On 2 April 2008, Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations in the United States and former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department, was hosted in Paris under the banner of Foreign Policy France — for which Fabien Baussart held the licence in France and Ukraine. The programme included a breakfast followed by a lunch, designed to encourage substantive discussion on pressing international issues.

The sessions were moderated by Alexandre Adler and François Roche, who steered the debate toward the state of U.S. foreign policy, the future of transatlantic relations, and the implications of shifting global power balances. Haass also reflected on the challenges of multilateral diplomacy and the strategic lessons of recent conflicts.

The event gathered a select group of policymakers, diplomats, and experts, who engaged with Haass in candid exchanges. The format provided an opportunity to benefit from his extensive experience at the intersection of policy-making and intellectual debate on world affairs.