The Future of American Power
It is currently fashionable to predict a decline in the United States' power. But the United States is not in absolute decline.
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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. His recent books include Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, Understanding International Conflicts (7th edition), The Power Game: A Washington Novel, and The Powers to Lead. He is based in Cambridge, MA.
It is currently fashionable to predict a decline in the United States' power. But the United States is not in absolute decline.
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Joseph S. Nye Jr. discusses the U.S. military base in Okinawa and the U.S. alliance with Japan.
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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.
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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.
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