THOUGHT LEADERS
Of Might and Right
Joseph S. Nye
Is nuclear proliferation inevitable? Is the war on terror over? Can China’s bid to be a great power be managed? Is culture as powerful a weapon as a fleet of B-1 bombers? Will Europe ever forge a common identity and defense policy? Does American power have a grand strategy to assure its survival? Can the UN be made more relevant?
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China’s Bad Bet Against America
Joseph S. Nye Series: Of Might and Right 
2010-03-10Chinese-American relations are, once again, in a downswing, in part because of China's overconfidence in foreign policy, combined with insecurity in domestic affairs. This is represents a serious miscalculation on China's part, one that previous generations of Chinese leaders would never have allowed to occur.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 3769
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The New Public Diplomacy
Joseph S. Nye Series: Of Might and Right
2010-02-10
The world of traditional power politics was typically about whose military or economy would win. In today’s information age, however, politics is also about whose “story” wins: governments compete with each other and with other organizations to enhance their own credibility and weaken that of their opponents.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 2 Read: 4968
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Is Military Power Becoming Obsolete?
Joseph S. Nye Series: Of Might and Right
2010-01-11When people speak of military power, they tend to think in terms of the resources that underlie the hard-power behavior of fighting and threatening to fight – soldiers, tanks, planes, ships, and so forth. But in today’s world, there is much more to military resources than guns and battalions, and more to using them than fighting or threatening to fight.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 5570
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Testing Obama’s Foreign Policy
Joseph S. Nye Series: Of Might and Right
2009-12-10
Approaching the end of his first year as president, Barack Obama has taken a bold step in deciding to increase the number of American troops in Afghanistan to over 100,000. He must know that Afghanistan will be the major test according to which future historians will grade his foreign policy.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 5800
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South Korea’s Growing Soft Power
Joseph S. Nye Series: Of Might and Right
2009-11-10If geography is destiny, South Korea was dealt a weak hand, and it has had a difficult history of developing sufficient "hard" military power to defend itself. But South Korea has the economic and cultural resources to produce significant soft power, allowing it to design a foreign policy that will give it a larger role in global governance.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 2 Read: 5783
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Obama’s Nuclear Agenda
Joseph S. Nye Series: Of Might and Right 2009-10-12
The announcement of a secret uranium enrichment facility located on a military base in Iran has sharpened President Barack Obama’s efforts to place nuclear proliferation issues at the top of the world agenda. 2010 will be a critical year for those efforts, not least because the US Senate may be asked to ratify two crucial treaties aimed at nuclear arms reduction and banning weapons tests.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 4257
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American Power in the Twenty-First Century
Joseph S. Nye Series: Of Might and Right 2009-09-10The problem of American power in the twenty-first century is not one of decline, but of recognizing that even the most powerful country cannot achieve its aims without the help of others. In this sense, power becomes a positive sum game.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 6760
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The Making of Great Communicators
Joseph S. Nye Series: Of Might and Right 2009-08-10
Inspirational leaders must communicate effectively, but public rhetoric is only one form that effective communication takes. Some leaders, like Mahatma Gandhi, become revered because they have mastered the use of symbols, while others are effective because their behavior sets a compelling example for others to follow.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 6719
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Will the US-Japan Alliance Survive?
Joseph S. Nye Series: Of Might and Right 2009-07-10Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the US-Japan Security Treaty, a central feature of stability in East Asia for half a century. But now, with the Japanese experiencing domestic political uncertainty, and North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile launches increasing their anxiety, will Japan reverse its long-standing decision not to seek its own nuclear-deterrent capability?... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 7303
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