David Rothkopf - Publications

Publications

Rothkopf is a frequently cited commentator in leading publications and has appeared a guest addressing a wide variety of foreign policy, national security, economic and energy policy issues on most English-language broadcast networks worldwide. He is the author of over 150 articles on international investment, economic, and policy themes and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Financial Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer and other leading newspapers. He has also written for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, International Economy, The Journal of International Affairs and a variety of other magazines.

He is the author, co-author, co-editor of and contributor to a variety of books including The Global Century: Globalization and National Security (National Defense University), Cuba: The Contours of Change (Lynn Rienner Publishers), The Price of Peace: Emergency Economic Intervention and U.S. Foreign Policy (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), The Common Market: Uniting the European Community (Franklin Watts) and The Big Emerging Markets (Bernan Press).

In Superclass (publ. March 2008), he argues that geography, pedigree, networking and luck unite a superclass of 6000 individuals that possess unparalleled power over world affairs.

In late 2010, Rothkopf was quoted as saying, regarding relations with China, "We’re still struggling with a post-unilateralist hangover."

Preceding the publication of his next book Rothkopf wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times regarding Happiness and GDP.

Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government--and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead (ISBN 978-0374151287) was published in 2012 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and addresses the changing nature of national and private power - especially that wielded by large multinational corporations - in the global era. It was reviewed by Foreign Policy., and BusinessWeek.