Michael Doyle
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Michael W. Doyle is an international relations
scholar best known as a theorist of the liberal “democratic peace” and author of “Liberalism and World Politics,” the 16th most cited article in the 100 year history of the American Political Science Review. He has also written widely on the comparative history of empires and the evaluation of UN peace-keeping.
He is the Harold Brown
Professor of International Affairs, Law and Political Science at Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs. He co-directs the Center on Global Governance at Columbia Law School
. His most recent publication is Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict (Princeton Press.) He is the chair of UN Democracy Fund, elected by the members and appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In 2009, he was the recipient of the Charles E. Merriam Award of the American Political Science Association, a biennial award given “to a person whose published work and career represent a significant contribution to the art of government through the application of social science research.” In 2011, he received the APSA's Hubert H. Humphrey Award "in recognition of notable public service by a political scientist."
He is married to Amy Gutmann
, President of the University of Pennsylvania
.
, where he earned his A.B., M.A. and PhD in Political Science. He also studied at the US Air Force Academy, trained as a parachutist at Ft. Benning and completed his military service in the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
Doyle has taught at the University of Warwick, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University
, and Yale Law School. At Princeton University, he directed the Center of International Studies and chaired the Editorial Board and the Committee of Editors of World Politics. He served as vice president and senior fellow of the International Peace Academy where he is now a member of its board of directors. He was also a member of the External Research Advisory Committee of the UNHCR and the Advisory Committee of the Lessons-Learned Unit of the Department of Peace-Keeping Operations (UN). He is a member of Council of Foreign Relations, New York. In 2001, he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and, in 2009, to the American Philosophical Society
.
Doyle served as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan
. In the Secretary General’s Executive Office, he was responsible for strategic planning, including the Millennium Development Goals, outreach to the international corporate sector through the Global Compact, and relations with Washington. He is the former chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System.
's views on various issues, especially noted are his views on liberal internationalism
. Doyle discusses the two legacies of modern liberalism: The pacification of foreign relations
among liberal states (see below) and international imprudence.
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
scholar best known as a theorist of the liberal “democratic peace” and author of “Liberalism and World Politics,” the 16th most cited article in the 100 year history of the American Political Science Review. He has also written widely on the comparative history of empires and the evaluation of UN peace-keeping.
He is the Harold Brown
Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)
Harold Brown , American scientist, was U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter. He had previously served in the Lyndon Johnson administration as Director of Defense Research and Engineering and Secretary of the Air Force.While Secretary of Defense, he...
Professor of International Affairs, Law and Political Science at Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs. He co-directs the Center on Global Governance at Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School, founded in 1858, is one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the United States. A member of the Ivy League, Columbia Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Columbia University in New York City. It offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in...
. His most recent publication is Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict (Princeton Press.) He is the chair of UN Democracy Fund, elected by the members and appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In 2009, he was the recipient of the Charles E. Merriam Award of the American Political Science Association, a biennial award given “to a person whose published work and career represent a significant contribution to the art of government through the application of social science research.” In 2011, he received the APSA's Hubert H. Humphrey Award "in recognition of notable public service by a political scientist."
He is married to Amy Gutmann
Amy Gutmann
Amy Gutmann is the eighth President of the University of Pennsylvania and the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Communications, and Philosophy...
, President of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
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Biography
Michael W. Doyle graduated from Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, where he earned his A.B., M.A. and PhD in Political Science. He also studied at the US Air Force Academy, trained as a parachutist at Ft. Benning and completed his military service in the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
Doyle has taught at the University of Warwick, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, and Yale Law School. At Princeton University, he directed the Center of International Studies and chaired the Editorial Board and the Committee of Editors of World Politics. He served as vice president and senior fellow of the International Peace Academy where he is now a member of its board of directors. He was also a member of the External Research Advisory Committee of the UNHCR and the Advisory Committee of the Lessons-Learned Unit of the Department of Peace-Keeping Operations (UN). He is a member of Council of Foreign Relations, New York. In 2001, he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
and, in 2009, to the American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743, and located in Philadelphia, Pa., is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, that promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications,...
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Doyle served as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
. In the Secretary General’s Executive Office, he was responsible for strategic planning, including the Millennium Development Goals, outreach to the international corporate sector through the Global Compact, and relations with Washington. He is the former chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System.
Kant's Perpetual Peace
In Michael Doyle's 1983 "Kant, Liberal Legacies and Foreign Affairs", Doyle builds on Immanuel KantImmanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment....
's views on various issues, especially noted are his views on liberal internationalism
Liberal internationalism
Liberal internationalism is a foreign policy doctrine that argues that liberal states should intervene in other sovereign states in order to pursue liberal objectives. Such intervention can include both military invasion and humanitarian aid. This view is contrasted to isolationist, realist, or...
. Doyle discusses the two legacies of modern liberalism: The pacification of foreign relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
among liberal states (see below) and international imprudence.
Publications
- Ways of War and Peace: Realism, Liberalism, and Socialism (W.W. Norton)
- Empires (Cornell University Press)
- Liberal Peace: Selected Essays (Routledge)
- UN Peacekeeping in Cambodia: UNTAC’s Civil Mandate (Lynne Rienner Publishers)
- Striking First: Preemption and Prevention of International Conflict (Princeton Press)
- Making War and Building Peace (Princeton Press) with Nicholas Sambanis
- Alternatives to Monetary Disorder (Council on Foreign Relations/McGraw Hill) with Fred Hirsch and Edward Morse
- Keeping the Peace (Cambridge University Press) edited with Ian Johnstone and Robert Orr
- Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century (Rowman and Littlefield) edited with Olara Otunnu
- New Thinking in International Relations Theory (Westview) edited with John Ikenberry
- The Globalization of Human Rights (United Nations University Press) edited with Jean-Marc Coicaud and Anne-Marie Gardner