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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