Editor's note: Joseph S. Nye is University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University, and author of the "the Future of Power," which PublicAffairs press will publish in February.

编者按：约瑟夫•奈是哈佛大学的‘大学杰出贡献教授’，以及《未来实力》一书的作者，该书将在二月份由公共事务出版社出版。

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President Obama has been deliberating over military proposals to boost U.S.strength in Afghanistan by as many as 40,000 troops, while the future of Germany's troop presence in Afghanistan was a key issue in the September elections that returned Chancellor Merkel to power.

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Similarly, divination. Divination is an attempt to discern the future that, once again, heads right to the source of power.

类似的还有占卜术，占卜是一种试图看清未来的法术,它的终极目标，也是神力的源头。

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Harvard University distinguished service professor Joseph Nye, author of The Future of Power (forthcoming), has a detailed analysis of the challenges America faces internally and externally.

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Governments across the world have reviewed the future of nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, with Germany already announcing a withdrawal from nuclear energy.

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On a webinar last week someone asked me how I thought the Japanese tsunami would affect the future of nuclear power around the world, and in the U.S. in particular.

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