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Iraq: Where Do We Go From Here?

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?Iraq: Where Do We Go From Here??

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

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The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is proud to host a Directors’ Seminar with Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations and former Director of Policy Planning at the Department of State, on Thursday, October 12th.

Haass was appointed President of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in June of 2003; prior to this he was Director of Policy Planning at the Department of State, where he was a principal advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell on a broad range of foreign policy concerns.  Confirmed by the U.S. Senate to hold the rank of ambassador, Haass served as U.S. Coordinator of policy for the future of Afghanistan and was the lead U.S. Government official in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. 

Ambassador Haass has extensive additional government experience.  From 1989-1993, he was Special Assistant to President George Bush and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs on the staff of the National Security Council.  Previously, he served in various posts in the Departments of State (1981-85) and Defense (1979-80) and was a legislative aide in the U.S. Senate.

Haass is the author or editor of ten books on American foreign policy.  His most recent book is, The Opportunity: America's Moment to Alter History's Course. He has been awarded the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award and the Presidential Citizens Medal for contributions to the development and articulation of U.S. policy during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Dr. Haass has been Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution, the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Studies at Hamilton College, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.  A Rhodes Scholar, Haass holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and both the Master and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University.