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From: AlJazeeraEnglish | 14 Apr 2011 Is America's role as the world's superpower really on the decline? The dramatic economic growth of China, Latin America and India among others has some predicting a total shift in the balance of global power in the coming years. Meanwhile, the people's revolutions across the Middle East have undermined the assumption that military power will always win. On Wednesday's Riz Khan we ask: How are global power relations being redefined in the 21st century? We speak with the internationally renowned professor, Joseph Nye, who famously coined the term [quote]soft power[end quote] on his latest book The Future of Power.

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