Joseph Nye

Joseph S. Nye is University Distinguished Service Professor and former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Dr. Nye 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. He published The Powers to Lead in March 2008. In 2004, he published Soft Power: the Means to Success in World Politics; Understanding International Conflict (5th edition); and The Power Game: A Washington Novel. His latest book, The Future of Power was published in February, 2011. In a 2008 poll of international relations scholars, he was rated the sixth most influential over the past 20 years and the most influential on American foreign policy.  He received a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Princeton University, did postgraduate work at Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship, and earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University.

Brent Scowcroft

Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), is President of The Scowcroft Group, Inc., an international business advisory firm. General Scowcroft served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush. He also served as Military Assistant to President Nixon. Prior to joining the Bush administration, General Scowcroft was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. He has held numerous positions in the military and academia.  General Scowcroft currently serves as a Director of the Qualcomm Corporation. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. He also serves as a member of the U.S. Department of State’s International Security Advisory Board. He is President of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation and Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the Atlantic Council of the United States. He is also a Member of the Board of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.  General Scowcroft was born in Ogden, Utah. He received his undergraduate degree and commission into the Army Air Forces from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was recently recognized as a Distinguished Graduate. He received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University. He also is the recipient of various honorary degrees, including Doctor of National Security Affairs from National Defense University, Doctor of Humanities from the University of Utah and LHD from the College of William and Mary.