Peter J. Katzenstein

Government
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Information

321 White Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Peter J. Katzenstein

Government
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Expertise

Political economy; national security; culture; the connections between comparative politics and international relations

Current Research Interest

Worldviews in world politics; power; the relationship between culture and regionalism in world politics; how the United States engages with and confronts the world; Germany’s role in Europe and the world

Distinction

British Academy Fellow
American Philosophical Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Political Science Association President
Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize (shared with Nobuo Okawara)
American Political Science Association Woodrow Wilson prize for the best book published in the United States on international affairs

Selected Publications

Katzenstein, Peter J., and Lucia A. Seybert, eds. Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Katzenstein, Peter J., and Lucia A. Seybert. “Protean Power and Uncertainty: Exploring the Unexpected in World Politics.” International Studies Quarterly 62, no. 1 (2018): 80-93.

Cornell Research Website Article

Power in World Politics

Cornell Research Website Video

Meeting the World