Any time you use military force, you have got to have a clear purpose that military forces can achieve. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
I think what Mr. Trump has made clear is that he would not undertake optional wars, what I have called wars of choice, a la, say Iraq in 2003 or Libya, for the purposes of transforming another country. It's not… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Security is the absolute precondition for sustainable recovery from conflict; without it, people cannot rebuild their country or return to school or work. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
When great powers fade, as they inevitably must, it's normally for one of two reasons. Some powers exhaust themselves through overreach abroad, underinvestment at… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Americans never would alter the way entitlement programs are funded or education administered without serious study and widespread debate. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
No amount of sanctioning will persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, nor will China step up and solve the problem for us. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The rise of populism is in part a response to stagnating incomes and job loss, owing mostly to new technologies but widely attributed to… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
