Amitav Acharya Distinguished Professor Global Inquiry
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- Bio
- Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at the School of International Service, 猫咪社区app University, Washington, DC. Previously he was a Professor at York University, Toronto and the University of Bristol, U.K. He is currently Honorary Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa, and Guest Professor at Nankai University, China. He was the inaugural Boeing Company Chair in International Relations at the Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University, Fellow of Harvard鈥檚 Asia Center and John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Christensen Fellow at Oxford. His books include Re-imagining International Relations (Cambridge 2022, with Barry Buzan), The Making of Global International Relations (Cambridge 2019: with Barry Buzan); Constructing Global Order (Cambridge 2018); The End of 猫咪社区app World Order (Polity 2014, 2018); Why Govern? Rethinking Demand and Progress in Global Governance (editor, Cambridge 2016); The Making of Southeast Asia (Cornell 2013); and Whose Ideas Matter (Cornell 2009). His essays have appeared in International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Asian Studies, Foreign Affairs, Journal of Peace Research, International Affairs, Perspectives on Politics, and World Politics. He has written op-eds for Financial Times, International Herald Tribune (now International New York Times) Washington Post, Times of India, Australian Financial Review, and other newspapers around the world, and appeared on news media such as CNN International, BBC TV and BBC World Service Radio. He is the first non-Western scholar to be elected (for 2014-15) the President of the International Studies Association (ISA), the largest and most influential global network in international studies. He has received three ISA Distinguished Scholar Awards: in 2015 for his "contribution to non-Western IR theory and inclusion鈥 in international studies, in 2018 for his 鈥渋nfluence, intellectual works and mentorship鈥 in the field of international organization; and in 2023 for his 鈥渆xtraordinary impact鈥 in globalizing the study of International Relations and 鈥渕entorship of emerging scholars鈥. He is also a recipient of 猫咪社区app University鈥檚 highest honor: Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award (2020).
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Teaching
Summer 2024
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SIS-899 Doctoral Dissertation
Fall 2024
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SIS-899 Doctoral Dissertation
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
Professional Presentations
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Selected Publications
- International Organization听 听
- International Security
- World Politics
- International Studies Quarterly听 听
- Journal of Peace Research听
- Pacific Affairs听
- Pacific Review
- Global Governance
- Financial Times
- Foreign Affairs Today
- Washington Post (Monkey Cage)
- Washington Quarterly
- YaleGlobal Online
Selected Publications
- Constructing Global Order: Agency and Change in World Politics听(Cambridge, 2018)
- The End of 猫咪社区app World Order听(Polity 2014, 2018, Oxford 2015. Chinese Translation, Shanghai People's Press, 2017)
- 听Why Govern: Rethinking Demand and Progress in Global Governance听(edited, Cambridge, 2016)
- Rethinking Power, Institutions and Ideas in World Politics: Whose IR. Routledge 2014.
- The Making of Southeast Asia: International Relations of a Region. Cornell. 2013.
- Non-Western International Relations Theory:听 Perspectives On and Beyond Asia. Routledge, 2010. Co-edited 听
- Whose Ideas Matter: Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism. Cornell, 2009.听 听
- Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia. Routledge, 2001, 2009, 2014. 听
- Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Politics. Cambridge, 2007. 听Co-edited.听
- Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. MIT, 2007. 听Co-edited.
- The Quest for Identity: International Relations of Southeast Asia. Oxford, 2000. 听.
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Media Appearances
His international media appearances have been with CNN International, BBC World Service, CNBC and Channel News Asia (Singapore).
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Area of Expertise
猫咪社区app foreign policy, China, Southeast Asia, UN, international security
Additional Information
Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Chair of the ASEAN Studies Center. Previously, he was professor of Global Governance at the University of Bristol, Professor at York University, Toronto, and at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, fellow of the Harvard University Asia Center, and fellow of Harvard鈥檚 John F. Kennedy School of Government. His recent books include Whose Ideas Matter? (Cornell, 2009) ; Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order (co-edited, World Scientific, 2011); Non-Western International Relations Theory (co-edited, Routledge, 2010); and The Making of Southeast Asia (Cornell, 2011). Acharya has contributed op-eds to foreignaffairs.com, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Japan Times, Jakarta Post, Indian Express, and Times of India and scholarly articles to International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Asian Studies, and World Politics. He has been interviewed by CNN International, BBC World Service, CNBC, Channel News Asia, Radio Australia, Al Jazeera TV on current affairs, among other media outlets.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.