Guest: Joseph S. Nye, Jr. — University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and author of The Paradox of American Power: Why the World’s Only Superpower Can’t Go it Alone and Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics.

Guest’s Biography & Publications

Host: Mahesha Subbaraman — A high school Lincoln-Douglas debate coach in Minnesota, an Amherst College graduate, the founder/owner of Trinity Briefs, and creator of Colloquy.

Topic Discussed: Have US policies established after September 11, 2001 substantially reduced the risk of terrorist acts against the United States?

Sources Cited During Interview:

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates — Landon Lecture @ Kansas State University
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. — The Powers to Lead (Book)

Length: 21 min.