David Rothkopf

When Politics Makes Us Less Safe: The Intel Community Perspective

Two veterans of the Central Intelligence Agency, Marc Polymeropoulos and John Sipher discuss issues from the recent intel leak to new…

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Three Big Stories: Global Recession? India Passes China. China Seeks to be a Nuke Superpower.

On this episode of DSR, we discuss three immense stories making headlines this week, all of which have major Main…

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A Stage 4 Cancer on Our Democracy

It is bad enough the Supreme Court has been transformed from the central pillar of our justice system into a mood…

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Does the US Need Superpower Viagra?

France’s President Macron goes to China and succumbs to the charms of Xi Jinping. He leaves spouting Chinese talking points…

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Why Can’t We Have an “Operation Indictment Warpspeed?”

Note: This episode was taped prior to the announced indictments of Donald Trump. The absence of real indictments against Donald…

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Who is America’s Most Annoying Ally?

All friends are not allies and all allies are not friends. Sometimes countries that start out as allies stop behaving…

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Special Episode of Deep State Radio: Trump Indicted

Donald Trump has been indicted, though the details of the case won’t likely be known until Tuesday of next week…

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Sue the Gunmakers, Tax the Bullets, Just Do Something!

In the wake of yet another tragic mass shooting–and we’re averaging two per day this year in the US– Americans…

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Maybe It Should Have Been Called the Summit with Added Democracy-Like Product

Celebrating democracy seems like a good idea. Further, President Biden and his team have been actively supporting democracy worldwide since…

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Winning Wars Without Fighting Them and Fighting Them Without Winning

In this special episode of DSR, we speak with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass) about a wide range of recent events.…

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Israel’s Democracy Crisis Continues Despite Netanyahu Temporary Halt to Plans to Gut Judiciary

On this special edition of DSR, former diplomat and advisor to Israeli leaders Alon Pinkas provides an insight from Israel…

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The Walls are Closing in On Donald Trump: An Update on Each Wall

Trump promised that he would get arrested this week but that hasn’t happened (yet).  David talked with Dahlia Lithwick of…

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Xi Scores Points in Moscow, Putin, Not So Much

Chinese President Xi Jinping made a historic visit to Moscow this week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  David…

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The China Question

America’s politicians have become more hawkish on China but is that the only path forward?  David Rothkopf debates this issue…

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Preparing for the Next Security Challenges: From AUKUS to Moldova

There are a panoply of threats facing the United States and our allies from around the globe.  In this episode,…

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Iran-Saudi Deal Shows It’s Not Your Father’s Middle East…But Is It Now China’s?

There is never a dull period for the Middle East.  David and Rosa are joined by Alon Pinkus of Haaretz…

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“The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism”: A Conversation with Martin Wolf

With the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, inflation around the world, and the rise of populism there is no…

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Searching for Truth About COVID…and the Looming Next Pandemic

The Department of Energy released a statement that talked about the origins of COVID.  David sits down with Pulitzer Prize-Winner…

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The Truth Putin Doesn’t Want You to Hear About Russia’s Floundering Economy

Sanctions and the cost of the war in Ukraine have had a major impact on the Russian economy.  David, Rosa,…

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“The Bill of Obligations”: A Conversation with Richard Haass

American democracy has always come with both rights and obligations.   David talked with Richard Haass author of the new book…

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