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Joseph Nye on Soft Power

Andrew Marr talks to political analyst Joseph Nye, author Peter Pomerantsev and curator Anne Robbins.

Andrew Marr looks at what happens when political power fractures and how 'soft power' retains its influence. Peter Pomerantsev spent a decade working in Russia's fast-growing television industry and tells the story of a country changing from communism and nascent democracy to a mafia-state and oligarchy. The political analyst Joseph Nye coined the phrase 'soft power' in 1990 and in his latest essay argues that while America's economy may have been overtaken by China, the US century is far from over. Impressionist art continues to grow in popularity and price-tag, and the curator Anne Robbins looks back on the life of Paul Durand-Ruel, the 19th century art dealer and visionary who foresaw its power and marketability worldwide.
Producer: Katy Hickman.

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Mon 16 Feb 2015 21:30

Joseph Nye

is a diplomat, political scientist,Ìýa University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard and author of the forthcoming book:

“Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era".

Peter Pomerantsev

Peter Pomerantsev is an award-winning contributor to the London Review of Books and his writing has been published in the FT, New Yorker, WSJ, Foreign Policy, Daily Beast, Newsweek and Le Monde Diplomatique.

Ìý

'Nothing is True And Everything is Possible - Adventures in Modern Russia' is out now.

London Review of Books:Ìý

Anne Robbins

Anne RobbinsÌýis Co-Curator of 'Inventing Impressionism: Paul Durand Ruel and the Modern Art Market’ andÌýAsst Curator of Post-1800 Paintings in the National Gallery, London.

The National Gallery:Ìý

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest Joseph Nye
Interviewed Guest Peter Pomerantsev
Interviewed Guest Anne Robbins
Producer Katy Hickman

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  • Mon 16 Feb 2015 09:00
  • Mon 16 Feb 2015 21:30

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