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Richard Haass

Richard Haass

Writing for PS since 2000
155 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Richard 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 Coordinator for the Future of Afghanistan. He is the author, most recently, of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens (Penguin Press, 2023).

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  1. Israel at 75
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    Israel at 75

    May 22, 2023 Richard Haass reflects on the country's remarkable achievements, as well as its unsolved problems and new challenges.

  2. What Northern Ireland Teaches Us About Ending the Ukraine War
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    What Northern Ireland Teaches Us About Ending the Ukraine War

    Apr 21, 2023 Richard Haass argues that the only condition for the start of negotiations should be a cessation of violence.

  3. Richard Haass on Russia, Taiwan, and US democracy
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    Richard Haass on Russia, Taiwan, and US democracy

    Mar 21, 2023 Richard Haass explains what caused the Ukraine war, urges the West to scrutinize its economic dependence on China, proposes ways to reverse the dangerous deterioration of democracy in America, and more.

  4. Revisiting America’s War of Choice in Iraq
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    Revisiting America’s War of Choice in Iraq

    Mar 17, 2023 Richard Haass considers the enduring lessons from a foreign intervention that was both ill-conceived and poorly executed.

  5. Why the War Will Continue
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    Why the War Will Continue

    Feb 23, 2023 Richard Haass sees no quick route to peace talks now that Russia and Ukraine have both ruled out compromise.

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    Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality

    Slavoj Žižek

    The European Jewish Association’s recent insistence on the exceptional nature of anti-Semitism raises important questions about the nature of privilege and oppression in contemporary societies. The risk is that the EJA’s conceptual framework could all too easily reproduce the very bigotry it seeks to oppose.

    sees problems with efforts to treat hatred toward Jews separately from other forms of bigotry.
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    Not Buying Central Banks’ Favorite Excuse

    Raghuram G. Rajan shows why monetary policymakers must bear some of the blame for the latest banking-sector turmoil.
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    The Lost Liberal Legal Imagination

    Nicholas Reed Langen considers the complicated legacy of a progressive jurist whom conservatives now champion.
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    Saved by the Pandemic?

    Scott Fulford explains why its successful COVID-19 stimulus could help the US forge a path to financial stability for all.
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    How Much Work Is Enough?

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Autumn McDonald explain how the pandemic raised new questions – and some very old ones – for employers and employees.
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    How the Far Left Paves the Way for the Far Right

    Andrés Velasco

    In October 2022, Chileans elected a far-left constitutional convention which produced a text so bizarrely radical that nearly two-thirds of voters rejected it. Now Chileans have elected a new Constitutional Council and put a far-right party in the driver’s seat.

    blames Chilean President Gabriel Boric's coalition for the rapid rise of far right populist José Antonio Kast.
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    Creeping Toward Dystopia

    Robert Skidelsky worries that even elected governments will appropriate emerging technologies in the name of national security.
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    The Climate Loss and Damage Fund Is Coming

    Sameh Shoukry assesses recent efforts to implement a crucial initiative agreed at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference.
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    China’s Youth Unemployment Problem

    Nancy Qian warns that diminishing opportunities for new graduates will have profound long-run macroeconomic implications.

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