Richard Haass Is Unhappy

Chris, Melanie, and Zack return to discuss Richard Haass’s
critique of “Washington’s new flawed foreign policy consensus.”
The Council on Foreign Relations president laments the bipartisan
turn away from the mostly internationalist spirit that has
informed U.S. foreign policy since the end of the World War II.


Is he right? Does such a consensus exist? And does that explain
why successive U.S. presidents seem so skeptical of
internationalism? The three also try to discern what Haass favors
as an alternative, but conclude that dissatisfaction with the
current direction of U.S. foreign policy doesn’t easily translate
into specific and implantable policies.


Grievances for Katherine Tai for an underwhelming speech on U.S.
trade policy, for Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley for holding up
ambassadorial appointments, and to those who harassed Sen.
Kyrsten Sinema — in the restroom! — for being … jerks.


Attagirl to Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa who braved abuse
and intimidation for uncovering corruption and misrule in the
Philippines and elsewhere. Chris gives a shout out to Reps. Jim
McGovern and Peter Meijer for introducing legislation to rein in
executive power, and Melanie praises the developers at
GlaxoSmithKline for their life-saving new malaria vaccine. She
also gives a special shout out to her nephew Zack and his Utah
state champion golf team at Long Peak High School.


Links:


Richard Haass, “The Age of America First: Washington’s
Flawed New Foreign Policy Consensus,” Foreign Affairs,
November/December 2021,
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-09-29/biden-trump-age-america-first.


Richard Haass, “What Mike Pompeo doesn’t understand about China,
Richard Nixon and U.S. foreign policy,” Washington Post, July 25,
2020,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/25/what-mike-pompeo-doesnt-understand-about-china-richard-nixon-us-foreign-policy/.


 


New American Engagement Initiative Annual Student
Competition,
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/scowcroft-center-for-strategy-and-security/new-american-engagement-initiative/naei-annual-student-competition/.


New American Engagement Initiative Future Foreign Policy series
with Rep. Joaquin Castro, Monday, Oct. 18 at 3:30 pm,
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/future-foreign-policy-series-featuring-rep-joaquin-castro/.


“America is shorthanded in foreign affairs. Thanks, Ted Cruz,”
Washington Post, Oct. 10,
2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/10/america-is-shorthanded-foreign-affairs-thanks-ted-cruz/.


Ankit Panda Twitter,
https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1447366126447570946?s=12.


Apoorva Mandavilli, "A 'Historic Event': First Malaria Vaccine
Approved by WHO," New York Times, Oct. 6,
2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/health/malaria-vaccine-who.html. 


Connor O’Brien, “Lawmakers aim for blockbuster overhaul of war
powers, arms sales,” POLITICO, Sept. 30,
2021, https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/30/war-powers-act-bipartisan-overhaul-514794.


Dina Smeltz, Ivo Daalder, Karl Friedhoff, Craig Kafura, and Emily
Sullivan, "A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class--What Americans
Think," Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Oct.
2021, https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/ccs2021_fpmc_0.pdf.


Peggy Noonan, "Progressives Hold the Capital Captive," Wall
Street Journal, Oct. 7,
2021, https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-progressives-aoc-squad-sinema-reconciliation-infrastructure-lbj-approval-polling-11633643510. 


Tyler Haslam, "High School Golf: Kihei Akina Leads Lone Peak
Knights to 8th State Title in 9 Years," Deseret News, Oct. 5,
2021, https://www.deseret.com/2021/10/5/22708095/high-school-golf-kihei-akina-leads-lone-peak-knighs-to-8th-state-title-in-9-years-6a-uhsaa.