Abraham Newman Session Overview

Professor, School of Foreign Service and Government Department, Georgetown University

ABRAHAM NEWMAN is a Professor in the School of Foreign Service and in the Government Department at Georgetown University. His research focuses on the ways in which economic interdependence and globalization have transformed international politics. Newman is co-author ofUnderground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (with Henry Farrell). His other publications includeOf Privacy and Power: The Transatlantic Struggle over Freedom and Security, which won the 2019 Chicago-Kent College of Law /Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize, the 2020 International Studies Association ICOMM Best Book Award, and was named one ofForeign Affairs’ Best Books of 2019; andVoluntary Disruptions: International Soft Law, Finance, and Power (with Elliot Posner).

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