Richard Haass

WDB Lecture Series

Richard Haass

The Future of American Democracy
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Elkins Auditorium | 5 PM

Dr. Richard Haass is in his twentieth year as president of the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served in the State Department under Presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, at the White House under George H.W. Bush, and the Pentagon during the Carter administration. He was US envoy to the Cyprus negotiations and the Northern Ireland peace process, and after 9/11 was US coordinator for the future of Afghanistan.

Dr. Haass is the author or editor of fourteen books on American foreign policy and one book on management. His latest New York Times Bestseller, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, was released in January 2023 and is a provocative guide to how we must re-envision citizenship if American democracy is to survive.

A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Haass holds a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College, the doctorate of philosophy degree from Oxford University, and numerous honorary degrees. He is as well the recipient of the State Department's Distinguished Honor Award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, and the Tipperary International Peace Award. Dr. Haass was born in Brooklyn and lives in New York City.

This is a joint event with the President's Speaker Series.

Access to the recording of this event is available via WaveNet. Please contact leslie.seah@pepperdine.edu. Also note that this is available only up to December 7, 2023.