The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy, With Richard Haass

The President’s Inbox

Council on Foreign Relations

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🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay upon completing two decades leading CFR to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the United States. Mentioned on the Podcast Richard Haass, A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order Richard Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order Richard Haass, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens Richard Haass, The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to Be Effective in Any Unruly Organization Richard Haass, “The Dangerous Decade: A Foreign Policy for a World in Crisis,” Foreign Affairs Richard Haass, The Opportunity: America's Moment to Alter History's Course Richard Haass, The Reluctant Sheriff: The United States After the Cold War Richard Haass, The World: A Brief Introduction Richard Haass, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars Michael Mandelbaum, “Foreign Policy as Social Work,” Foreign Affairs Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/future-us-foreign-policy-richard-haass

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0:00.0	Welcome to the President's Inbox, a CFR podcast about the foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
0:09.0	I'm Jim Lindsay, Director of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
0:13.0	This week's topic is the future of U.S. foreign policy.
0:27.1	With me to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the United States is Richard Haas.
0:31.7	Richard, as I'm sure most listeners know, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
0:39.1	He is an experienced diplomat and policymaker, having served under four presidents, and in a variety of positions in the Defense Department, the State Department, the White House, and on Capitol Hill. He is also a
0:45.6	prolific author, having written or edited 16 books. His most recent book is titled The Bill of
0:52.1	Obligations, The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.
0:56.1	Richard will be stepping down as the council's president this Friday, June 30th, after 20 years
1:01.8	of distinguished leadership of CFR. Richard, thank you for joining me.
1:07.0	Thank you, Jim, and I could not have done it nearly as well without your assistance every
1:12.0	inch of the way.
1:13.0	Well, it's very kind.
1:14.0	I really appreciate it, Richard.
1:15.7	I want to look forward, but I'd like if we may to start by looking backward.
1:20.7	You were on the staff of the National Security Council for George H.W. Bush, so you were
1:26.1	there as history was being made with the fall of the Berlin Wall
1:30.4	and the world's response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. Are you surprised giving
1:38.9	the optimism that surrounded the end of the Cold War that we are where we are today?
1:45.2	Surprise doesn't begin to capture it. And indeed, I don't think I am alone in that, and I don't
1:49.7	think I will be alone in that. When historians look back on this, and they look at this roughly
1:54.5	three-decade arc, from the peaceful end of the Cold War on terms, even optimists had trouble conjuring up,
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