Richard Haass
Diplomat and foreign policy author
Richard Haass is an American diplomat who led the Council on Foreign Relations from 2003 to 2023. He has written books on American foreign policy, including A World in Disarray.
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American Born 1951 in Brooklyn, United States
About Richard Haass
Richard Nathan Haass was born on July 28, 1951. Before he became president of the Council on Foreign Relations, he directed policy planning at the State Department and advised Secretary of State Colin Powell. He stepped down from the Council in June 2023. Earlier, he was special assistant to President George H.W. Bush and a senior director on the National Security Council staff. He was also US coordinator for policy toward the future of Afghanistan and US envoy to the Northern Ireland peace process. In 2013 he chaired multiparty talks in Northern Ireland, and he has received the Tipperary International Peace Award. A Rhodes scholar, he studied at Oberlin College and Oxford University. His best-selling book A World in Disarray came out in 2017.