Joseph S. Nye Jr has been one of the most brilliant and influential international relations scholars of his generation and one of the few academics to have served at the very highest levels of US government. Power in the Global Information Age collects together many of his key writings for the first time as well as some important new material and an important concluding essay which examines the relevance of international relations in practical policymaking. This book includes: America’s post-Cold War role in international affairs hard and soft power; the ethics of foreign policy; interdependence; the information revolution; globalization; governance; terrorism