Michael W. Doyle | |
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| Born | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Amy Gutmann |
| Children | Abigail Doyle |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD) |
| Thesis | A General Theory of Empire (1977) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
| Sub-discipline | International affairs |
| Institutions | |
Michael W. Doyle (born 1948[citation needed]) is an American international relations scholar who is a theorist of the liberal "democratic peace" and author of Liberalism and World Politics.[1] He has also written on the comparative history of empires and the evaluation of UN peace-keeping. He is a University professor of International Affairs, Law and Political Science at Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs.[2] He is the former director of Columbia Global Policy Initiative. He co-directs the Center on Global Governance at Columbia Law School.[3]