Daniel W. Drezner
American journalist

Daniel W. Drezner

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American journalist
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28 August 1968(Syracuse)
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Daniel W. Drezner (born August 28, 1968) is an American professor of international politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, an author, a blogger, and a commentator. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution.

Education

Drezner graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in 1990. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degree from Stanford University.

Books and commentary

Drezner has published columns, essays, and op-eds in many media outlets, including The New Republic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, Slate, Tech Central Station, and the Wall Street Journal. He has also been a frequent guest on Bloggingheads.tv and various other broadcast media. He originally blogged on his website, DanielDrezner.com, but moved in January 2009 to become a contributing blogger at ForeignPolicy.com. He has moderated and spoken at various Council on Foreign Relations events.

Drezner's 2007 book, All Politics Is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes, looked at international economic regulations and concluded that these were under the control of the most wealthy and powerful nations, as they had been in the past. G. John Ikenberry in Foreign Affairs comments: "His main contribution, however, is to explode a popular notion of globalization and thereby to set an agenda for the study of global regulatory politics. For social movements seeking to shape the governance of the world economy, all roads still lead to the state."

Drezner's 2011 book, Theories of International Politics and Zombies, speculated about different ways the international community might respond to a zombie outbreak, although he "concedes that the statistical probability of such an event is extremely difficult to determine but generally thought to be low." Oliver Stuenkel, writing in Post-Western World, commented: "Drezner’s book is a must-read for young international relations scholars, considering the vast attention this topic is likely to get in the future."

Drezner's 2014 book, The System Worked: How the World Stopped Another Great Depression, examined the Financial crisis of 2007–2008. In it Drezner praised the international response to the crisis and said that a major economic depression was adverted. Jonathan Kirshner, in his review in the Boston Review, said the book was "

smart, thoughtful, and important" but disagreed with Drezner on the issues of free trade and globalization.

Books

Drezner is the author of:

  • Drezner, Daniel W. (2014). The System Worked: How the world stopped another Great Depression. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190263393. 
  • Drezner, Daniel W. (2011). Theories of International Politics and Zombies. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691147833. 
  • Drezner, Daniel W. (2008). All Politics is Global: Explaining international regulatory regimes. Princeton, New Jersey Woodstock: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691096421. 
  • Drezner, Daniel W. (2006). U.S. Trade Strategy: Free versus fair. New York Washington, D.C: Council on Foreign Relations Distributed by Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 9780876093498. 
  • Drezner, Daniel W. (1999). The Sanctions Paradox: Economic statecraft and international relations. Cambridge England New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521643320. 

He has also edited:

  • Drezner, Daniel W. (2003). Locating the Proper Authorities: The interaction of domestic and international institutions. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472027279. 
  • Drezner, Daniel W. (2009). Avoiding Trivia: The role of strategic planning in American foreign policy. Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 9780815703662. 

Scholarly publications