Joseph Nye

Joseph Samuel Nye Jr. (January 19, 1937 – May 6, 2025) was an American political scientist, writer and politician. He was born in South Orange, New Jersey. A neoliberal and Democrat, he is best known for his 1977 book Power and Interdependence and for his theories and explanations between soft and hard power in the international political scale. 

Nye was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for President Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1995. Before, he was Chair of the National Intelligence Council from 1993 to 1994.

Nye died on May 6, 2025 at a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 88.

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Other websites

 Personal website
 Column archive at Project Syndicate

 Joseph Nye on IAI TV

 Conversations with History interview  with Harry Krelsler at the UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies in April 1998

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