ACCESSION NUMBER:00000
FILE ID:95082801.GWE
DATE:08/28/95
TITLE:28-08-95 JOSEPH S. NYE, JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
TEXT:
(Official biography) (390)
(The following biography was provided by the U.S. Department of
Defense August 28, 1995. The assistant secretary will accompany
Secretary of Defense William Perry on his September 15 visit to
Europe.)
Joseph Nye has been Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Affairs since September 15, 1994.
From March 1993 to September 1994, Mr. Nye was chairman of the
National Intelligence Council, after serving as Director, Center for
International Affairs, Dillon Professor of International Affairs, and
Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.
From 1977 to 1979, Mr. Nye served as Deputy to the Under Secretary of
State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology and chaired the
National Security Council Group on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons. In recognition of his service, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
presented him the highest Department of State commendation, the
Distinguished Honor Award.
Currently a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Mr.
Nye has also been a Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute, a director
of the Aspen Strategy Group, and a member of the Executive Committee
of the Trilateral Commission. He has served as director of the
Institute for East-West Security Studies, a director of the
International Institute for Strategic Studies, the American
representative on the United Nations Advisory Committee on Disarmament
Affairs, and member of the advisory committee of the Institute of
International Economics.
A former member of the editorial boards of Foreign Policy and
International Security magazines, he is the author of numerous books
and more than a hundred articles in professional journals. His most
recent books are "Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American
Power" (1990) and "Understanding International Conflicts" (1993). In
addition, he has published policy articles in The New York Times, The
Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The New Republic. He has appeared
on programs such as ABC's Nightline and Good Morning America, NBC's
Phil Donohue Show, CBS's Evening News, and the McNeil-Lehrer Report,
as well as Australian, British, French, and Swiss television.
Mr. Nye received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in
1958. He did postgraduate work at Oxford University on a Rhodes
Scholarship and earned a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard
University.
In addition to teaching at Harvard, Mr. Nye also has taught for brief
periods in Geneva, Ottawa and London. He has lived for extended
periods in Europe, East Africa, and Central America.
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