David Rothkopf

Could We Be Nearing a Turning Point in the War in Ukraine?

The long awaited Spring offensive has become a Summer offensive. But we are just in the first phases. Key Ukrainian…

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Spies: What a Great New History of Espionage Tells Us About the Trump Case and More

Harvard’s Calder Walton has written an important new history espionage called Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West.…

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The Case Against Trump is Getting More Serious…So the GOP is Turning on the DoJ & the FBI

Every day it seems new revelations suggest Donald Trump is in greater legal jeopardy. And, with each new revelation, comes…

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What if We Told You Things Were Actually Going Better Than Expected in the US?

America did not choose to blow up the world economy. The lunatic caucus in Congress did not prevail. An experienced…

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Biden, the Underestimated Giant

Stealthily, without proportionate recognition, Joe Biden is not just having a good presidency, he’s having one that is historic in…

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The Intelligence Community at a Crossroads: The Great Challenges We Face

Around the world and here at home, the US faces a new array of threats. They are far different from…

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What if Dems Don’t Just Win in 2024, They Win Big?

Recent election results are giving hope to many thoughtful analysts that Democrats might not just be able to eke out…

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Is a Thaw With China Coming? And…What About that 14th Amendment?

On this week’s episode of DSR, David Sanger of the New York Times, who traveled with the president’s party to…

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Do We Have the CIA and FBI We Need?

There are deep challenges facing the agencies of our government most responsible for our security (from the intelligence community to…

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Why? Part Two

In a special two part series of pods, we turn to some of our favorite observers and analysts of America…

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Why? Part One

In a special two part series of pods, we turn to some of our favorite observers and analysts of America…

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Will Kevin McCarthy Be the Man Who Killed the Dollar?

Kevin McCarthy and his band of economic terrorists continue to hold the U.S. and world economies hostage, demanding spending cuts…

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How Intelligence Pros See the Future of the War in Ukraine

On this, the inaugural episode of DSR’s new weekly Spy Show podcast with Marc Polymeropoulos, Marc and co-host David Rothkopf…

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Legal Mashup: SCOTUS, the Trump Cases, George Santos

There’s a lot going on in cases involving the law and our legal system these days and we cover it…

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Isn’t Now the Moment to Double Down on Helping Ukraine Defeat Russia?

Russia is showing multiple signs of weakness in its faltering invasion of Ukraine. These are complemented by continuing signs of…

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A Coronation Primer: A Conversation with Clive Priddle

On Saturday, the United Kingdom will celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. In this special episode of Deep State…

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The 2023 Harvard Youth Poll: A Conversation with John Della Volpe

John Della Volpe is the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, and the author of Fight:…

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What do the Coronation, the WH Correspondents Dinner, the Met Gala and the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin have in common?

In this rapid fire edition of America’s most entertaining foreign policy and national security podcast, the Financial Times’ Ed Luce…

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How the Dems Can Get to 55 (Percent) in ’24

The Democrats should not be trying to eke out a narrow win in 2024. Given recent results in statewide elections,…

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How Is the World Supposed to Deal with Another Biden v. Trump Election?

The world faces the prospect that US foreign policy could once again change on.a dime if, as could happen, Donald…

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