Campaigning and governing are two very different activities, and there is no reason to assume that how Trump conducted the former will dictate how he approaches the latter. Richard N. Haass Read Quote
Our inability to govern ourselves at home, to deal with everything from infrastructure to our debt to tax policy, is reducing the appeal of the American model. Richard N. Haass Read Quote
How can we pressure China on North Korea if China’s one of the two largest holders of American debt? Richard N. Haass Read Quote
No amount of sanctioning will persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, nor will China step up and solve the problem for us. Richard N. Haass Read Quote
There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is. Richard N. Haass Read Quote
The Internet, one of the great inventions of the modern Western world, has shown itself to be a weapon that can be used to incite and train those who wish to cause harm to that world. Richard N. Haass Read Quote
September 11, 2001, was a terrible tragedy by any measure, but it was not a historical turning point. It did not herald a new era of international relations in which terrorists with a global agenda prevailed or in which such spectacular terrorist attacks became commonplace. Richard N. Haass Read Quote
Any time you use military force, you have got to have a clear purpose that military forces can achieve. Richard N. Haass Read Quote
I tend to be one of those who does not equate democratization with the holding of elections. The emphasis ought to be on such things as rule of law, economic reform, and promotion of a free media – in short, essentially independent, free institutions. Richard N. Haass Read Quote
