But as we navigate the coronavirus, countries seem to be moving in the exact, opposite direction. Haass’ new book makes the case effectively for the need for international solutions to global problems. One of America’s truly global voices, Haass is the author or editor of fourteen books on U.S.
player in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, and South Asia. Haass is a veteran diplomat and global policy expert. His new book, The World: A Brief Introduction, provides a window into foreign relations of the present and future. Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Altamar to discuss the features of a post-coronavirus world. The ripple effects of COVID-19 will blur the world as we knew it and change global trade, politics, and economics. The health pandemic has laid bare global disparities and the vacuum of international leadership while, at the same time, it has accelerated nationalist and authoritarian trends. But the world we knew is already a thing of the past. The coronavirus has exposed the weaknesses of today’s world order – what will global trade, politics and policy look like after COVID-19?Īfter months of quarantines, some countries are beginning to shift out of confinement. Guest: Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations
