Richard N. Haass

Haass is the sort of figure I find genuinely admirable, the architect working behind the curtain of world affairs. From Brooklyn to a Rhodes Scholarship to the inner circle of Colin Powell's State Department, he spent decades thinking in frameworks rather than headlines. Leading the Council on Foreign Relations for twenty years is no small feat, and it speaks to a temperament that stays clear-eyed while the political weather changes. I value people who design the structures within which decisions get made. As both scholar and practitioner, he embodies a kind of patient, unglamorous statecraft that quietly holds things together.

Name (English)

Richard N. Haass

Name (Japanese)

リチャード・ハス

Reading

りちゃーど・はす

Born

July 28, 1951 (age 75)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

diplomat / university teacher / political scientist / politician

High school

Roslyn High School

University

Wadham College

Awards & achievements

• Distinguished Service Award
• Presidential Citizens Medal
• 1973 Rhodes Scholarship

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20N.%20Haass
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382485

Tags

• New York
• diplomat
• university teacher
• political scientist

Last updated

2026-06-21

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