Joseph Nye

University Distinguished Service Professor
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

  • ISP-105M Introduction to International Relations Theory and Practice

Fall

  • PAL-128 Leadership and Ethics in 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:

  • Academic Journals
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Transformational Leadership and U.S. Grand Strategy." Foreign Affairs 85.4 (July/August 2006): 139-148.
  • Book Chapters
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The Challenge of China." How to Make America Safe: New Policies for National Security. Ed. Stephen Van Evera. Tobin Project, 2006.
    • 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.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Transformation is Hard." TIME (July 17, 2006): 29.
  • Op-Eds
    • 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. "American Foreign Policy After Iraq." Chronicle of Higher Education, 53.47, July 27, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "We Have Met the Flawed United Nations, and It Is Us." The Daily Star (Lebanon), July 20, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Does the U.N. Still Matter?" Financial Express (India), July 13, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Japan's Valued Role in Promoting Public Goods." Asahi Shimbun (Japan), June 14, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Bargaining with Russia to Contain Iran." Boston Globe, June 8, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Instability Has Damaged Turkey's International Standing." Project Syndicate, May 11, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Franco-American Ties Will Improve after the French Vote." Daily Star (Lebanon), April 14, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Unipolar Disorder No More: U.S. Can't Go it Alone on Anything." Boston Herald, March 19, 2007.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "American Foreign Policy After Iraq." San Francisco Chronicle, March 14, 2007: B-9.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Europe’s Power to Lead." The Korea Times, February 19, 2008.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The Long View on China, Political Islam, and American Power." Financial Times, February 16, 2007.
  • 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.
    • Armitage, Richard L., and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. "The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Getting Asia Right Through 2020." Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), February 2007.
  • Reviews
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Smart Power: In Search of the Balance Between Hard and Soft Power." Review of Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security, by Kurt M. Campbell and Michael E. O'Hanlon. Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, 2 Fall 2006.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "On Not Going it Alone: A Leadership Role for America in a World Without Governance." Review of The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World’s Government in the 21st Century, by Michael Mandelbaum. Harvard Magazine, 108.6 July-August 2006.
    • Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "All Hail America?" Review of Are We Rome?, by Cullen Murphy. Washington Post, July 1, 2007: BW01.