David Rothkopf

FP Group

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David Rothkopf is the CEO and editor of the FP Group, which publishes Foreign Policy magazine, and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A former deputy under secretary of commerce for international trade policy in the Clinton Administration, he is author of Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making, Running the World: the Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power,  National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear and The Great Questions of Tomorrow.

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Donald Trump may be withdrawing America from global leadership. But previous presidents have flubbed that role since the end of the Cold War.

An abdication from global leadership?

Donald Trump may be withdrawing America from global leadership. But previous presidents have flubbed that role since the end of the Cold War.

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On Sunday, French voters will choose between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron in a unique presidential election.

In the French election, globalists vs. nationalists

On Sunday, French voters will choose between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron in a unique presidential election.

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President Trump is shaking up the National Security Council.

Bannon's role on the NSC raises concerns

President Trump is shaking up the National Security Council.

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