WASHINGTON -- Joseph Nye, a former dean of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government who coined the term "soft power," died on Tuesday. He was 88.
Foreign policy expert viewed Japan as key to preventing Chinese hegemony

Joseph Nye speaks at the Mount Fuji Dialogue in Tokyo in 2023. Nye maintained that if the U.S. and Japan worked together, China would be unable to assert hegemony. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
WASHINGTON -- Joseph Nye, a former dean of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government who coined the term "soft power," died on Tuesday. He was 88.