Positive
Walter Clemens,
The New York Journal of Books
Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis of our world—a valuable guide for every alert citizen as well as for scholars and students of international affairs.
Mixed
Mark Atwood Lawrence,
The New York Times Book Review
... a book amounting to International Affairs 101.
Positive
Kirkus
Haass takes a rather middle-of-the-road approach, trying to describe the mechanics of political science and global affairs in a way that provides context and perspective in writing that moves at a lively clip, both compact and inviting. Although he covers all the regions of the world, the lion’s share of the attention goes to, in descending order, Europe, North America, Asia, and everywhere else.
Mixed
Publishers Weekly
... [a] superficial primer on world affairs.