Department of Politics at Princeton University

Andrew Moravcsik is Professor of Politics and Director of the European Union Program at Princeton University. He has authored over 100 scholarly publications on European integration, global human rights, transatlantic relations, West European foreign policy, negotiation analysis, international organization, international relations theory, qualitative and historical methods, and defense-industrial globalization, also the subjects he teaches. His history of the European Union, The Choice for Europe, has been called "the most important work in the field." (American Historical Review) Three edited volumes address EU politics and international relations theory. Current research projects treat the democratic legitimacy of international organizations, the theory and practice of European integration, international relations theory, and qualitative methods. Moravcsik is Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution and a contributing editor of Newsweek magazine. His public affairs commentary appears regularly in many publications. Before entering academia, he served as trade negotiator for the US government, special assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, editor of a Washington foreign policy journal, and press assistant at the European Commission. He holds a BA (History) from Stanford University, an MA (International Relations) from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a PhD (Political Science) from Harvard University, as well as having studied at various German and French universities. He also writes on music and researches cultural policy, as well as the sociology, history and performance of opera.