Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, previously served as Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department (2001-2003), and was President George W. Bush’s special envoy to Northern Ireland and Pakistan, before resigning from the Bush administration in protest against the Iraq war. He is the author of Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America’s House in Order.
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Richard N. Haass
Commentaries by Richard N. Haass
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The World Without America
NEW YORK – Let me posit a radical idea: The most critical threat facing the United States now and for the foreseeable future is not a rising…
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The New Old Year
NEW YORK – Any look back at 2012 would necessarily focus on three parts of the world: the eurozone, with its seemingly endless financial unc…
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Time to Test Iran
NEW YORK – Most of the debate about how to address Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear-weapons capacity focuses on two options. The first is t…
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Into Syria without Arms
NEW YORK – Much of the debate over what to do in the Middle East tends to pit realists against idealists. Bahrain is a classic case, as is S…
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To the Victors Go the Foils
NEW YORK – A surprising number of elections and political transitions is scheduled to occur over the coming months. An incomplete list inclu…
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Answering Iran
NEW YORK – We know quite a bit about Iran’s nuclear program, and what we know is not encouraging. Iran is reported to be enriching uranium a…
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Re-Orienting America
NEW YORK – Some 40 years ago, when I entered Oxford University as a graduate student, I declared my interest in the Middle East. I was told …
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9/11 in Perspective
NEW YORK – It was a decade ago that 19 terrorists took control of four planes, flew two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, hit …
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Beyond Bin Laden
NEW YORK – The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States special forces constitutes a significant victory over global terrorism. But it is…
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Reflections on the Revolution in Egypt
NEW YORK – Revolutions happen for a reason. In the case of Egypt, there are several reasons: more than 30 years of one-man rule; Hosni Mubar…
The World Without America
OLA BELLO: Richard’s view here on America’s troubles and likely decline will sound a bit jarring to the ears of anyone who’s listened to the broad tone of US opinion on this issue in recent times. Perhaps unfair…
The World Without America
Avraam Dectis: . It is too late for the USA to put its house in order. The USA has descended to the point that it allows stalking gangs to openly poison people - effectively public torture murders. ( D…