The Future of Power
Feb 2011 · Hachette UK
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The Future of Power examines what it means to be forceful and effective in a world in which the traditional ideas of state power have been upended by technology, and rogue actors. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a longtime analyst of power and a hands-on practitioner in government, delivers a new power narrative that considers the shifts, innovations, bold technologies, and new relationships that are defining the twenty-first century. He shows how power resources are adapting to the digital age and how smart power strategies must include more than a country's military strength.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, unsurpassed in military strength and ownership of world resources, the United States was indisputably the most powerful nation in the world. Today, China, Russia, India, and others are increasing their share of world power resources. Information once reserved for the government is now available for mass consumption. The Internet has literally put power at the fingertips of nonstate agents, allowing them to launch cyberattacks from their homes. The cyberage has created a new power frontier among states, ripe with opportunity for developing countries. To remain at the pinnacle of world power, the United States must adopt a strategy that designed for a global information age.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, unsurpassed in military strength and ownership of world resources, the United States was indisputably the most powerful nation in the world. Today, China, Russia, India, and others are increasing their share of world power resources. Information once reserved for the government is now available for mass consumption. The Internet has literally put power at the fingertips of nonstate agents, allowing them to launch cyberattacks from their homes. The cyberage has created a new power frontier among states, ripe with opportunity for developing countries. To remain at the pinnacle of world power, the United States must adopt a strategy that designed for a global information age.
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Joseph S. Nye, Jr., is a University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and the former Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He served as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council and Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration. He is the author of several widely acclaimed books, including Soft Power, The Future of Power, The Power to Lead, Is the American Century Over?, Do Morals Matter: Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump, and most recently, his memoir A Life in the American Century. His writings also appear in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, the National Interest, and the Financial Times. Foreign Policy has named him one of the top 100 Global Thinkers.
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