ABSTRACT

One of the most brilliant and influential international relations scholars of his generation, Joseph S. Nye Jr. is one of the few academics to have served at the very highest levels of US government. This volume collects together many of his key writings for the first time as well as new material, and an important concluding essay which examines the relevance of international relations in practical policymaking.

This book addresses:

* America's post-Cold War role in international affairs
* the ethics of foreign policy
* the information revolution
* terrorism.

chapter 1|10 pages

Hard and soft power

part |2 pages

Part 1 The power and limits of realism

chapter 2|8 pages

Old wars and future wars

Causation and prevention

chapter 3|14 pages

Neorealism and neoliberalism

chapter 4|16 pages

Conflicts after the Cold War

part |2 pages

Part 2 America’s hard and soft power

chapter 5|15 pages

The changing nature of world power

chapter 6|13 pages

Soft power

chapter 8|6 pages

The new Rome meets the new barbarians

part |2 pages

PART 3 Ideas and morality

chapter 10|30 pages

The ethics of foreign policy

chapter 11|6 pages

NPT: the logic of inequality

part |2 pages

Part 4 Interdependence, globalization, and governance

part |2 pages

Part 5 Praxis and theory

chapter 17|8 pages

Essay on career choice