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Richard Nathan Haass (born July 28, 1951) is an American diplomat. He has been president of the Council on Foreign Relations since July 2003, prior to which he was
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for the
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and a close advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell in the
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. The Senate approved Haass as a candidate for the position of ambassador and he has been U.S. Coordinator for the Future of Afghanistan. He succeeded George J. Mitchell as the
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to help the peace process in
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, for which he received the State Department's Distinguished Service Award. At the end of 2003, Mitchell Reiss succeeded him as special envoy. In late 2013, Haass returned to Northern Ireland to chair inter-party talks aimed at addressing some of the unresolved issues from the
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such as
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,
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and "the past", (now known as "the
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").


Early life and education

Haass was born to a
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family in
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, the son of Marcella (née Rosenthal) and Irving B. Haass. Haass graduated from Roslyn High School in 1969. His father was a securities analyst and partner at investment manager ''David J. Greene & Co.'' He completed a bachelor's degree at Oberlin College in 1973, and was a Rhodes scholar at
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, where he completed a master's degree and doctoral degree in 1978.


Career

Haass served at the
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from 1979 to 1980, and at the Department of State from 1981 to 1985. From 1989 to 1993, he was Special Assistant to
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George H. W. Bush and National Security Council Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs. In 1991, Haass received the Presidential Citizens Medal for helping to develop and explain U.S. policy during
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and
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. Richard Haass worked for Secretary of State Colin Powell in the Bush administration and was Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department from 2001 to 2003 during the lead-up to the Iraq war. Haass has said he was 60 percent against the Iraq war. Haass's other postings include Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the
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, the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Studies at
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, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University's
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, and a research associate at the
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. Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, Haass advised several members of both the Republican Party and Democratic Party on issues regarding foreign policy, but did not publicly endorse a candidate due to the Council on Foreign Relations' non-partisan stance. In September 2013, Haass returned to
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, with Professor Meghan O'Sullivan, to chair all party talks on flags, parades and the legacy of The Troubles, after violence flared over the removal of the
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at
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. The talks broke down on December 31, 2013. Haass is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.


Foreign policy views

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'', speaking as President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Haass predicted a new era in world history, in part due to the muting of U.S. dominance by the more diffuse power wielded by states and non-state entities as a result of the proliferation of nuclear arms and
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, and several policy failures, which may bring about an "era of disorder" in the absence of any clear superpower. On October 4, 2017, Haass called for U.S. Secretary of State
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to resign. In December 2021, Haass criticized the
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's withdrawal from Afghanistan as “America-first unilateralism in practice," indicating that Biden “did so in a Trumpian way, consulting minimally with others and leaving NATO allies to scramble.”


Personal life

Haass lives in
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with his wife, Susan Mercandetti; they have two children.


Bibliography

Haass is the author or editor of thirteen books on American foreign policy and one book on management. Books authored * ''The World: A Brief Introduction''. Penguin Press, 2020. . * ''A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order''. Penguin Press, 2017. . * ''Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order''. Basic Books, 2014. .
''War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars''
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, 2010. .
''Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President''
Co-authored with Martin Indyk.
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, 2008. .
''The Opportunity''
PublicAffairs, 2006. .
''Intervention: The Use of American Military Force in the Post-Cold War World''
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1999. .
''The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to Be Effective in Any Unruly Organization''.
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, 1999. . * ''Economic Sanctions and American Diplomacy''. Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1998. .
''The Reluctant Sheriff: The United States After the Cold War''
Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1997. .
''The Power to Persuade''
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, 1994. . * ''Conflicts Unending: The United States and Regional Disputes''.
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, 1990. . Books edited
''Transatlantic Tensions: The United States, Europe, and Problem Countries''
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, 1999. .
''Superpower Arms Control: Setting the Record Straight''
edited with
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. Ballinger Publishing Company, 1987. . Books contributed
"War Can Be Justified When It Is the Best Policy Option".''War''.
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, 2014, pp. 22–26. .


Filmography

Haass has appeared as himself on dozens of TV shows and documentaries since 1996. He has served as consultant on
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and hosted the online international affairs forum of the ''
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''. Following the publication of ''A World in Disarray'' in 2017, the book was adapted into a feature-length documentary by
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for release the same year on July 21. Through interviews with Haass and other policymakers academics associated with the Council, the film explores the themes and concepts laid out in the book: the disorder in today’s international landscape, how it arose, and how it plays out in Syria, Ukraine, the South China Sea, and North Korea. In addition to providing commentary throughout the film, Haass served as a consulting producer."Ash Carter and Richard Haass Discuss VICE: A World in Disarray"
(
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presides at the Harold Pratt House in New York. Council on Foreign Relations, July 25, 2017.


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