Joseph Nye Audio & Video

A conversation with former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Harvard professor Joseph Nye.

In the 16th century, control of colonies and gold bullion gave Spain the edge; 17th-century Netherlands profited from trade and finance; 18th-century France gained from its larger population, while 19th-century British power rested on its primacy in the Industrial Revolution and its navy.

Joseph Nye says, "In the information age, the mark of a great power is not just whose army wins, but also whose story wins." This talk includes his thoughts on China, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran, and more.

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard's Joseph S. Nye, Jr., for a discussion of his new book, "The Future of Power." Nye offers a typology of power and explains the importance of a strategy shaped by an intelligent assessment of context and resources.

Historian and diplomat Joseph Nye gives us the 30,000-foot view of the shifts in power between China and the US, and the global implications as economic, political and "soft" power shifts and moves around the globe.

Madeleine Albright, discusses her new book, Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership with Harvard University Professor Joseph Nye.

The series examines how concepts like the balance of power and the international system interweave with history.

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Dean of the Kennedy School at Harvard for a discussion of his distinguished career in the university and in public service.

Joe: Political science has become irrelevant to actual politics. Should scholars just stay in their ivory towers?