Abraham Newman
Professor, Director of the Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University
Professor Newman received his BA in International Relations from Stanford University and his PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University. He is the Director of the Mortara Center for International Studies. His research focuses on the ways in which economic interdependence and globalization have transformed international politics. He is the co-author of Of Privacy and Power: the Transatlantic Struggle over Freedom and Security (Princeton University Press 2019), co-author of Voluntary Disruptions: International Soft Law, Finance, and Power (Oxford University Press: 2018), author of Protectors of Privacy: Regulating Personal Data in the Global Economy (Cornell University Press: 2008) and co-editor of How Revolutionary was the Digital Revolution: National Responses, Market Transitions, and Global Technologies (Stanford University Press: 2006). His work has appeared in a range of journals including Comparative Political Studies, International Organization, International Security, Science, and World Politics.
Featured work
Talks@Bruegel: How the US weaponised the world economy with Abe Newman
How does recent research illuminate the US' influence on global surveillance and control, and what does this imply for international economies?
Weaponized interdependence: How global economic networks shape state coercion
This event will discuss how states use global economic networks as weapons in geopolitical conflicts