Joseph Nye

American Power and the 2004 Campaign

America’s presidential election campaign is heating up, and with it the debate about American power. A year ago, after the blitz victory in the four-week Iraq War, many people thought the issue was settled. But the subsequent difficulties in Iraq—and in America’s foreign relations more generally—have placed that topic at the heart of the election campaign.

(Project Syndicate, March 17, 2004)