Richard N. Haass

The United States needs a functioning democracy to pass needed legislation, maintain a robust economy, & preserve stability at home & broad-but Americans will only get one if rights are balanced with obligations. Hence my new book: The Bill of Obligations. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/588988/t…

The Strait of Hormuz: It must be open for all or closed to all. A proposal. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

War in the Middle East is no longer a distant headline. Former Council on Foreign Relations President @RichardHaass joins The Common Good Forum to break down what’s really happening in Iran. Watch the full conversation here: thecommongoodus.org/upcoming-event…

Pres Trump wants allies to join effort to open Strait of Hormuz, but as the saying goes, you have to bring them in on the takeoff if you want them there for the landing. it would also help if we had a viable operational plan.

It is more than 40years since Barbara Tuchman wrote her classic book "The March of Folly." The subtitle was "From Troy to Vietnam" but an updated edition might change that to "From Troy to Vietnam and on to Iraq & Iran." open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

More bombing of Iran and hoping for regime change will not get us to an acceptable outcome. we will have to end the attacks, return to negotiations & consider easing sanctions. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

The costs of Epic Fury far outweigh the benefits; it will get worse as the war drags on. We cannot expect regime change or more war to serve our interests; we need to get serious about negotiating with Iran. Here's my thinking: open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

to describe this war as an "excursion" hardly prepares the American people for the difficulties ahead-and is unfair to the troops risking their all.

If @RichardHaass earned a penny in royalties for each use of phrases he coined -- "war of choice" and "war of necessity" -- he would now be the world's first trillionaire.

The US-Israel war effort has much weakened Iran, but any benefits of continued war fast diminishing & the costs fast rising. The time has come to end it. My latest take in the @FT

first the call for regime change, now unconditional surrender. US policy toward iran continues to be plagued by a lack of seriousness. what will be serious tho will be the consequences. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

The Iran war at one week: where things stand, how we got here, & what's next-& why the US should try to bring the war to a close. All in the new Home & Away. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring Nate Swanson and @RichardHaass in conversation with Executive Editor @Justin_Vogt: foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/ameri…

we may be winning the battle but not the war--and what it may mean for the inevitable push for war termination. overcast.fm/+ABRFIxRwpmY

if US looking for off-ramp, suggest Potus say US has achieved war aims & set table for regime change-but now up to Iranian people-& US will henceforth limit itself to reacting to Iranian attacks on region. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

@MattWhitlock i had nothing to do with any polling or talking points, but i did have something to do with making wars of necessity and wars of choice part of the lexicon. so think you owe me dinner all the same.

I'll buy dinner for anyone who can track down the Democrat internal polling that got every single Democrat to repeat the phrase "war of choice" in every tweet and interview.

The Trump administration has been undisciplined in its policy toward Iran. The one exception is the military, but tactical discipline seldom compensates for strategic incoherence. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

@bspence5 ms spence: it is fine to criticize me, but at least get your facts right. i was not in favor of the 2003 iraq war, as my book "War of Necessity War of Choice" makes clear. And i was never a neocon as anyone who was or is would confirm.

#MSNow-still depending on @RichardHaass for analysis he one of the prominent neocons who was instrumental in the fiasco invasion #Irag-so called regime change-trillions of dollars spent for what? Same neocons ok with illegal war v #Iran.

13 reasons i am worried about what we have set in motion in Iran. as a rule, successful regime change is easier to call for than carry out, as iraq, afghanistan, & Libya all teach. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

When it comes to Iran, the US has an armada in search of a strategy. The SOTU did nothing to clarify our strategy or the necessity of confronting Iran at this moment. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…

The new Home & Away is up. A SOTU that did little to help the Potus, the Dems, or a divided country. It also failed to explain or justify why we are in the brink of conflict with Iran. open.substack.com/pub/richardhaa…