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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Joseph Nye on female and male leadership styles
The qualities of a leader by no means determined by gender, but the world would be a better place with more women in leading positions, US political scientist Joseph Nye observes in the daily Público: "Leaders should be viewed less in terms of heroic command than as encouraging participation throughout an organization, group, country, or network. Questions of appropriate style - when to use hard and soft skills - are equally relevant for men and women, and should not be clouded by traditional gender stereotypes. In some circumstances, men will need to act more 'like women'; in others, women will need to be more 'like men.' The key choices about war and peace in our future will depend not on gender, but on how leaders combine hard- and soft-power skills to produce smart strategies. Both men and women will make those decisions. But [Harvard psychologist Steven] Pinker is probably correct when he notes that the parts of the world that lag in the decline of violence are also the parts that lag in the empowerment of women."
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Jospeh Nye on Angela Merkel's cautious visions
The complaints about the weakness of Europe's political leaders are growing louder. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is often criticised for failing to promote a vision of Europe as Helmut Kohl did. But the US political expert Joseph Nye doubts in the daily Pùblico that the critics are right: "Without a vision, it is difficult to lead others anywhere. ... But one must be cautious about visions. Sometimes leaders think that vision can solve most of their problems, but the wrong vision - or an overly ambitious vision - can do damage. ... Merkel has proceeded cautiously on saving the euro. She faced public scepticism about using German funds to bail out the Greek economy. Her coalition was divided on the issue, and her party lost state elections. If she had acted more boldly, she might have lost even more support, but the steps that she agreed to remained insufficient to reassure markets. At the end of October, however, she finally articulated a vision of the future of Europe that persuaded the German Bundestag to agree to a package of measures to save the euro. Whether she waited too long - and whether her vision will prove convincing - will be determined in the coming months."
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Joseph S. Nye on the end of benign globalisation
In the business paper Világgazdaság US economist Joseph S. Nye explores whether the world economic crisis will mean the end of globalisation. "The world's economy will shrink this year for the first time since 1945, and some economists worry that the current crisis could spell the beginning of the end of globalisation. Hard economic times are correlated with protectionism, as each country blames others and protects its domestic jobs. In the 1930s, such 'beggar-thy-neighbor' policies worsened the situation. Unless political leaders resist such responses, the past could become the future. Ironically, however, such a grim prospect would not mean the end of globalization. … Globalization has several dimensions, and, though economists all too often portray it and the world economy as being one and the same, other forms of globalization also have significant effects - not all of them benign - on our daily lives. The oldest form of globalisation is environmental. … So, unless governments cooperate to stimulate their economies and resist protectionism, the world may find that the current economic crisis does not mean the end of globalisation, but only the end of the good kind, leaving us with the worst of all worlds."
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