Global Ethics Forum: Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era

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Channel: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs · 2013 · News & Politics

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Harvard's Joseph Nye asks: "If the United States starts out the 20th century as a second-tier power and it ends up the 20th century as the world's only superpower, did it matter who was president? Would it all have occurred or turned out the same way anyway, or did individual leaders make a big difference?" 

This event took place on June 6, 2013. For complete audio and transcript and video clips, please go to http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/studio/multimedia/20130606/index.html.

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