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2003:

  1. A conversation about foreign policy with Richard Haass
    A conversation about foreign policy with Richard Haass

    with Richard Haass on Sep 5, 2003

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  2. A discussion with Richard Haass
    A discussion with Richard Haass

    with Richard Haass on Mar 7, 2003

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    16 min
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2002:

  1. An hour panel discussion about threats to national security with guest host Richard Holbrooke
    An hour panel discussion about threats to national security...

    with Richard Haass, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Les Gelb on Jul 15, 2002

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    52 min
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2000:

  1. A discussion about the Camp David peace summit
    A discussion about the Camp David peace summit

    with Robert Satloff, Richard Haass, Richard Murphy and more on Jul 5, 2000

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    24 min
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1998:

  1. A discussion about modern China
    A discussion about modern China

    with Richard Haass and Mort Zuckerman on Jun 11, 1998

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    11 min
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1997:

  1. A discussion about Saddam Hussein with Richard Haass
    A discussion about Saddam Hussein with Richard Haass

    with Richard Haass on Nov 7, 1997

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    10 min
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  2. A panel discussion about the G.O.P's foreign policy
    A panel discussion about the G.O.P's foreign policy

    with Robert Kagan, Fareed Zakaria, Richard Haass and more on Aug 8, 1997

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    17 min
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  3. A conversation about the Cold War with Richard Haass
    A conversation about the Cold War with Richard Haass

    with Richard Haass on Jul 11, 1997

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    19 min
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1996:

  1. A discussion on peace in the Middle East
    A discussion on peace in the Middle East

    with Richard Haass, Raghida Dergham and Seth Lipsky on Oct 1, 1996

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    17 min
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1994:

  1. A conversation with George Haass
    A conversation with George Haass

    with Richard Haass on Oct 17, 1994

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    60 min
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Dr. Richard Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations, a position he has held since July2003. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization,think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.

Dr. Haass is the author or editor of ten books on American foreign policy. His most recent book, The Opportunity: America’s Moment to Alter History’s Course, was published by Public Affairs. He is also the author of one book on management: The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to Be Effective in Any Unruly Organization.

From January 2001 to June 2003, Dr. Richard Haass was director of policy planning for the Department of State, where he was a principal adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate to hold the rank of ambassador, Dr. Haass also served as U.S. coordinator for policy toward the future of Afghanistan and was the lead U.S. government official in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. For his efforts, he received the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award.

Dr. Haass has extensive additional government experience. From 1989 to 1993, he was special assistant to President George H. W. Bush and senior director for Near East and South Asian affairs on the staff of the National Security Council. In 1991, Dr. Haass was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal for his contributions to the development and articulation of U.S. policy during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Previously, he served in the Departments of State (1981-85) and Defense (1979-80) and was a legislative aide in the U.S. Senate.

Dr. Haass also was vice president and director of foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, the Sol M. Linowitz visiting professor of international studies at Hamilton College, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Haass holds a BA from Oberlin College and the Master and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University. He has received honorary doctorates from Hamilton College, Franklin & Marshall College, and Georgetown University.

Dr. Richard Haass was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1951. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.