The Future of Power

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Power evolves. At the beginning of the 21st century, unsurpassed in military strength and ownership of world resources, the United States was undisputedly the most powerful nation in the world. But the global information age is creating new opportunities for developing countries to increase their share of world resources and security threats such as cyber terrorism that render these traditional markers of power obsolete. To remain at the pinnacle of world power, the United States must adopt a strategy that considers the impact of the internet on power resources across the world. Here, Nye, a longtime analyst of power and a hands-on practitioner in government, examines what it means to be powerful in the 21st century and illuminates the road ahead...