Emanuel Adler

Professor Emeritus
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Chair in Israeli Studies
Honorary Professor, University of Copenhagen
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Biography

Andrea and Charles Bronfman Chair of Israeli Studies, Professor of Political Science, member of the Royal Society of Canada, and Honorary Professor at the University of Copenhagen. Research interests: The international politics of identity and peace, rationality and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, strategic logic, including deterrence, in post-Cold War international security, the role of practice in international relations, the evolution of European order, European security institutions, and international relations theory, in particular, constructivism, epistemic communities, security communities, and communities of practice. Publications include: The Power of Ideology (1987); Progress in Postwar International Relations (with Beverly Crawford) (ed.) (1991); Security Communities (with Michael Barnett) (ed.) (1998); Communitarian International Relations (2005); Convergence of Civilizations (with Federica Bicchi, Beverly Crawford, and Raffaella Del Sarto) (ed.) (2006); International Practices (with Vincent Pouliot) (ed.) (2011), and articles in International Organization, the European Journal of International Relations, the Review of International Studies, and International Theory. Current projects include international practices and the evolution of international order, a constructivist reconsideration of strategic logic, including deterrence, in post-Cold War international security, rationality and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel’s relations with the world.

Research Interests

• International relations theory
• International Security
• International Organizations
• Israeli Studies

Recent News

• Emanuel Adler is honoured with a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada
• Emanuel Adler granted the title of Honorary Professor at Danish university

Recent Publications

• World Ordering – A Social Theory of Cognitive Evolution