Rawi Abdelal

Rawi Abdelal
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineInternational political economy
InstitutionsHarvard Business School
Main interests
Globalization, political economy of Eurasia
Notable works
National Purpose in the World Economy (2001)
Capital Rules (2007)

Rawi E. Abdelal is an American academic who is the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at Harvard Business School, in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit.[1][2] His research is in international political economy, focusing on the politics of globalization and the political economy of Eurasia.[1]

Education

In 1993, Abdelal earned a B.S. in economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 1997, he earned an M.A., and in 1999 a Ph.D., in government from Cornell University.[3]

Career

Abdelal served as director of Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies from 2015 to 2022.[1] He is a faculty associate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard, and is the Emma Bloomberg co-chair of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.[4]

His first book, National Purpose in the World Economy, received the 2002 Shulman Prize, awarded for the outstanding book on the international relations of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.[1]

Publications

Year Role Title Publisher
2001 Author National Purpose in the World Economy: Post-Soviet States in Comparative Perspective Cornell University Press[5]
2007 Author Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance Harvard University Press[6] ISBN 978-0674034556
2008 Editor The Rules of Globalization: Case Book World Scientific Publishing[7]
2009 Co-editor Measuring Identity: A Guide for Social Scientists Cambridge University Press[8]
2010 Co-editor Constructing the International Economy Cornell University Press[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rawi Abdelal". Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Rawi E. Abdelal". Harvard Business School. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ Abdelal, Rawi. "Curriculum Vitae of Rawi Abdelal" (PDF). Harvard Business School.
  4. ↑ "Rawi E. Abdelal". Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  5. ↑ Abdelal, Rawi (2001). National Purpose in the World Economy: Post-Soviet States in Comparative Perspective. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801438790.
  6. ↑ "Capital Rules — Rawi Abdelal". Harvard University Press. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  7. ↑ Abdelal, Rawi (2008). The Rules of Globalization. World Scientific Studies in International Economics. Vol. 4. doi:10.1142/6549. ISBN 978-981-270-927-1.
  8. ↑ Measuring Identity: A Guide for Social Scientists. Cambridge University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0521732093. OCLC 963522238.
  9. ↑ Constructing the International Economy. Cornell University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0801476488. OCLC 979577049.