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David Rothkopf
CEO, The Rothkopf Group
David Rothkopf is CEO of The Rothkopf Group, a visiting professor at Columbia University and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the author of a number of acclaimed books, including Power, Inc.; Superclass; Running the World; National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear; and his latest book, The Great Questions of Tomorrow. Rothkopf is a frequent contributor to media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, CNN, Newsweek, and TIME. He also hosts “Deep State Radio” podcast, an acclaimed twice-weekly podcast that according to one listener "taught me how to start worrying and love the blob."
Previously
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The Trump Administration says it is “committed to a foreign policy focused on American interests and American national security” and that “the world will be more peaceful and...
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We are on the cusp of a sweeping revolution — one that will change every facet of our lives. The changes ahead will challenge and alter fundamental concepts such as national i...
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In any city in the world, an extremist could explode your subway car, yet surveillance and security are more advanced than ever. Ebola ravaged thousands for months and now Zik...
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In a world undeniably shaped by near-constant conflict, connectedness, and globalization, what role will culture and creativity play in making the future? How does the sharing...
![Power Shift: The New Borders and Boundaries of Our Digital World](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null53a5a2c9-1c83-4378-b4a5-f38231d4bcdb/27964847796_51f952b303_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C169%2C1600%2C899&w=400)
While the public once considered the digital world merely a space for communication and information access, perhaps we should think of it as a landscape of its own: As we know...
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Barack Obama came into office promising a new American foreign policy. Did he deliver? Did the president successfully extract the United States from the Middle East? Or did he...