David Rothkopf
Obama’s ‘Don’t Do Stupid Shit’ Foreign Policy
From hope and change, to resets and pivots, to singles and doubles, to not sticking your finger in the electric socket. How far we've fallen.
Disconnected
As technological development shifts into hyperspeed, governments remain stuck in neutral.
Course Correction
Dealing with dictators cost the U.S. its soul. Now it's time to atone.
The 2013 Top Ten List of Gifts (and Lumps of Coal) for World Leaders
Who was naughty, who was nice, and who isn't going to get what they want for Christmas this year.
It’s Not About Snowden — It’s About Madison
The jig is up for anyone who argues that the Constitution doesn't cover metadata.
Dysfunction Junction
Public officials from Beijing to D.C. are failing to rise to the world's challenges. That's where FP's Global Thinkers come in.
Why Hawks Should Love the Iran Deal
...and doves should worry.
What Would W Do?
Lessons in disaster recovery from Bush's underappreciated second-term rebound.
This Deal Won’t Seal Itself
Why Obama has to lean in to the nuclear negotiations with Iran.
Waiting in the Wings
As America's star power dims, who will take center stage?
Mr. President, We Can Handle the Truth
Why it's time for the White House to get ahead of the NSA scandal.
False Fronts
How the biggest intelligence community scandal in modern memory and Washington's infamous Twitter troll expose the real D.C.
Sisyphus at the State Department
From Iran to Syria to Israel, can the United States keep pushing boulders up a hill?
The Power Paradox
Why America can only be great by being unexceptional.
Pre-Existing Condition
It's not Obamacare or the shutdown that's the problem -- it's the lack of American leadership.
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