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Harvard Kennedy School Insight
Featured Interview: Joseph Nye
University Distinguished Service Professor
Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations
Smart Power:
“The next American president, whether it be Senator Obama or Senator McCain, will need to think in analogous terms – what policies should we change? what symbols should we promote? – so that [the U.S.] again stands for a hopeful picture of the future. Many of the recommendations made in the Soft Power Commission report would advance this ideal by suggesting a series of policies which would help us to become a more attractive member of a better world.”
