A good man in Washington

摘要

Richard haass is a good man. Thoughtful, intelligent, scholarly and often even wise, he is usually persuasive about foreign policy, both in its formulation and in its execution. He understands that the world is complex and that issues have to be seen in context. But he sees the big picture, too. He can recognise a despot, and the occasions when despotism has to be checked, by force if necessary. Yet he also believes in diplomacy, multilateralism and the United Nations. He is, in short, just the sort of man who should be running America's foreign policy.