Word: nye
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...panel titled "Rebuilding a Civil Society: Is Government the Friend or Enemy?" was moderated by Dean of the Kennedy School Joseph S. Nye...
...Nye could not be reached for comment, while Neustadt and Polsby were out of the country...
...Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye, who was then Dillon professor of international affairs and chair of the Center for Science and International Affairs, was a member of the tenure committee that eventually recommended that Orren be promoted to full professor...
Last year Joseph Nye, who has since retired as Assistant Secretary of Defense, warned, "If you treat China as an enemy, China will become an enemy." A containment policy such as the one the U.S. used to hem in Moscow, says Perry, "could actually undermine our security, because a China that feels encircled is quite unlikely to cooperate on vital U.S. security interests. Containment could create those security problems. It could push China to accelerate its defense modernization, which would contribute to a regional arms race, increasing the likelihood of military conflict in hot spots like Taiwan, the Spratly Islands...
While the U.S. acknowledges that the island is part of China, it is also pledged to view an attack on it with "grave concern"--a purposely ambiguous statement that not only angers America's containment advocates but also frustrates Beijing. When Chinese officials felt out Nye in late 1995 about a U.S. reaction if China were to threaten Taiwan, he told them, "Nobody knows." In a later interview with TIME, he elaborated, saying, "There's less ambiguity here than meets the eye. But we don't want either side to rock the boat. We don't want Taiwan to declare...