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<title><![CDATA[Richard Haass - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15923.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Richard Haass]]></description><category domain="15923">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[We Need Patience, Not Over-Reach in Iran]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Playing a long game paid off with the Soviet Union and a similar trajectory of regime collapse could come in Tehran]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trouble With Regime Change]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/trouble-regime-change</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What history teaches about when and how to pursue it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New National Security Strategy Is Must Reading]]></title>
							<link>https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/558267.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[National security strategies, released from time to time by every US administration, often say little and are quickly forgotten.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The UN's Slide Toward Irrelevance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.stabroeknews.com/2025/09/30/features/project-syndicate/davos-for-diplomats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, I wrote a commentary about the United Nations as it turned 75. The title, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The UN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Unhappy Birthday,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' said it all. The UN is now 80, but my critique back then remains all too valid today. The UN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s slide into near-irrelevance continues unabated.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Palestinian State Would Be Good for Israel]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/palestinian-state-would-be-good-israel</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The chance for a two-state solution still exists'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but won't for long.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Way Out for Iran?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At this point, a weakened Tehran might accept a face-saving deal and sanctions relief to avert a US attack]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[One Hundred Days That Shook U.S. Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://countercurrents.org/2025/05/one-hundred-days-that-shook-us-foreign-policy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Share:Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on X (Twitter)Share on TelegramShare on RedditShare on EmailNEW YORK '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' We are barely 100 days into US President Donald Trump's second term, but much is already clear. Trump 2.0 is starkly different: more confident and surrounded by a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Rule Out a U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal Just Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/4/0/545179/Opinion/Don%E2%80%99t-Rule-Out-a-USIran-Nuclear-Deal-Just-Yet.aspx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is hardly a golden era of diplomacy. A ceasefire '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' let alone a lasting peace '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' between Russia and Ukraine remains a distant possibility, and neither Israel nor Hamas seems to view a long-term truce in Gaza as a priority.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Iran Opportunity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/iran-opportunity</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What America needs to do to achieve a breakthrough.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Energy Transition That Couldn't]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/energy-transition-from-fossil-fuels-to-renewables-is-unrealizable-idea-by-richard-haass-and-carolyn-kissane-2024-12</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass &amp; Carolyn Kissane argue that replacing fossil fuels with renewables is an idea that has exhausted its utility.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A New Chance for the Middle East]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-new-chance-for-the-middle-east/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass sees hope for long-term ceasefires in Lebanon and Gaza if political leaders recognize their own interests.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Perfect Has Become Enemy of the Good in Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/perfect-has-become-enemy-good-ukraine</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington must redefine its objectives.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Earthquakes in the Middle East]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/earthquakes-in-the-middle-east/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Middle East resembles nothing so much as an earthquake zone with multiple fault lines. This week, fighting increased sharply along one of those lines, Israel's border with Lebanon and more specifically, between Israel and ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What U.S. Should Do in Mideast, and What It Shouldn't]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ft.com/content/ea60d900-22fe-4f69-a5d3-4e538396fa2d?segmentId=b385c2ad-87ed-d8ff-aaec-0f8435cd42d9</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For all its power, American influence is decidedly limited. But limited is not the same as non-existent]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The World in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/esponsored/20240103/world-2024</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass says that the coming year will be defined by how elections in many countries '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' especially the US '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' play out.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Legacy of Henry Kissinger]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/henry-kissinger-legacy-foreign-policy-for-a-world-of-great-power-politics-and-disarray-by-richard-haass-2023-11</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass reviews the life and career of America's preeminent foreign-policy scholar-practitioner.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Redefining Success in Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/redefining-success-ukraine</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new strategy must balance means and ends.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel Must Distinguish Between Hamas and the People of Gaza]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ft.com/content/779d082a-efdc-4ae4-86b4-aaebec88f810?segmentId=b385c2ad-87ed-d8ff-aaec-0f8435cd42d9</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The long-term objective remains a Palestinian state willing to live in regional peace]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Friends Owe Friends]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/what-friends-owe-friends-biden-gaza-richard-haass</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why Washington should restrain Israeli military action in Gaza'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and preserve a path to peace.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Military Might Alone Won't Solve Israel's Dilemma]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-limited-options-in-fighting-hamas-by-richard-haass-2023-10</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass worries that military efforts to destroy Hamas will merely boost popular support for it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New World Disorder]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-disarray-unlikely-to-end-anytime-soon-by-richard-haass-2023-09</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass highlights the growing threat to international stability and calls for effective cooperation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Invasions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/changes-to-world-order-between-kuwait-1990-and-ukraine-2022-by-richard-haass-2023-06</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass catalogs what changed between Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and Russia's attack on Ukraine in 2022.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Northern Ireland Teaches Us About Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cfr.org/article/what-northern-ireland-teaches-us-about-ending-ukraine-war</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass argues that the only condition for the start of negotiations should be a cessation of violence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The West Needs a New Strategy in Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/russia-richard-haass-west-battlefield-negotiations</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After just over a year, the war in Ukraine has turned out far better for Ukraine than most predicted. Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s effort to subjugate its neighbor has failed. Ukraine remains an independent, sovereign, functioning democracy, holding on to roughly 85 percent of the territory it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Revisiting America's War of Choice in Iraq]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/iraq-war-20-years-later-causes-misconceptions-and-lessons-by-richard-haass-2023-03?a_la=english&amp;a_d=64143102421dfac88cbb47ac&amp;a_m=&amp;a_a=click&amp;a_s=&amp;a_p=homepage&amp;a_li=iraq-war-20-years-later-causes-misconceptions</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass considers the enduring lessons from a foreign intervention that was both ill-conceived and poorly executed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Russia-Ukraine War Will Continue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cfr.org/article/why-war-will-continue</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One year in, the war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The World's Stake in American Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cfr.org/article/worlds-stake-american-democracy</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For more than three-quarters of a century, the United States has played an outsized, constructive role in the world. To be sure, there have been major errors, including the Vietnam War and the 2003 Iraq War, but the US got it right far more often than not.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We Need Civics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/american-identity-democracy-civics-education-requirement/672789/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Throughout my career studying and practicing American foreign policy, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve frequently been asked,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' What keeps you up at night? Is it China? Russia? Terrorism? Climate change? Another pandemic?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' While these issues all demand our attention, in recent years, I have found myself...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What in the World Will Happen in 2023?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cfr.org/article/what-world-will-happen-2023</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The American baseball player Lawrence '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Yogi'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Berra is widely quoted as observing, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Whether or not he actually said it, the point is valid. Nevertheless, here are ten predictions for the world for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ten Lessons From the Return of History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cfr.org/article/ten-lessons-return-history</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Haass</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As 2022 comes to a close, there are important lessons from the year that we ignore at our peril.]]></description>
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