Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

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Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Joseph Nye is University Distinguished Service Professor and former Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Chair of the National Intelligence Council, and Deputy Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology. Recent books include Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, Understanding International Conflicts (7^th edition), The Power Game: A Washington Novel, and The Powers to Lead. He is based in Cambridge, Mass.

Publications

2010

January 6, 2010

NYT: An Alliance Larger Than One Issue

Author:	Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Must Read

Joseph S. Nye, Jr. discusses the U.S. military base in Okinawa and the U.S. alliance with Japan.

See more in Japan, Defense Strategy, Public Diplomacy

2009

New York, NY, May 12, 2009

Financial Turbulence and U.S. Power, Session One

Speakers:	Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor and Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Philip D. Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia
Presider:	Richard Medley, Chairman, Medley Capital Management

Transcript

A Council on Foreign Relations meeting on "The Global Consequences of the Crisis" and Session One in the Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics on Financial Turbulence and U.S. Power.

See more in United States, Financial Crises

February 26, 2009

What Matters: Shaping the Future

Author:	Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Must Read

In pondering the geopolitical landscape three decades from now, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. looks at the forces shaping the world and suggests how the United States might plan for the future.

See more in Society and Culture, Grand Strategy

2006

July/August 2006

Transformational Leadership and U.S. Grand Strategy

Author:	Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Foreign Affairs Article — Summary

See more in Presidency

2005

April 7, 2005

Moral Choices and Foreign Policy: A Discussion (audio)

Speaker:	Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Author, The Power Game: A Washington Novel

Audio

See more in Society and Culture, U.S. Strategy and Politics

April 7, 2005

Moral Choices and Foreign Policy: A Discussion

Speaker:	Joseph S. Nye, Jr., distinguished service professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; author, "The Power Game: a Washington Novel"

Transcript

2004

July 28, 2004

Democratic National Convention 2004: Council on Foreign Relations Foreign Policy Discussion

Speakers:	Graham T. Allison, director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University Elizabeth C. Economy, director and senior fellow, Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Alex Jones, director, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Sultan of Oman professor of international relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Benn Steil, acting director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, and Andre Meyer senior fellow in international economics, Council on Foreign Relations
Introductory Speakers:	Walter Shorenstein, founder, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University William J. Perry, professor, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; former United States secretary of defense (1994-97)

Speakers:

Graham T. Allison, director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

Elizabeth C. Economy, director and senior fellow, Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Alex Jones, director, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University

Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Sultan of Oman professor of international relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Benn Steil, acting director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, and Andre Meyer senior fellow in international economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Introductory Speakers:

Walter Shorenstein, founder, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University

William J. Perry, professor, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; former United States secretary of defense (1994-97)

Transcript

See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics

May/June 2004

The Decline of America's Soft Power

Author:	Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Foreign Affairs Article — Summary

See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Media and Public Opinion

April 12, 2004

Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics

Speaker:	Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; author, "Soft Power"

Transcript

See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics

2003

September 25, 2003

The U.S. National Security Strategy: A Debate

Transcript

See more in Defense Strategy

July/August 2003

U.S. Power and Strategy After Iraq

Author:	Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Foreign Affairs Article — Summary

See more in Iraq

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