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Karen J. Alter
Field:
International Law, Political Science and Foreign Affairs
Focus Areas:
Foreign Policy, Globalization, Intellectual Property Rights, International Relations, Trade Policy
Contact:
Media Relations Contact:
Shanice Harris
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Norman Dwight Harris Professor of Political Science and Law
Co-Director of the Global Capitalism and Law Research Group
Co-Chair of the Organization of Women Faculty
About
Areas of Focus
- Multilateralism
- Politics of international law
- Global economic governance
- International courts
Work/Research
- Backlash against politics
- Fixing the World Trade Organization
- When international courts are effective
- America's international leadership
- Ethics in international affairs
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How China is reshaping international politics
Career
Karen J. Alter is the Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations and Professor of Political Science and Law at Northwestern University, and co-director Research Group on Global Capitalism and Law at Northwestern University. A longtime specialist on the politics of international law and international courts, and the politics of international regime complexity, Professor Alter has conducted research in Latin America, Africa and Europe. Alter’s newest research focuses on the construction of global economic rules regulating trade and money, how China’s rise is influencing international relations, backlash politics, and US Export Control Politics. From August 2023-July 2024 Professor Alter served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Department of Commerce, sponsored by a CFR International Affairs Fellow for Tenured IR Faculty.
Alter is author or editor of six books and more than seventy articles and book chapters on the politics of international law, comparative international courts, and international regime complexity. Alter is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, a former Guggenheim Fellow, winner of the Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin, and winner of the American Society of International Law’s Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship.