Frequent morning joe contributor and our fearless leader, president of the nonpartisan council on Foreign Relations in 2003 but today we are here to listen to Richard Haass the prolific author and academic who had come out with another book entitled not very ambitiously, slightly ambitiously the world a brief introduction, in about 300 pages. He calls it a departure from his previous books. I want to start because it was only after you turned in the manuscript that the world was confronted by the covid19 pandemic and in the two months since that happened this crisis has highlighted so many of the themes and concepts you tackle in the book so i want to ask outright what does the pandemic tell us about the world right now . Guest thank you for doing this and thanks to everyone on this call. I hope everybody is well and safe as we all get through this one day at a time, one groundhog day at a time. But i think the pandemic tells us first and foremost that the world matters. A member of th
Richard wears many hats. Of ambassador. And the future of afghanistan. Frequent morning joe contributor and of course our fearless leader the president of non counsel for relations. We are listening to Richard Haass the author and academic who has just come out with yet another book the world a brief history. He calls it a little bit of a departure. I want to start richard because it was only after you turned in the manuscript that the world was confronted by the covid19 pandemic and in the roughly two months since that happened they had highlighted so many of the teams in concepts. What does the pandemic tell us what is the pandemic tell us about the world right now. Thanks also to everyone on this call. Needless to say i hope everybody is well. As we all get through this one day at a time when groundhog day at a time. What i think the pandemic tells us first and foremost is that the world matters and that is an obvious thing for member of the council on foreign relations. The world m
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Because of the announcement last week by richard haas, richard has been privileged to know that what a difference his leadership has made for 20 years. You came here with a mandate to modernize and while renewing the councils mission to bring the best minds together to make the world safer, you have placed the Climate Crisis at the center of your new initiatives. I think you and many people thank you for that. Among all of the center for gold forces of the past year, all vying to pull world apart in ways, the Climate Crisis still looms largest as the issue that will change life. That may sound grandiose, but it is no exaggeration. Existential means existential. It demands that we all Work Together because no country can resolve this crisis by itself. Resolve this crisis by itself. So its especially appropriate to be here, just 12 days before the gavel is going to come down at the cop 27 and with it, a major accountability moment on this urgent issue. Each of these 12 days before we gat
The best minds together to make the world safer or new initiatives and many people thank you for that. Among all of these shin trickle forces of these last 20 years, all flying to pull the world apart by a ways Climate Crisis still lose largest as the issue that will change life. That may sound grandiose, but it is no exaggeration. Existential means existential. It demands that we all Work Together because no country can resolve this crisis by itself. So its especially appropriate to be here, just 12 days before the gavel is going to come down at the cop 27 and with it, a major accountability moment on this urgent issue. Each of these 12 days before we gather together in egypt, our days to pull together the remaining friends of potential progress. It might surprise some people to hear that even in this year, political turmoil and testing, the Global Climate fight has pushed on stepbystep, mile by mile, not just in the weeks leading up to the cop. Even if the work was off the front page