RIP, indeed. I am sorry to hear of Joe Nye’s passing. He succeeded in contributing new ideas that changed the way we think about the world and building institutions with the Kennedy School, while also giving generously as a friend and colleague. We worked together most closely during the first two decades of this century, particularly when I was a new dean. His counsel and support were greatly appreciated gifts.
Professor Drezner, are there any government positions (in the right circumstances) you would consider taking for the opportunity to translate your academic research into policymaking?
Once I thought I might be a persistent student of international relations—a lower division class in community college, two U.S. foreign policy, a Soviet IR, and a course entitled War, Peace, and Arms Control at UCLA. The latter course was taught by a triple headed professoriate, including Jervis, the youngest of the three. The other two were East European emigres, Korbonski and Kolkowicz (spelling?). It was the spring of 1975. I remember a militant response from many students, probably including me, after the Mayaguez was attacked. We were also indulged with a computer simulation involving our participation in teams of soft, moderate, and hardliners (USSR, China, and U.S.) and an international incident potentially provoking war. All so Cold War—I remember thinking that many of my peers seemed rather juvenile in their approach, running through the halls and treating it more as a future generation would like as a video game. The impression stuck with me. A decade later in grad school a seminar in IR, which I reluctantly took, introduced me to Thucydides, a worthwhile read and lasting one. Anyway you sent me down a memory hole.
"This is a moment when the wise counsel of Joe Nye would have been valuable. He will be missed."
The notion that anybody in the tRump regime — including Himself — would have taken counsel from Nye is risible on its face. These people are the very epitome of anti-internationalism, dead-sure in their convictions, and are ideologically blind to the relationships with the ROW championed by Joe Nye.
Nye had previously denounced tRump's actions as destructive of US "soft power", and realized himself that that era of US foreign policy has been consigned to the rubbish tip, full stop.
RIP, indeed. I am sorry to hear of Joe Nye’s passing. He succeeded in contributing new ideas that changed the way we think about the world and building institutions with the Kennedy School, while also giving generously as a friend and colleague. We worked together most closely during the first two decades of this century, particularly when I was a new dean. His counsel and support were greatly appreciated gifts.
"The soft stuff is the hard stuff". Nye will be greatly missed.
Professor Drezner, are there any government positions (in the right circumstances) you would consider taking for the opportunity to translate your academic research into policymaking?
When the democrats inevitably get back in power 😎
Once I thought I might be a persistent student of international relations—a lower division class in community college, two U.S. foreign policy, a Soviet IR, and a course entitled War, Peace, and Arms Control at UCLA. The latter course was taught by a triple headed professoriate, including Jervis, the youngest of the three. The other two were East European emigres, Korbonski and Kolkowicz (spelling?). It was the spring of 1975. I remember a militant response from many students, probably including me, after the Mayaguez was attacked. We were also indulged with a computer simulation involving our participation in teams of soft, moderate, and hardliners (USSR, China, and U.S.) and an international incident potentially provoking war. All so Cold War—I remember thinking that many of my peers seemed rather juvenile in their approach, running through the halls and treating it more as a future generation would like as a video game. The impression stuck with me. A decade later in grad school a seminar in IR, which I reluctantly took, introduced me to Thucydides, a worthwhile read and lasting one. Anyway you sent me down a memory hole.
"This is a moment when the wise counsel of Joe Nye would have been valuable. He will be missed."
The notion that anybody in the tRump regime — including Himself — would have taken counsel from Nye is risible on its face. These people are the very epitome of anti-internationalism, dead-sure in their convictions, and are ideologically blind to the relationships with the ROW championed by Joe Nye.
Nye had previously denounced tRump's actions as destructive of US "soft power", and realized himself that that era of US foreign policy has been consigned to the rubbish tip, full stop.
I think it is not the "D" team but the "F" team.
RIP. Led me to reflect on when you invited grad student me to a panel with him! And how we might take his intellectual legacy into the future.
https://bespokehumancontent.substack.com/p/after-hegemony-ii-complex-interdependence
How sad that his last days were filled with news of the US' descent into the abyss
Not just a thought leader but a true public intellectual. I guess he’s going to be on my reading list!