Is the American Century Over?

US Centre at LSE and Department of International Relations public lecture by Professor Joseph S Nye on Tuesday 9 June 2015

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Thu, Jun 18 2015 11:24:20
Ahead of his LSE lecture read our interview with @Joe_Nye on American decline #LSENye http://bit.ly/1F1nLtx pic.twitter.com/3SimVwvGZD
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Wed, May 20 2015 13:10:22
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— LSEUSAblog (@LSEUSAblog)Wed, May 20 2015 13:10:22
This is one of the first events for the LSE's new US Centre. More to come later on this year. #LSENye pic.twitter.com/9wmQPHYroF
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Tue, Jun 09 2015 14:56:27
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 14:56:27
Prof Peter Trubowitz introduces @Joe_Nye and his talk on American power #LSENye pic.twitter.com/luxl0n64tV
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Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:02:54
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:02:54
Trevor Charles Gowan @Trevor_Gowan
Term "American Century" initially created by Time Magazine Editor Henry Luce to persuade American people to become involved in WWII #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:06:03
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Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:06:03
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Nye: What do we mean when we talk about an American century? Term coined by ed of Time in 1941 to exhort US to enter WWII #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:06:05
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:06:05
LSE US Centre @LSE_US
Nye: American century could start after WWI but for interwar isolation #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:07:14
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:07:14
Noah Sin @noah_sin
@Joe_Nye: American Century starts with post WWII policies - not pulling troops back & Marshall Plan etc #lsenye @LSEpublicevents
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:10:14
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— Noah Sin (@noah_sin)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:10:14
Vo Quynh Le @chibsdarl
‘American Century’ started after WWII w new US centrality to global balance of power - but will it last? #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:11:22
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— Vo Quynh Le (@chibsdarl)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:11:22
Trevor Charles Gowan @Trevor_Gowan
"Americans were free riders when they should have been leading" @Joe_Nye on US after rejection of Treat of Versailles #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:08:47
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Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:08:47
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Nye: Recent opinion poll showed more than half of Americans feel China is ahead of US #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:11:56
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:11:56
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Nye: Americans have been worried about decline since beginning - first colonists, Founding Fathers #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:12:55
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:12:55
Noah Sin @noah_sin
@Joe_Nye: US has gone through 'cycles of decline' with potential replacement as no.1 - Russia, Japan now China #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:14:28
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Vo Quynh Le @chibsdarl
‘Americans have always been worried about their decline since independence, gone through cycles of decline during past decades’ #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:15:20
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— Vo Quynh Le (@chibsdarl)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:15:20
Trevor Charles Gowan @Trevor_Gowan
"Americans are a strange breed" - @Joe_Nye at @LSE_US #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:14:34
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Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:14:34
LSE US Centre @LSE_US
You can read Henry Luce 1941 article on American Century here https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0kEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false … #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:14:50
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:14:50
Noah Sin @noah_sin
@Joe_Nye: ppl confuse absolute decline with relative decline when looking at American Century #LSENye @LSEpublicevents
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:15:47
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LSE US Centre @LSE_US
Nye: Need to distinguish between absolute/relative decline. Roman empire e.g. of absolute decline #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:16:16
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:16:16
HM Stanley @Bula_Matari
Absolute decline (e.g. Rome), not likely. Relative decline possible but could be viewed as "rise of the rest" #LSENye #americandecline
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:22:08
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— HM Stanley (@Bula_Matari)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:22:08
Irakli Sirbiladze @ISirbiladze
#LSENye Nye: 'Don't pay attention to the polls.Pay attention to power realities'.
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:16:30
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— Irakli Sirbiladze (@ISirbiladze)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:16:30
Noah Sin @noah_sin
@Joe_Nye: US is the only rich country among itself China and India to maintain same demographics in decades to come #LSENye @LSEpublicevents
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:17:34
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LSE US Centre @LSE_US
Nye: Remarkable that US is likely to maintain demographic position over time compared to other rich countries #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:17:57
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:17:57
LSE US Centre @LSE_US
Nye: 15 of top 20 universities worldwide are in US. None are Chinese #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:19:31
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:19:31
HM Stanley @Bula_Matari
Trends favoring American resilience: demographics, innovation and energy. Prof Joseph Nye #LSENye on "Is the American Century Over?"
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:20:06
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— HM Stanley (@Bula_Matari)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:20:06
LSE US Centre @LSE_US
Nye: Shale oil/gas revolution means US may soon no longer need to import foreign energy #LSENye
Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:20:29
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— LSE US Centre (@LSE_US)Tue, Jun 09 2015 15:20:29

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