Sophie Meunier
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Sophie Meunier is a Research Scholar in Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
's Woodrow Wilson School and the Co-Director of the European Union
Program at Princeton. A Franco-American political scientist, she is an expert in European integration
, the politics of European trade policy, and the politics of anti-Americanism
.
Her first book, The French Challenge: Adapting to Globalization (Brookings Institution Press, 2001), co-written with Philip Gordon
, won the 2002 France-Ameriques Book Award. Paul Krugman called it "a terrific book, especially for those of us who were wondering how France manages to thrive in the very global economy it denounces". Her second book, Trading Voices: The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations (Princeton University Press, 2005), has been praised by Pascal Lamy
as “the first authoritative study of the trade policy of the European Union".
She has published many articles in academic journals, as well as in magazines and newspapers such as Foreign Affairs
, Foreign Policy
, Le Monde
, Le Figaro
, and The Huffington Post
.
She is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Council for European Studies
, the leading academic organization for the study of Europe, with a membership of more than 100 institutions and 1,000 individuals. She is the Chair of the 2010 conference of the Council for European Studies in Montreal, April 15–17, 2010. She was also elected on the board of the European Union Studies Association (2003–2007) and was secretary of this association (2005–2007).
She received her BA in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris and her Ph.D. in Political Science from M.I.T. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
). Brookings Institution Press, 2001.
Le Nouveau defi francais: la France face a la mondialisation (avec Philip Gordon
). Editions Odile Jacob, 2002.
Trading Voices: The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations. Princeton University Press, 2005.
L’Union fait la force: l’Europe dans les negociations commerciales internationales. Presses de Sciences Po, 2005.
Making History: European Integration and Institutional Change at Fifty (edited with Kathleen McNamara). Oxford University Press, 2007.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
's Woodrow Wilson School and the Co-Director of the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
Program at Princeton. A Franco-American political scientist, she is an expert in European integration
European integration
European integration is the process of industrial, political, legal, economic integration of states wholly or partially in Europe...
, the politics of European trade policy, and the politics of anti-Americanism
Anti-Americanism
The term Anti-Americanism, or Anti-American Sentiment, refers to broad opposition or hostility to the people, policies, culture or government of the United States...
.
Her first book, The French Challenge: Adapting to Globalization (Brookings Institution Press, 2001), co-written with Philip Gordon
Philip Gordon
Philip H. "Phil" Gordon is an American diplomat, foreign policy expert, and the current Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.-Education:...
, won the 2002 France-Ameriques Book Award. Paul Krugman called it "a terrific book, especially for those of us who were wondering how France manages to thrive in the very global economy it denounces". Her second book, Trading Voices: The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations (Princeton University Press, 2005), has been praised by Pascal Lamy
Pascal Lamy
Pascal Lamy is the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, a French political advisor, a businessman, and a former European Commissioner for Trade...
as “the first authoritative study of the trade policy of the European Union".
She has published many articles in academic journals, as well as in magazines and newspapers such as Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...
, Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
, Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
, Le Figaro
Le Figaro
Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...
, and The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
.
She is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Council for European Studies
Council for European Studies
The Council for European Studies was founded in 1970 with a grant from the Ford Foundation. First located at the University of Pittsburgh and later moved to Columbia University, its current institutional host, the Council was originally formed as a limited consortium of Western European studies...
, the leading academic organization for the study of Europe, with a membership of more than 100 institutions and 1,000 individuals. She is the Chair of the 2010 conference of the Council for European Studies in Montreal, April 15–17, 2010. She was also elected on the board of the European Union Studies Association (2003–2007) and was secretary of this association (2005–2007).
She received her BA in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris and her Ph.D. in Political Science from M.I.T. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Publications
The French Challenge: Adapting to Globalization (with Philip GordonPhilip Gordon
Philip H. "Phil" Gordon is an American diplomat, foreign policy expert, and the current Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.-Education:...
). Brookings Institution Press, 2001.
Le Nouveau defi francais: la France face a la mondialisation (avec Philip Gordon
Philip Gordon
Philip H. "Phil" Gordon is an American diplomat, foreign policy expert, and the current Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.-Education:...
). Editions Odile Jacob, 2002.
Trading Voices: The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations. Princeton University Press, 2005.
L’Union fait la force: l’Europe dans les negociations commerciales internationales. Presses de Sciences Po, 2005.
Making History: European Integration and Institutional Change at Fifty (edited with Kathleen McNamara). Oxford University Press, 2007.