Joseph nye was born in 1937. 1958 received a bachelor's degree in public affairs from Princeton University, 1960 received a master's degree in philosophy-politics-economics from Oxford University, and 1964 received a doctorate in political science from Harvard University. He continued to be a teacher after graduation. 1977- 1979 served as assistant secretary of state in the Carter administration. 1993- 1994 chairman of the national intelligence Committee of the zero-degree government. 1994- 1996 served as assistant secretary of defense of the United States.

Robert K. The Han Born 194 1 studied in Summer College and 1957 at Harvard University. From 65438 to 0965, he taught at Swarthmore College, Stanford University, brandeis University, Harvard University and Duke University.

Joseph nye and Robert O. Keohane are representatives of neo-liberalism in the theory of international relations. They are concerned about interdependence, international system and traditional balance theory in international relations. Their book Power and Interdependence (1977) is a classic of neoliberalism. Taking the inter-state and supranational relations as the research object, they combined the realistic power politics theory with the interdependence theory put forward by scientific behaviorism, further analyzed the internal relationship between them, made a comprehensive study on politics, economy, ecology and military affairs, and put forward the "compound interdependence theory" on this basis.