PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Anna Berry
Executive Director, World Affairs Council of NH
603.314.7970 or aberry@wacnh.org
(David Rothkopf will have press availability on Wednesday, May 20 and check-in for media covering the 6 PM program begins at 5 PM)
May 13, 2015
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NATIONAL SECURITY & FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT DAVID ROTHKOPF HEADLINES ANNUAL GLOBAL FORUM: WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, SNHU
World Affairs Council of New Hampshire’s 2015 Global Forum Covers “National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear”
MANCHESTER- The World Affairs Council of New Hampshire will hold the 2015 Global Forum on Wednesday, May 20 with keynote speaker David Rothkopf, CEO & Editor of the FP Group, publisher of Foreign Policy magazine.
The annual fundraiser is the only forum preparing the Granite State for a global future, addressing America’s role in the world through non-partisan, civil dialogue on critical global challenges and national experts on foreign policy. This year’s program will also honor the 2015 Academic WorldQuest state champion team from Souhegan High School.
Rothkopf is the author of National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear and Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government and the Reckoning that Lies Ahead, among other books.
He is President and CEO of Garten Rothkopf, an international advisory firm specializing in emerging markets investing and risk-management related services. Previously, Rothkopf was founder, chairman, and CEO of Intellibridge, a firm offering open-source intelligence and advisory services on international issues, after serving for two years as managing director of Kissinger Associates.
Rothkopf served as Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for international trade policy in the administration of President Bill Clinton. In this capacity, he played a central role in developing and directing the administration’s groundbreaking Big Emerging Markets Initiative.
The World Affairs Council of New Hampshire is a non-profit, non-partisan organization fostering learning, discussion and citizen involvement in world affairs since 1954. The Council is preparing the Granite State for a global future by creating and sustaining international connections that enhance our state's cultural, economic and civic life; building global knowledge and understanding through educational programs for communities and schools on foreign policy; and furthering the development of international leaders in partnership with the U.S. State Department.
EVENT DETAILS:
2015 Global Forum
Wednesday, May 20 at 5 PM
Dining Center Banquet Hall, Southern New Hampshire University
2500 N. River Road, Manchester NH 03106
Tickets: $50/World Affairs Council members; $60/Not-yet-members
Purchase at www.wacnh.org or call 603.314.7970
More info: http://wacnh.org/event-1837508
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ABOUT DAVID ROTHKOPF & "NATIONAL INSECURITY":
"An inside look at how foreign policy was made under the two presidents since 9/11...the real star of the book, the ubershaper of everything, is this "age of fear" that so warped our institutions and policy priorities. Will it ever go away or will bin Laden be forever the gift that keeps on giving?" —Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times
“Many books have been written about America’s response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks; few are as insightful, as compelling or as useful as National Insecurity.” –Washington Post
"NATIONAL INSECURITY… could lay claim to being the definitive book on how 9/11 affected US foreign policy.." —Edward Luce, Financial Times
DAVID ROTHKOPF is CEO and editor of Foreign Policy magazine. He recently authored National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear. The book is the gripping story of a superpower in crisis, seeking to adapt to a rapidly changing world, sometimes showing inspiring resilience but often undone by the human flaws of those at the top, the mismanagement of its own system, the temptation to concentrate too much power within the hands of too few in the White House itself, and an unwillingness to draw the right lessons from the recent past.
His previous book, Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government and the Reckoning that Lies Ahead, traces the changing relationship between public and private power and looks at the implications of the rise of great private actors and the weakening of many states.
Rothkopf is president and CEO of Garten Rothkopf, an international advisory firm specializing in emerging-markets investing and risk-management-related services. Previously, Rothkopf was founder, chairman, and CEO of Intellibridge, a firm offering open-source intelligence and advisory services on international issues, after serving for two years as managing director of Kissinger Associates.
Rothkopf served as Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for international trade policy in the Clinton administration. In this capacity, he played a central role in developing and directing the administration’s groundbreaking Big Emerging Markets Initiative. Rothkopf came to the government after founding and serving as chairman and CEO of International Media Partners, where he was editor and publisher of the CEO Magazine and Emerging Markets newspaper as well as chairman of the CEO Institute. He currently serves as chairman of the National Strategic Investment Dialogue and as a member of the advisory boards of the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Johns Hopkins/Bloomberg School of Public Health.
A prolific writer, Rothkopf is the author of more than 150 articles on international themes for publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, and Foreign Affairs. In addition to National Insecurity and Power, Inc., his most recent books include Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008) and Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power (Public Affairs, 2005).
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