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D-Index
71
Citations
24849
World Ranking
49
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

G. John Ikenberry is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Social Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, and History. The main topics addressed in their work include International Relations and Foreign Policy, Global Peace and Security Dynamics, Political Conflict and Governance, Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics, Communism, Protests, Social Movements, French Historical and Cultural Studies, and Political Philosophy and Ethics.

The scientist's recent papers feature:

  • Three Worlds: the West, East and South and the competition to shape global order, 2024, International Affairs
  • Liberal statecraft and the problems of world order, 2024, Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Frequent co-authors in their scholarly work include Amitav Acharya, David Leheny, Rajesh Basrur, Barry Buzan, and Thomas Christensen.

The researcher has published in various academic venues, most notably in OUGHTOPIA with four publications. Other venues include Survival, Security Studies, International Affairs, and Oxford Review of Economic Policy.

G. John Ikenberry has authored books published by Yale University Press, including two editions of "A World Safe for Democracy," released in 2020.

In recognition of contributions to their field, they were named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.

Best Publications

  • After Victory : Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars

    G. John Ikenberry

  • Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity

    G. John Ikenberry;Francis Fukuyama

  • Socialization and hegemonic power

    G. John Ikenberry;Charles A. Kupchan

  • The end of liberal international order

    G. John Ikenberry

  • Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order

    G. John Ikenberry

  • After Victory

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  • Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule

    G. John Ikenberry;Shanthi Kalathil;Taylor C. Boas

  • Toward a Realist Theory of State Action

    Michael Mastanduno;David A. Lake;G. John Ikenberry

  • Don't Come Home, America: The Case against Retrenchment

    Stephen G. Brooks;G. John Ikenberry;William C. Wohlforth

  • Human Development Report 2002

    G. John Ikenberry

  • A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility

    G. John Ikenberry

  • The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

    G. John Ikenberry;John J. Mearsheimer

  • Balance of Power: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century

    G. John Ikenberry;T. V. Paul;James J. Wirtz;Michel Fortmann

  • The nature and sources of liberal international order

    Daniel Deudney;G. John Ikenberry

  • The Rise of China and the Future of the West: Can the Liberal System Survive?

    G. John Ikenberry

  • Our Posthuman Future

    G. John Ikenberry;Francis Fukuyama

  • Liberal Internationalism 3.0: America and the Dilemmas of Liberal World Order

    G. John Ikenberry

  • Unipolarity, State Behavior, and Systemic Consequences

    G. John Ikenberry;Michael Mastanduno;William C. Wohlforth

  • The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror

    G. John Ikenberry;Michael Ignatieff

  • Racing toward Tragedy?: China's Rise, Military Competition in the Asia Pacific, and the Security Dilemma

    Adam P. Liff;G. John Ikenberry

  • Introduction: approaches to explaining American foreign economic policy

    G. John Ikenberry;David A. Lake;Michael Mastanduno

  • The Rise of China and the Future of the West

    G. John Ikenberry

  • A world economy restored: expert consensus and the Anglo-American postwar settlement

    G. John Ikenberry

  • America unrivaled : the future of the balance of power

    G. John Ikenberry

  • Conclusion: an institutional approach to American foreign economic policy

    G. John Ikenberry

  • State Power and World Markets: The International Political Economy

    Joseph M. Grieco;G. John Ikenberry

  • Globalization and Human Rights

    G. John Ikenberry;Alison Brysk

  • The irony of state strength: comparative responses to the oil shocks in the 1970s

    G. John Ikenberry

  • Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Persistence of American Postwar Order

    G. John Ikenberry

  • Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis

    G. John Ikenberry;Graham T. Allison;Philip Zelikow

  • Ending Civil Wars: The Implementation of Peace Agreements

    G. John Ikenberry;Stephen John Stedman;Donald Rothchild;Elizabeth Cousens

  • Faith in Nation: Exclusionary Origins of Nationalism

    G. John Ikenberry

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Deudney
Daniel Deudney Johns Hopkins University
Takashi Inoguchi
Takashi Inoguchi J. F. Oberlin University
William C. Wohlforth
William C. Wohlforth Dartmouth College
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Anne-Marie Slaughter Princeton University
David A. Lake
David A. Lake University of California, San Diego
T. V. Paul
T. V. Paul McGill University
Michael W. Doyle
Michael W. Doyle Columbia University
Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama Stanford University
Peter A. Singer
Peter A. Singer National University of Singapore
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff Central European University

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