Joseph Nye: The world needs a stronger and more effective Europe

Professor Joseph Nye is one of the world's most distinguished political scientists and thinkers and has made a considerable contribution to international relations in the last 50 years.

The former dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he currently holds the position of University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, has helped to shape the concept of complex interdependence between nations which states that national interest should be defined in broad terms.

Particularly for the US, it should combine "hard" and "soft" power in a form that can be called "smart power." Professor Nye has had considerable influence in Washington on many successive administrations, and served as assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs during Bill Clinton's first presidency.

In an interview with Kathimerini, he talks...