yesterday's plan for the economy won't work for tomorrow.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 2012

The Election Is Over

It's time to start worrying about 2013, because the Obama team clearly isn't.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 1, 2012

How Not to Lead the World

The U.N. General Assembly is providing a real-time seminar on failed leadership.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012