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...soft power in the eyes of his following,” he said. Nye criticized the military for trying to create soft power when personnel tried to bribe the Iraqi press to print stories praising Americans. “This squandered one of the greatest resources for soft power??durability,” he said. “The role of the military should be to do what it does well.” Fick, who served as a marine before starting at the KSG in 2003, said soft power is important when dealing with counterterrorism...
...United States should aim to use less military force and more “soft power?? in its foreign policy, a Carter and Clinton administration diplomat told students and faculty at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night. Richard N. Gardner ’48, who served as ambassador to Italy and Spain, discussed his political philosophy and related his experiences in a conversation with University Distinguished Service Professor Joseph S. Nye of the Kennedy School of Government, Gardner made the case for a return to President Carter’s foreign policy approach, which focused...
...interrogate suspects—not because University Hall wills it to be so, but because they are recognized police under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and its officers are deputized by the Middlesex and Suffolk County sheriffs and the colonel of the state police. If HUPD seeks this extra power??which few other campus police offficers enjoy—it is only fair that they accept the reporting responsibilities when they swear allegiance to uphold the Constitution of the Commonwealth and not simply the policies of the University. HUPD and the University’s Office of General Counsel...
...regard to the hostile relations between the U.S. and Iran over Iran’s possible development of nuclear weapons, he said that both nations must work together to address their grievances in a productive way. ElBaradei also emphasized the need for countries to use “soft power?? to achieve their political goals. “We need to exhaust all options before force,” ElBaradei said. “I am a strong believer in soft power.” Although he has frequently clashed with the Bush administration, which supports producing nuclear...
Harvard University received a Green Power Award last week for its policies toward renewable energy. The University is the 18th largest national purchaser and the second largest university purchaser of green power??electricity generated from environmentally friendly renewable energy sources. Nine percent of Harvard’s electricity comes from renewable energy, said Mary H. Smith, manager of energy supply and utility administration at Harvard. In addition to Harvard, the award was given to 28 other organizations by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions. But the chair...