Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and
former Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He received his
bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Princeton University, won a Rhodes
Scholarship to Oxford, and earned a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard. He
has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs,
Chair of the National Intelligence Council, and a Deputy Under Secretary of
State. His most recent books include Do Morals Matter? and a memoir, A Life in
the American Century. 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. In 2011, Foreign Policy named
him one of the top 100 Global Thinkers, and in 2014, Japan awarded him the
Order of the Rising Sun. He is Co-Chair of the Aspen Strategy Group.
Joseph Nye
Aspen Strategy Group Co-Chair,
University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Kennedy School of Government