my read for spring of 2015 for the entire hour, joseph nye with us. ered by many to be our foundational thinker on america's place in the times. in 1997 with his classic text and 2007 and now we listen to professor nye. the dangers of diplomacy. our ambassador to korea -- there is a school on the west coast called stamford. he is everything are foreign policy is. >> i was quite shocked to see those pictures of him with that/on his face -- that slash on his face. >> do we underestimate the danger that our diplomats face? >> they have a harder job than people think. they think of them sipping cocktails and striped pants. they are on the front lines and are under attack. >> we saw the tragedy in paris. let's start with united states. bolivia spent a lot of time in london and across europe. we have evolved from world war ii. where will europe be in 10 years? >> i hope europe will get out of this current slump. i think it will hold together. whether the greeks will be part of it or not is a different question. will the central core of germany and france hol

book now at choicehotels.com >>> we're back with anne-marie slaughter, peter beinart, joseph nye. for the handful of people who did not sit through the commercial. >> the question i'm proposing to beretta serious question not a setup, do you think you can under the pressure of low oil prices and sanctions which may be leaky but we're hoping some will hold, do you think >> you have to exact a price. this is a regime winning everywhere it looks throughout the middle east. in terms. your and prime minister netanyahu. they are winning. >> oil prices and sanctions. how can both be true? >> they are economically vulnerable. countries on the march can have general vulnerables. right now vulnerability -- >> they are either strong or weak. >> economically vulnerable but at the same time they are playing their cards terrifically in taking advantage of an absence of american will to defend u.s. interest in syria, yemen, and iraq. >> what do you think about reports, "new york times" has a terrific one about the fact u.s. is tacitly relying on iran to battle isis in iraq. >> it's not surprisin

joseph nye, former assistant secretary of defense, former dean of the kennedy school of government former professor of mine and long time professor at harvard university. he's the author of the new book "is the american century over?" brett stephens is a pulitzer prize winning columnist for the "wall street journal," and and peter beinart is a political commentator. imagine that bibi gets his wish that the deal is rejected by the united states. what do you think would be the reaction of europeans, chinese, the russians. when you were director of policy planning, these were your counterparts. you were dealing with them. what's their attitude? >> i think that's the worst outcome, there's no deal. it's because of the united states. because at that point, this coalition that we have pretty miraculously kept together, even the chinese and russians and europeans to keep sanctions on iran, that coalition will fall apart. it will be seen that there was a deal, that the deal was imperfect but much better than no deal, that the united states at the behest of israel blocked that deal. at that point

here with us harvard university professor and former assistant secretary of defense, joseph nye jr."is the american century over." great to have you here. >> i sat there debating did the american century start in 1888 1914 1919 1941? i thought it was absolutely fascinating. you decided it started in 1941 and that it's not yet over. tell us, is america in decline based on everything you studied? >> well americans have always worried about decline. in the 1960s, we thought the soviets were ten feet tall and the japanese were ten feet tall. now some think the chinese are ten feet tall. i argue in the book if we take 1841, 100 years after they declired the american century, i think the united states is still the most powerful country in the world. >> you bring up a great point. i was thinking about this as we were watching president obama's speech talking about how america pushes forward. we question ourselves, we try to get better. when i was reading your book, i was looking back at 1974 when a teacher said this is during watergate, we are like the roman empire, we are in decline. in l

we are talking to a giant on international relations from harvard university joseph nye.entury over? we are really looking forward to that. francine: it looks like you are going to have a great show. looking forward to it. guy: the second largest tire and vehicle maker reported earnings. they will increase revenue by 45% by the end of the decade. joining us from hanover is continental's ceo. good morning to you, sir. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. on a day when we are watching what the ecb does down in cyprus, could you tell me what this means for your business? >> we are purchasing rubber material, base material for our tires in down currency. if the oil prices going down by about $10 this makes an advantage of about $50 million bottom line to us. this is a cross figure that assumes that prices would not come down in parallel. therefore, you never know how many of the $50 million will end up in our books. francine: give us a sense. it is much easier for you to make business at this level, right? >> i think the situation stabilized in the whole industry.