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Books by Richard Haass

Richard Nathan Haass is a veteran American diplomat. He was the director of policy planning for the United States Department of State between January 2001 and June 2003. Ever since then, he has been president of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has authored more than a dozen books on American foreign policy, including “A World in Disarray” and “The World.”

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The World

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“The World” by Richard N. Haass is a concise overview of the societal and political forces that have contributed to the creation of the modern global system. Divided into four sections, the book packs 400 years of history in its first, longest part (the one covered in our microbook), and then proceeds to explore our present world, dealing with its dynamics, challenges and order.

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