Rawi E. Abdelal is an American academic who is the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at Harvard Business School, in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit. His research is in international political economy, focusing on the politics of globalization and the political economy of Eurasia.
Education In 1993, Abdelal earned a B.S. in economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 1997, he earned an M.A., and in 1999 a Ph.D., in government from Cornell University.
Career Abdelal served as director of Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies from 2015 to 2022. He is a faculty associate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard, and is the Emma Bloomberg co-chair of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.
His first book, National Purpose in the World Economy, received the 2002 Shulman Prize, awarded for the outstanding book on the international relations of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Publications YearRoleTitlePublisher2001AuthorNational Purpose in the World Economy: Post-Soviet States in Comparative PerspectiveCornell University Press2007AuthorCapital Rules: The Construction of Global FinanceHarvard University Press 2008EditorThe Rules of Globalization: Case BookWorld Scientific Publishing2009Co-editorMeasuring Identity: A Guide for Social ScientistsCambridge University Press2010Co-editorConstructing the International EconomyCornell University Press
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