Joseph Nye

University Distinguished Service Professor
Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations
Visions of Governance in the 21st Century Project
Office Address
Taubman-162
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 124
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-1123
Fax: 617-496-3337
Email: joseph_nye@Harvard.Edu
Assistant
Jeanne Marasca (617-495-4537)
Joseph Nye

Profile

Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, is also the Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations and former Dean of the Kennedy School. He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Princeton University, did postgraduate work at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, and earned a PhD in political science from Harvard. 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. In 2004, he published Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics; Understanding International Conflict (5th edition); and The Power Game: A Washington Novel.

Courses

Fall Mod1

Fall

  • IGA-301 Leadership and 20th Century American Foreign Policy

Media Expertise

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Book Chapters
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Global World." Globalization. Ed. Barack Obama. Harvard University Press, 2008, 22-34.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Notes on a Soft Power Research Agenda." Power in World Politics. Ed. Felix Berenskoetter and M.J. Williams. Routledge, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The Place of Soft Power in State-Based Conflict Management." Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World. Ed. Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela R. Aall. U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2007, 389-400.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Soft Power and the Question of 'Americanisation.'" Cultural Politics in a Global Age: Uncertainty, Solidarity, and Innovation. Ed. David Held and Henrietta Moore. Oneworld Publications, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The Future of Power." War, Peace and Hegemony in a Globalized World: The Changing Balance of Power in the Twenty-First Century. Ed. Chandra Chari. Routledge, 2007.
  • Books
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. The Powers to Lead. Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Forum: Toward a Liberal Realist Foreign Policy - A Memo for the Next President." Harvard Magazine (March/April 2008).
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Tripoli Diarist: Big Tent." New Republic 237.11 (December 10, 2007): 56.
  • Op-Eds
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "'08's Emotional IQ Tests." Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Hillary and the Gender Wars." Newsweek International, May 15, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Future of Japan-U.S. Alliance." Korea Times, May 12, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "A Strategy to Promote Healthy Globalisation." Financial Times, May 4, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Leadership Skills and Management Ability." Korea Times, April 27, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Good Leaders Must Avoid 'Emperor's Trap.'" The New Straits Times, April 14, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Transformational Leaders Are Not Always Better." Christian Science Monitor, March 28, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Judging the Capacity to Govern." Boston Globe, March 14, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Will China Dominate the World?" Miami Herald, February 6, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Fear Factor in U.S.-China Relations." Financial Express, January 14, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Recovering America's 'Soft Power.'" Korea Times, December 18, 2007.
    • Armitage, Richard L., and Joseph S. Nye Jr. "Stop Getting Mad, America. Get Smart." Washington Post, December 9, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Don't Dismiss the Might of the U.N." Independent Financial Review, November 28, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The Impressive - But Limited - Soft Power of the United Nations." The Daily Star (Lebanon), November 14, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "U.S. Power Gains from Focusing on Global Public Goods." Daily Star (Beirut), September 24, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "America and Global Public Goods." Daily Times (Pakistan), September 12, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The Challenge of Energy Security." Project Syndicate, August 19, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The Different Dimensions of Global Energy Security." Daily Star (Lebanon), August 17, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Instability Has Damaged Turkey's International Standing." Project Syndicate, May 11, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Europe’s Power to Lead." The Korea Times, February 19, 2008.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Armitage, Richard L., and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. "CSIS Commission on Smart Power: A Smarter, More Secure America." The Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 2007.
  • Reviews
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "All Hail America?" Review of Are We Rome?, by Cullen Murphy. Washington Post, July 1, 2007: BW01.