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Remembering political scientist Joseph Nye

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM HST

Joseph Nye Jr. — one of the world’s leading thinkers on the nature of power and international relations — died this week at the age of 88.

Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary and Harvard University professor, joins us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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