Professor Joseph Nye at the Oxford Martin School

Professor Joseph Nye at the Blavatnik School of Government

Professor, Harvard Kennedy School

Joseph S Nye Jr, University Distinguished Service Professor, and former Dean of the Harvard's Kennedy School
of Government.

He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Princeton University, won a Rhodes Scholarship to
Oxford University, and earned a PhD in political science from Harvard. He has served as Assistant Secretary of
Defense for International Security Affairs, Chair of the National Intelligence Council, and Deputy Under
Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology.

His most recent books include The Power to Lead, The Future of Power, and Presidential Leadership and the
Creation of the American Era. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British
Academy, and the American Academy of Diplomacy. In a recent survey of international relations scholars, he
was ranked as the most influential scholar on American foreign policy. In 2011, Foreign Policy named him one
of the top 100 Global  Thinkers.

Welcome speech: an abriged version from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eqFO3zU3vo

Good evening every one and a very warm welcome to the Oxford Martin School, I am Ian....,
I am the director of the school. It is an enormous pleasure this evening to be welcoming
members of the Oxford International Relations Society and other friends to the Oxford
Martin school, and particularly to be welcoming Prof. Joe Stiglitz, who is going to be the
guest,Joe Stiglitz - Joe Nye-the other Joe that´s a member of our advisory board, different
views I would say they have). Joseph Nye......has been a wonderful supporter of the
school, ..and has been engaged with us on many, many occassions.

So it´s a huge pleasure to have all here and I hope you will come to many of our events....I
hope you will engage with the school ...and I would like to welcome Daniel B., the President
of the Society.....to come to stage to introduce Prof. Nye.

Daniel is a student of international relation in Oxford, tremendous effectiveness in everything

he does and not least in organisation and scientists.

Thank you very much Daniel for comming to the Oxford Martin school with your scientist
tonight ...and I give you the floor.

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Daniel B.

Thank you very much indeed for your kind introduction and a very good evening to you all.
Thank you very much for comming this evening. And a very warm welcome to all those of
you who are watching us live on webcast this evening. Thank you also all for watching us. Its
great and very exciting to see such a big turnout to our Oxford final speak event of this term.
And its an absolute honour to be hosting the briliant and inspirational man that is Joseph
NYE.

I have managed to buy a copy of his latest book entitled Is the American century
over?...............

A few very brief things from me ....before we start the event ....I would like to thank to.....

.......Ruppert York will conduct a short 10 minute discussion with Joseph before Ruppert
opens up the floor for Q&A session with yourselves.

And now I would like to introduce to you all the man himself.............................. e.g.

Joseph Nye Credentials

..........................J.Nye is most know for the previous role in his carreer including being ...Dean of ...

the Assistant Secretary of Defence......

The most influential schollar on American Policy ..

Chair of International Security Group on Non-proliferation of Nuclear weapons

What is significant though that J.N is considered so an influential author not only by fellow
I.R. academics but also by policymakers.

It´s claimed now I hope that J. Nye is a remarkable, rigorous academic and certainly well
placed to lead tonight´s discussion in International relations, speaking specifically whether
China will or will not pass the US in 2030. Please, show your appreciation for and give
a very warm Oxford welcome to Joseph S. Nye

J. Ney:

Thank your very much Daniel, and thank you very much indeed. It´s a pleasure to be back at
Oxford and to be here at the Martin school, and I have aimed to keep my remarks brief
enough so to have plenty of time for questions and remarks, interaction with the audience.
The question whether China will pass the US. is.a question which some people think is
already settled............

Vocabulary

turnout

 the number of people who attend a particular event This year's festival attracted a record
turnout.

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 the number of people who vote in a particular election a high/low/poor turnout a 60%
turnout of voters

credentials plural (from merriam webster dictionary):testimonials or certified documents

showing that a person is entitled to credit or has a right to exercise official power e.g. a
doctor's credentials

summa cum laude  (in the US) at the highest level of achievement that students can reach
when they finish their studies at college He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard.

President Köhler, I am very pleased to give you the floor

Without any further delay, I'm going to give you the floor.

Without further ado, I shall give you the floor.

I welcome you and give you the floor.

We thank you for your attendance here, foryour visit, and it is now my very great pleasure to give you the floor.

Mr Kelam, I cannot give you the floor at this point.

The Chair: And I didn't give you the floor.

Mr. Martin, we'll give you the floor for eight minutes.

Welcome speech No. 2

Professor Joseph Nye In Conversation with Ngaire Woods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mzZBZTj8kI&t=189s

Well good evening and any of you are familiar faces that some you are new faces. So those of
you who are new a big welcome to the Blavatnik School of Government. I am Ngaire
Woods , I work here and I am thrilled to have today the opportunity to invite you to have
this converation with Professor Joseph Ney. Joe has for a long time been one of Harvad´s
most briliant professors, but he has also been assistant secretery deffence in the United
States, he has been chairman of National Intelligence Council of the United States, he has
been one of those rare professors that has moved taking wisdom into the government out of
the government, using it in the classroom back into the government back out, and it gives him
a very rare insight into both American foreign policy and what it measn for American
government. So Joe can I start by just saying a huge welcome, you have been part of this
school since the time it was just and idea in some of our heads and you have been a visiting
profesor in the school since then and we have been hugely grateful to you. So a warm
welcome to Professor Ney.

Thank your very much Ngaire. It is nice to be back at Blavatnik and also to see this
extraordinary building ... I am advertised to say little bit about American foreing policy .and
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what I will say it is going to be very brief because I think the most interesting thing will be
questions.

Vocabulary

thrilled
very excited and pleased, thrilled (about/at/with something) He was thrilled at the prospect of
seeing them again.