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Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Writing for PS since 2002
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3 videos & podcasts

Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a professor at Harvard University and a former US assistant secretary of defense, is the author, most recently, of Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump (Oxford University Press, 2020).

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  1. Popping China’s Balloon
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    Popping China’s Balloon

    Mar 2, 2023 Joseph S. Nye, Jr. explains how the United States should, and should not, be thinking about its main geopolitical rival.

  2. Japan’s Strategic Imperative
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    Japan’s Strategic Imperative

    Feb 2, 2023 Joseph S. Nye, Jr. sees the country doubling down on its best option for ensuring national security and regional stability.

  3. Peak China?
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    Peak China?

    Jan 3, 2023 Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers the country’s long-term prospects of competing with America following its latest stumbles.

  4. A Diplomatic Winter?
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    A Diplomatic Winter?

    Dec 12, 2022 Oscar Arias, et al. consider what the events of 2022 say about the future of peacemaking and diplomacy.

  5. War Over Taiwan?
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    War Over Taiwan?

    Dec 2, 2022 Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers whether a deterrence arrangement that has worked for 50 years is still sufficient.

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    Artificial Idiocy

    Slavoj Žižek

    The problem with the new chatbots is not just that they are often stupid and naive; it is that they are not “stupid” or “naive” enough to pick up on the nuances, ironies, and revealing contradictions that constitute human culture and communication. Worse, by relying on them, we risk succumbing to the same obtuseness.

     fears that the rise of powerful chatbots will spell the death of irony and nuance in human thought.
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    Localizing Development Research

    Julia Kaufman & Jane Kabubo-Mariara explain why funders should be providing more long-term resources to researchers in developing countries.
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    The Simplest Fix for Banking

    Jan Eeckhout

    Following the latest banking crisis, monetary authorities should seriously consider how modern digital technologies could be used to avert such problems in the future. A central bank digital currency would both eliminate many barriers to financial transactions and end the risk of bank runs once and for all.

     explains how central bank digital currencies would end bank runs and banks' excessive risk-taking.
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    America’s Interest in Ending the Ukraine Crisis

    Brahma Chellaney explains why prolonging the conflict risks realizing the West’s worst geopolitical nightmare.
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    America’s Industrial Policy Is Counterproductive

    Anne O. Krueger laments that the Biden administration is adding red tape to an inefficient subsidy program.
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    Who Gets Squeezed by Austerity?

    Christy Braham urges governments to reject calls for budget cuts and invest in the welfare of billions of vulnerable workers.
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    America’s Financial Regulatory System Is Still Broken

    Howard Davies laments that the post-2008 Dodd-Frank reforms left in place a framework riddled with structural shortcomings.
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    The Water Crisis Is a Vital Investment Opportunity

    Ambroise Fayolle & Henk Ovink calls for new thinking about how we value the planet’s most important natural resource.
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    PS Events: What Economics Is Missing

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