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How a former diplomat makes sense of ‘A World in Disarray’

Season 2017 Episode 1009 | 6m 44s

In the new book "A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order," a former American diplomat takes a candid look at the state of international affairs. Margaret Warner talks to Richard Haass about what’s happened to the world since the end of the Cold War, and the challenges facing President Trump now.

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