Professor Peter Katzenstein
Professor of International Studies at Cornell University
Peter J. Katzenstein is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University and President of the American Political Science Association. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of the fields of international relations and comparative politics. Katzenstein's work addresses issues of political economy, security and culture in world politics. His current research interests focus on the politics of civilizational states on questions of public diplomacy, law, religion, and popular culture; the role of anti-imperial sentiments, including anti-Americanism; regionalism in world politics; and German politics.
Katzenstein is the author, coauthor, editor and coeditor of more than 30 books or monographs and over 100 articles or book chapters. Recent and forthcoming books include: Analytical Eclecticism (2010), with Rudra Sil; Civilizations in World Politics: Plural and Pluralist Perspectives (2009); European Identity (2009), co-edited with Jeffrey T. Checkel; Rethinking Japanese Security (2008); and Anti-Americanisms in World Politics, coedited with Robert O. Keohane (2007).
We caught up with Peter during his visit to the US Studies Centre.
