The horror and tragedy that was 9/11 did many things; one of them was to galvanize this country and much of the… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
It is difficult to think of a foreign policy issue that preoccupies and polarizes world opinion as much as the Palestinian question. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Unrestrained zeal to make the world better could make it worse. Promoting democracy must be undertaken with humility, care, and wisdom. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
In a global world, what happens within one country can all too easily affect others. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The political world is defined by relationships rather than transactions, and by numerous actors at home and abroad with independent power. Navigating… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
To be sure, many of the Sykes-Picot borders reflected deals cut in Europe rather than local demographic or historical realities. But that… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Russian membership in the World Trade Organization has the potential to strengthen the rule of law, combat corruption, and give Russia a… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Wars of necessity are essentially unavoidable. They involve the most important national interests, a lack of promising alternatives to the use of… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
What countries must do to join the World Trade Organization is precisely what they must do to become productive and democratic: accept… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Europeans must shed their illusions about what they can accomplish in the world on their own. Loose talk about resurrecting a multi-polar… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Trade accords had been a staple of the post-World War II world, providing a mechanism for economic growth, development, and association with… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The Internet, one of the great inventions of the modern Western world, has shown itself to be a weapon that can be… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Jerusalem is a holy site for Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Israelis and Palestinians both lay claim to it as their capital. Jerusalem… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Living with a nuclear North Korea could give its leaders the confidence to act more aggressively versus South Korea. It could also,… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
In a world in which the United States does less, whatever set of calculations, other countries will tend to calculate - to… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
China likes the idea of sovereign rights when it comes to organizing their politics as they see fit, and their economics. But… — 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… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The United States is not just another country. It has more capacity and potential to influence the world than any other country… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The United States, working closely with the United Kingdom and others, established the liberal world order in the wake of World War… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
American influence in the world depends on the ability to act with real capacity and set an example that others will want… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Trump is the first post-World War II American president to view the burdens of world leadership as outweighing the benefits. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The reason I called the president Donald Trump a disrupter is that he came into office 70 years after World War II,… — 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
