Nye describes ' hard ' and ' soft ' power and asserts that maintaining and maximizing soft power is fundamental to keeping the U. S. the worldwide leader.

Nye asserts that China, Japan, India, Russia, and the European Union have the pre-conditions necessary to be superpowers.

In the post – Cold War world of the 21st-century, the French Socialist politician Hubert Védrine describes the USA as a hegemonic hyperpower, while the U. S. political scientists John Mearsheimer and Joseph Nye counter that the USA is not a “ true ” hegemony, because it does not have the resources to impose a proper, formal, global rule ; despite its political and military strength, the USA is economically equal to Europe, thus, cannot rule the international stage.

According to Joseph Nye, the term is defined as “ the ability to use the carrots and sticks of economic and military might to make others follow your will .” Here, “ carrots ” are inducements such as the reduction of trade barriers, the offer of an alliance or the promise of military protection.

General Wesley Clark when discussing soft power commented that, “ it gave us an influence far beyond the hard edge of traditional balance-of-power politics .” Joseph Nye, Author of Soft Power

In his book, Nye argues that soft power is a more difficult instrument for governments to wield than hard power for two reasons ; First, many of its critical resources are outside the control of governments ; Second, soft power tends to “ work indirectly by shaping the environment for policy, and sometimes takes years to produce the desired outcomes .” The book identifies three broad categories of soft power: “ culture ,”“ political values ,” and “ policies .”

In 1941, Nye accused Hollywood of attempting to “ drug the reason of the American people ,“ and “ rouse war fever .“ He was particularly hostile to Warner Brothers.

A comprehensive analysis of the legal issues in the Wintle v Nye lawsuit is provided by Kerridge in “ Wills made in Suspicious Circumstances: the Problem of the Vulnerable Testator ”.

Started in 2004, the program has attracted such notable speakers as author Tamim Ansary, Nobel prize-winner James Watson, Bill Nye “ The Science Guy ” and former U. S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.

In the post – Cold War ( 1945 – 1991 ) world, the French Socialist politician Hubert Védrine described the USA as a hegemonic hyperpower, because of its unilateral military actions worldwide, especially against Iraq ; while the US political scientists John Mearsheimer and Joseph Nye counter that the USA is not a true hegemon because it has neither the financial nor the military resources to impose a proper, formal, global hegemony.

Professor Russel B. Nye of Michigan State University countered that " if the message of the Oz books — love, kindness, and unselfishness make the world a better place — seems of no value today ", then maybe the time is ripe for " reassess a good many other things besides the Detroit library's approved list of children's books ".

Fredrikstad is home to nine time Norwegian football champions Fredrikstad FK who play at the Nye Fredrikstad Stadion.

Suze Randall is married to writer Humphry Knipe, who helped write her biographical book Suze ( 1977 ), wrote and directed several of her films as Victor Nye, and still manages Suze Randall Productions websites.

The county is the sixth largest U. S. county in area ( excluding boroughs and census areas in Alaska ), exceeded in size only by San Bernardino County, California ( 20, 053 square miles ), Coconino County, Arizona ( 18, 617 square miles ), the Nevada counties of Nye ( 18, 147 square miles ) and Elko ( 17, 179 square miles ), and Mohave County, Arizona ( 13, 312 square miles ).

The county is the fifth largest U. S. county in area ( excluding boroughs and census areas in Alaska ), exceeded in size only by adjacent San Bernardino County, California ( 20, 053 square miles ), adjacent Coconino County ( 18, 617 square miles ), and the Nevada counties of Nye ( 18, 147 square miles ) and Elko ( 17, 179 square miles ).

Nye County is a county located in the U. S. state of Nevada.

At, Nye is the third largest county in terms of area in the contiguous United States ( thus excluding the boroughs of Alaska ).

The center of population of Nevada is located in Nye County, very near Yucca Mountain.

The largest community in Nye County is Pahrump, an unincorporated town.

Nye County is one of 11 Nevada counties where prostitution is legal.

Nye County is nicknamed " The Kingdom of Nye " from the radio program Coast to Coast AM, created by Pahrump resident Art Bell.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the annual suicide rate in Nye County averaged 28. 7561 per 100, 000 people during 1989 – 1998, the most recent period for which data is available.

Fairhaven is also home to Nye Lubricants, a firm dealing in industrial lubricants and whose history dates back to 1844.

Gabbs is an unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, United States.

Tonopah is a census-designated place ( CDP ) located in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada.

It is also the home of the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Nye Beach, Yaquina Head Lighthouse, and Rogue Ales.

However, the local county in which the proposed facility is located, Nye County, supports the development of the repository.

Shady Lady Ranch, pictured here in November 2007, is a licensed brothel in Nye County, Nevada.

Former Nye County Commissioner Candice Trummell, director of the Nevada Coalition Against Sex Trafficking, said " It is way past time for Nevada to be the last state in the United States of America to finally stand against all forms of slavery.

The major biographies are the uplifting two-volume Aneurin Bevan by Michael Foot ( 1962 and 1974 ) and the more sceptical Nye Bevan and the Mirage of British Socialism, by John Campbell ( 1987 ).

Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada ( formerly Frontier Council ) serves more than 10, 000 girls and adults in southern Nevada ( Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, and Nye counties ) and the southern part of Inyo County, California.

Nye argues that soft power is more than influence, since influence can also rest on the hard power of threats or payments.

The smaller and more northeasterly Humboldt National Forest is located generally in eastern and northern Nevada, in parts of Elko, White Pine, Humboldt, Nye, and Lincoln counties.

The larger and more southwesterly Toiyabe National Forest is located generally in central, western, and southern Nevada and eastern California, in parts of Nye, Lander, Mineral, Lyon, Eureka, Washoe, Douglas, and Clark counties and Carson City in Nevada, and Mono, Alpine, Sierra, Nevada, Lassen, and El Dorado counties in California.

A movement in Denmark ( Den Nye Enkelhed ) in the late nineteen-sixties and another in Germany in the late seventies and early eighties, the former attempting to create more objective, impersonal music, and the latter reacting with a variety of strategies to restore the subjective to composing, both sought to create music using simple textures.

The Nye Committee conducted 93 hearings and questioned more than 200 witnesses.

Over the next eighteen months, the " Nye Committee " ( as newspapers called it ) held ninety-three hearings, questioning more than two hundred witnesses, including J. P. Morgan, Jr. and Pierre du Pont.

After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Nye continued the series with seven more books.

Moreover, it has also been suggested that the Rites are more likely to have originated from a system of Kum Nye which, like the Rites, date back 2, 500 years.

The show was more sophisticated than its predecessor Bill Nye the Science Guy, as it was aimed more toward adults and teenagers than children.

Nye believes that the using of smart power in today's dynamic international relations will be highly effective. Now looking back at President Hu's visit to U. S. and linking it with the multidimensional rise of Chinese influence on the international stage, one can discover the subtle similarity between Chinese and American foreign policy.