It has been a tumultuous start to 2026 from Iran to Greenland and Venezuela.
A veteran diplomat who has worked for four US presidents, Richard Haass recently commented on X ,"The immediate crisis over Greenland seems to be over. But no one should think we are where we were. Doubts about this president & country are fast multiplying".
Haass was president of the Council on Foreign Relations for twenty years. He is a former director of policy planning for the United States Department of State and a close advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell in the George W. Bush administration. Haass also chaired negotiations in Northern Ireland that led to the Stormont Agreement.
He speaks with Mihingarangi Forbes about what recent events mean for geo-political stability and the prevailing world order.
President Donald Trump called for the US to take over Greenland from Denmark as a way of strengthening its arctic security. Photo: INA FASSBENDER/AFP
