Global Leadership in a Post Pandemic World with Richard Haass

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Ian Bremmer talks to foreign policy expert Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of “The World: A Brief Introduction.” Haass explains that while the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of life as we know it, the major issues confronting geopolitics in the 21st Century already existed. Bremmer and Haass discuss U.S./China relations, the weakening of the European Union, nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran, and the approaching U.S. election.

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0:00.0	We are not going to succeed if we do it unilaterally or if we go to people and say,
0:05.3	you've got to choose between China and us.
0:07.8	No, we actually have to invest the time in good old-fashioned diplomacy, do the consulting.
0:13.2	And then I think we could work something out, not perfect, but good enough.
0:17.4	And it becomes a very different 21st century.
0:20.3	If the U.S.-Chinese competition is somewhat
0:22.7	muted, and if at least selectively, at least selectively, China works to deal with some regional
0:28.8	or global challenges as opposed to either sitting it out or making them worse.
0:35.2	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.
0:38.3	I'm Ian Bremmer.
0:39.3	And this pandemic we're living through has been a huge and powerful reminder of just how interconnected we are globally,
0:47.3	how important it is to understand the world around us.
0:50.3	Richard Haas is a career diplomat who served in top roles at the State Department, and he's
0:54.7	now president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
0:57.4	His new book, The World, a brief introduction, is about as good a primer as you can get these
1:02.6	days, and I spoke to him about it recently, along with other topics.
1:06.5	Here's our conversation.
1:16.5	Richard, welcome.
1:18.8	Great to be with you, Ann, at least virtually.
1:19.9	Absolutely.
1:23.1	Now we'll see each other sooner, sooner, I am sure.
1:24.6	But let's jump right in.
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