David Rothkopf

Bibi's Blunder

How Netanyahu killed the Israel lobby.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Bin There, Done That

Since when did the Democrats start talking like Rudy Giuliani?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Beyond Belief

Neil Armstrong's death reminds us that there is no such thing as faith-based progress.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 27, 2012

How to Solve All of America’s Problems in a Single Step

A modest proposal for preventing the elderly of an impoverished America from being a burden on their children or country and for making them beneficial to the public.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 20, 2012

The Drums of August

Israel is not bluffing.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 15, 2012

The November Surprise

Forget October bombshells. The real surprise in the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign will come when disaffected voters shun the polls.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPT/OCT 2012

Town of Secrets

How classified information became Washington’s currency of choice.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 6, 2012

Too Much Baggage

Mitt Romney needs to fire his foreign-policy team. Yesterday.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY 31, 2012

Lessons My Father Taught Me About How to Live on a Dangerous Planet

Remembering a survivor.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY 16, 2012

Why America Can't Have It All

Anne-Marie Slaughter is on to something bigger than she realizes.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 25, 2012

For Multilateralism, Is This the Dark Moment Before the Dawn?

Let's hope so.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 18, 2012

Obama's Debacle

The president has protected his right flank for now, but history won’t be so kind.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 21, 2012

Accounts and Accountability and Sea Monsters

How The Avengers explains the world.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 16, 2012

The Debacle That Wasn't

What if the Chen episode was actually a U.S.-China breakthrough?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 7, 2012

The New Math of Geopolitics: Does It All Add Up to G-Zero?

A conversation between Ian Bremmer and David Rothkopf.

INTERVIEW BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 30, 2012

Bleak House

Will Europe's crisis get worse before it gets worse?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 23, 2012

The Enemy Within

Since the end of the Cold War, America has been on a relentless search for enemies. But the real dangers are at home.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY/JUNE 2012

A Nation of Spoiled Brats

Financial Times columnist Ed Luce explains the real reason for American decline.

INTERVIEW BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 16, 2012

Dear Ayatollah Khamenei: Go Ahead, Shut Down That Strait

High oil prices? Bring 'em on.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 2, 2012

Hunger Games

Where's this big, transformational change we've been craving from Barack Obama?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 26, 2012

The Iceman Leadeth

The cool diplomacy of Barack Obama.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 12, 2012

Iran Is the Great Distraction

Why Obama and Netanyahu are having the wrong conversation this week.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 5, 2012

Brazil's New Swagger

South America's emerging superpower is coming into its own. But with great power comes great responsibility.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 28, 2012