Michael Barnett is University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at the George Washington University. His research interests span the Middle East, humanitarianism, global governance, global ethics, and the United Nations.
Areas of Expertise
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, HUMANITARIANISM, AND THE MIDDLE EAST
His most recent books are Global Governance in a World of Change (Cambridge University Press and co-edited with Jon Pevehouse and Kal Raustiala) and Israel and the One State Reality (Cornell University Press and co-edited with Nathan Brown, Marc Lynch, and Shibley Telhami). His current book projects include The End of Humanity (Cambridge University Press, co-authored with Unni Karunakara) Oxford Handbook of International Institutions (co-edited with Duncan Snidal) and Spectres of the West (Oxford University Press and co-authored with Janice Stein).
PUBLICATIONS
Professor Barnett has published extensively on international relations theory, global governance, humanitarian action, and the Middle East. His most recent books include The Star and the Stripes: A History of the Foreign Policies of the American Jews; Paternalism Beyond Borders; and, most recently, the edited collection Humanitarianism and Human Rights: Worlds of Differences?
RESEARCH
His current research include: the changing forms of global governance, with a forthcoming volume titled Global Governance in a World of Change (Cambridge and co-edited with Jon Pevehouse and Kal Raustiala); the end of the two-state solution and the rise of the one-state reality in Israel/Palestine; the current neoliberal age of humanitarianism (including a forthcoming volume with Cambridge University Press co-authored with Unni Kurunakara); and the relationship between suffering and progress in the liberal international order.