Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service
Professor, Emeritus and former Dean of the Harvard's Kennedy School of
Government. He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from
Princeton University,won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, 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. His most recent
books include The Power to Lead; The Future of Power; Presidential
Leadership and the Creation of the American Era; and Is the American
Century Over. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, the British Academy, and the American Academy of Diplomacy. In
a recent survey of international relations scholars, he was ranked as
the most influential scholar on American foreign policy, and in 2011,
Foreign Policy named him one of the top 100 Global Thinkers.
Affiliations
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School