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23/05/2010

Smart power according to Joseph Nye is "the world today is neither unipolar, multipolar, nor chaotic – it is all three at the same time."

Joseph Nye, who coined the term soft power, updates his ideas for the 21st Century.

"The world is neither unipolar, multipolar, nor chaotic – it is all three at the same time. Thus a smart grand strategy must be able to handle very different distributions of power in different domains and understand the trade-offs between them."

Image opposite: What values are holding together military power, economic power and the power of the pen, on a 3D chess board by Emily Kasriel.

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55 minutes

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Sun 23 May 2010 08:05GMT

Chapters

  • Professor Joseph Nye

    Smart power in the 21st century.

    Duration: 16:46

  • 60 Second Idea to Change the World

    Dutch-born writer Ian Buruma suggests everyone should learn Dutch.

    Duration: 04:31

  • Helon Habila

    Oil, Nigeria’s curse or hope?

    Duration: 10:36

  • Ian Buruma

    Looking for shared values.

    Duration: 15:48

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 May 2010 08:05GMT

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