President of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass speaks to us about the impact of the Coronavirus crisis and the government response from the international perspective - national security aspects, international cooperation and possible foreign hacking into vaccine studies, moderated by former Chairman and CEO of UBS America Robert Wolf.
President of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass speaks to us about the impact of the Coronavirus crisis and the government response from the international perspective - national security aspects, international cooperation and possible foreign hacking into vaccine studies, moderated by former Chairman and CEO of UBS America Robert Wolf.
Dr. Richard Haass is a veteran diplomat and a prominent voice on American foreign policy who is currently serving his seventeenth year as President of the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, think tank, publisher, and educational institution dedicated to being a resource to help people better understand the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.
Haass had previously served as the Director of Policy Planning under President Bush from 2001-2003. Dr. Haass also served as U.S. coordinator for policy toward the future of Afghanistan and U.S. envoy to the Northern Ireland peace process.
He has written numerous books and his most recent one, "The Wold: A Brief Introduction", is due to be released in mid-May.
Robert Wolf is the Founder of 32 Advisors, a holding company which includes the direct investing arm 32 Ventures, the bi-partisan economic insights platform Strategic Worldviews and the Flint, Michigan accelerator group 100K Ventures.
Prior to forming 32 Advisors, Robert spent 18 years at UBS, a global financial services firm. There he held several senior positions including Chairman and CEO of UBS Americas and President and Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Bank. He joined UBS in 1994 after spending 10 years at Salomon Brothers.
Robert held three Presidential appointments under President Obama; as a member of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board from 2009-2011, the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness from 2011-2013 and the Export Council from 2014-2016. In 2012 Robert was on the Homeland Security Advisory Council's Border Infrastructure Task Force.
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Make sure to check out the new book by Richard Haass, "The World: A Brief Introduction".
The World is designed to provide readers of any age and experience with the essential background and building blocks they need to make sense of this complicated and interconnected world. It will empower them to manage the flood of daily news. Readers will become more informed, discerning citizens, better able to arrive at sound, independent judgments. While it is impossible to predict what the next crisis will be or where it will originate, those who read The World will have what they need to understand its basics and the principal choices for how to respond.
The book has received tremendous praise since it came out in mid-May 2020.
Available on Amazon.