Philip Golub
Professor
- Department: History and Politics
- Graduate Program(s): International Affairs, International Affairs, Conflict Resolution and Civil Society Development, Diplomacy and International Law
- Office:G-L17
- Office Hours:By appointment
Philip Golub is Professor of Political Science, Political Philosophy聽and International Relations at the American University of Paris (绿巨人视频). He obtained his MPhil (DEA) in International Relations and Contemporary History at University of Paris IV and his DPhil in International Relations at the University of Sussex. Prior to 绿巨人视频, he taught at the Institute of European Studies, University of Paris 8, and in the graduate program of Sciences-Po Paris, as well as lecturing regularly in other institutions of higher learning (Lausanne, Bologna, University of Paris, among others). His research focuses on the state, globalization, and 聽late-modern and contemporary international imperial history. He has published /East Asia's Reemergence /(Polity Press, Cambridge, 2016) and /Power, Profit and Prestige: a History of American Imperial Expansion/ (Pluto Press, London, 2010), which was translated into French and Chinese, as well as聽dozens of book chapters on various issue areas of world politics. He is also a prolific author and commentator in the press and audiovisual聽media.
Education/Degrees
- DPhil, University of Sussex (UK)
- MPhil, Universit茅 Paris IV-Sorbonne (France)
Publications
Recent publications
- "120 ans dans聽l'orbite am茅ricaine", Histoire Collections, num茅ro special sur Cuba, Paris,聽forthcoming.聽
- "La Gr猫ce dans la nouvelle division socio-spatiale et symbolique de l鈥橢urope" (with No毛lle Burgi, CESSP), in Marta Alvarez, and Lise Canto (eds), ECCE聽GLOCUS. Raconter les espaces de la crise,聽Orbis Tertius Editions. Forthcoming.
- "Asian collision course", Le monde diplomatique聽(English Edition), London, March 2017.聽
- "La mondialisation du XIXe si猫cle. De De la City 脿 New York:聽Le basculement",聽尝'贬颈蝉迟辞颈谤别听肠辞濒濒别肠迟颈辞苍蝉, Paris, June-July聽2016.聽
- "China Rewrites the Global Rules",聽Le monde diplomatique聽(English Edition), London, February 2016.聽
Monographs
- East Asia's reemergence and global systemic change, Polity Press, Cambridge (UK) (forthcoming 2014).
- Une autre histoire de la puissance am茅ricaine, Le Seuil, Paris, 2011.
- Power, Profit and Prestige: A History of American Imperial Expansion, Pluto Press, London 2010.
Book chapters
- Golub, Philip. 鈥淎u sortir de la seconde guerre mondiale鈥, in Fin du leadership am茅ricain, (Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal, eds), Etat du monde 2020, 脡ditions la d茅couverte, Paris, 2019. Pp 41-49.聽
- Golub, Philip. 芦 Les h茅g茅monies dans le syst猫me capitaliste moderne 禄, in Manuel indocile des sciences sociales(Philippe Boursiet and Willy Pelletier, ed), 脡ditions la d茅couverte, Paris, 2019. Pp. 602-612)
- Golub, Philip. 芦 La Gr猫ce dans la nouvelle division socio-spatiale et symbolique de l鈥橢urope 禄, in Espaces de la crise, crise de l鈥檈space (Marta Alvarez et al, ed), 脡ditions Orbis Tertius, 2019. Pp. 35-60 (with Noelle Burgi, CNRS)
- Golub, Philip. 芦 Pourquoi le tournant dans le syst猫me international 禄, in actes du colloque La Paix, Civilisation, Mondialisation, 脡mancipation, Fondation Gabriel P茅ri, Paris, 2019. Pp. 29-35.
- Article in double blind peer-reviewed journal
- Golub, Philip. 鈥淕lobal value chains and the environmental costs of the industrialization of China 禄, in Civilisation 脡cologique, du slogan 脿 la r茅alit茅, Monde Chinois nouvelle Asie, N掳 56, 2018.
Edited book chapters
- Soft Power, Soft Concepts, and Imperial Conceits", in聽Vaincre sans convaincre: la diplomatie publique chinoise et ses limites", Monde Chinois聽nouvelle Asie, 60 (2019)聽
- 芦聽Le d茅sengagement am茅ricain聽禄, in聽Le Moyen-Orient et le monde聽禄, Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds), 脡tat du monde 2021, 脡ditions La D茅couverte, Paris.聽
- 鈥淎u sortir de la seconde guerre mondiale聽禄, in Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds),聽Fin du leadership am茅ricain聽?, 脡tat du monde 2020, 脡ditions La D茅couverte, Paris
- "La Gr猫ce dans la nouvelle division socio-spatiale et symbolique de l鈥橢urope" (with No毛lle Burgi, CESSP), in Marta Alvarez, and Lise Canto (eds),聽Raconter les espaces de la crise,聽Orbis Tertius Editions, 2019.
- 鈥淭he American Hegemonic Cycle and System Wide Crisis鈥, in Michel Boyer (ed),聽La th茅orie de la regulation au fil du temps: Suivre l鈥櫭﹙olution d鈥檜n paradigme au gr茅 des transformations des capitalismes contemporains聽禄, 脡ditions des maisons des sciences de l鈥檋omme associ茅s, Nanterre-Saclay-Saint Denis, 2018.聽
- 鈥淐ha卯nes de production transnationales et les co没ts environnementaux de l鈥檌ndustrialisation de la Chine聽禄, in Jean Paul Mar茅chal (ed),聽La Chine face au mur de l鈥檈nvironnement, 脡ditions du CNRS, Paris 2018.聽
- 芦聽Le d茅sengagement am茅ricain聽禄, in聽Le Moyen-Orient et le monde聽禄, Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds), 脡tat du monde 2021, 脡ditions La D茅couverte, Paris, 2020.
- 鈥淎u sortir de la seconde guerre mondiale聽禄, in Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds),聽Fin du leadership am茅ricain聽?, 脡tat du monde 2020, 脡ditions La D茅couverte, Paris, 2019.
- "La Gr猫ce dans la nouvelle division socio-spatiale et symbolique de l鈥橢urope" (with No毛lle Burgi, CESSP), in Marta Alvarez, and Lise Canto (eds),聽Raconter les espaces de la crise,聽Orbis Tertius Editions, 2019.
- 鈥淭he American Hegemonic Cycle and System Wide Crisis鈥, in Michel Boyer (ed),聽La th茅orie de la regulation au fil du temps: Suivre l鈥櫭﹙olution d鈥檜n paradigme au gr茅 des transformations des capitalismes contemporains聽禄, 脡ditions des maisons des sciences de l鈥檋omme associ茅s, Nanterre-Saclay-Saint Denis, 2018.聽
- 鈥淐ha卯nes de production transnationales et les co没ts environnementaux de l鈥檌ndustrialisation de la Chine聽禄, in Jean Paul Mar茅chal (ed),聽La Chine face au mur de l鈥檈nvironnement, 脡ditions du CNRS, Paris 2018.聽
- "", in Betrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds), Etat du monde 2014,聽 脡ditions La D茅couverte, Paris, 2014. (Forthcoming, September 2013)
- 鈥淟es Etats-Unis au Moyen-Orient: un g茅ant impuissant ?鈥, in Bertrand Badie et Dominique Vidal (eds), Etat du monde 2012, Nouveaux Acteurs Nouvelle Donne, 脡ditions La D茅couverte, Paris, 2011, pp. 187-192.
- 鈥淭he Elusive Global Promise of European Unification: Transnational Theory and National Discontents鈥, in Petar Bojanic, Jovan Babic and Gazela Puda (eds), Europe in the Emerging World Order: Searching for a New Paradigm, Presses of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade, 2011.
- 鈥淥vercoming the Planetary Prisoners鈥 Dilemma: Cosmopolitan Ethos and Pluralist Cooperation鈥, in Paul Harris (ed), Ethics and Global Environmental Policy: Cosmopolitan Conceptions of Climate Change, Edward Elgar, London, 2011. (with Jean-Paul Mar茅chal)
- 鈥淕lobal Public Goods鈥, in Keith Hart, Jean-Louis Laville, Antonio David Cattani (eds), The Human Economy, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2010.
- 鈥淏iens publics mondiaux鈥, in Jean-Louis Laville et Antonio-David Cattani (eds), Dictionnaire de l鈥檃utre 茅conomie, Gallimard, col. Folio, Paris, 2006 (with Jean-Paul Mar茅chal).
- 鈥淟鈥橢urope dans la nouvelle configuration des relations internationales鈥, in Pascal Boniface (ed), Quelle politique europ茅enne pour la France ?, Dalloz, Paris, 2005.
- 鈥淔rom Globalization to Militarism: The American Hegemonic Cycle and System-wide Crisis鈥, in Kees Van der Pijl, Libby Assassi, Duncan Wigan (ed), Global Regulation: Managing Crises after the Imperial Turn, Palgrave-MacMillan, London, 2004.
- 鈥淟鈥檌maginaire imp茅rial am茅ricain鈥, in Michel Wieviorka (ed), L鈥橢mpire am茅ricain?, Balland, Paris, 2004.
- 鈥淭he US hegemonic cycle鈥, in Kenneth Brown (ed), L鈥Irak de la crise au chaos, Ibis Press, Paris, 2004.
- 鈥淟e nouvel Etat imperial鈥, in Henry Leli猫vre (ed), Le terrorisme en questions, Editions Complexe, Brussels, 2003.
- 鈥淨uel mod猫le pour l'Asie?鈥, in Henry Leli猫vre (ed) Cor茅e, Chine, Japon : Cette Asie qui d茅range, Editions Complexe, Brussels, 2000.
- 鈥淲ashington, capitale de l鈥橭ccident ?鈥, in Lucio Carraciolo and Michel Korinman (ed), Les Fractures de l鈥橭ccident. 脡l茅ments de g茅opolitique, La D茅couverte, Paris, 1994.
- 鈥淯n monde d茅centr茅鈥, in No毛lle Burgi (ed), Fractures de l鈥橢tat-nation, Kim茅, Paris 1993.
Peer-review journals
- "From the New International Economic Order to the G20: how the Global South is restructuring world capitalism from within", Third World Quarterly, Summer 2013 (Forthcoming)
- 鈥淔onti stroriche dell鈥檌mmaginazione geopolitica statunitense鈥, Filosofia Politica, Vol II N掳12, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011, pp. 71-84.
- 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Imperial Wars: A Historical Survey鈥, in 鈥淕uerri Imperiali鈥, Filosofia Politica, Vol II N掳11, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011, pp. 335-353.
- 鈥淟a fin de la Pax Americana ?鈥, Revue internationale et strat茅gique, Vol. 4, No. 72, Winter 2008-2009, Paris, pp. 141-149.
- 鈥淐osmopolitisme et imp茅rialisme鈥, Revue internationale et strat茅gique, Vol.3, No. 67, Autumn 2007, Paris, pp. 105-112.
- 鈥淗yperpuissance am茅ricaine et bien publics globaux鈥, 骋茅辞茅肠辞苍辞尘颈别, Paris, N掳 30, Summer 2004 (with Jean-Paul Mar茅chal).
- 鈥淚mperial Politics, Imperial Will and the Crisis of U.S. Hegemony鈥, Review of International Political Economy, Vol 11, No. 4, October 2004, Routledge, London. pp. 763-786.
- 鈥淒e la mondialisation au militarisme: la crise de l鈥檋茅g茅monie am茅ricaine鈥, in 鈥 La r茅gulation globale du capitalisme鈥 (Jean Christophe Graz and Ronen Palan, eds), A Contrario, Lausanne, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2004, pp. 9-33.
- 鈥淭he American Hegemonic Cycle and System-Wide Crisis鈥, Point th茅orique, Lettre de la r茅gulation, No. 46, October 2003.
- 鈥淒el neo-wilsonianismo al militarismo : los patrones movedizos de la politica norteamericana鈥, Revista Venezolana de Econom铆a y Ciencias Sociales, Vol. 9, No. 1, January-April, 2003, pp. 13-28.
- 鈥淟e r茅chauffement climatique:la coop茅ration ou le chaos鈥, with B茅atrice Quenault and J.P. Mar茅chal, 骋茅辞茅肠辞苍辞尘颈别, n掳 16,聽 Winter, 2000-2001.
Other journals and book chapters
- 鈥淟es Etats-Unis face aux revolutions d茅mocratiques arabes鈥 in 鈥淧rintemps Arabes: comprendre les revolutions en marche鈥, Mouvements, Paris, N掳66, Summer 2011, pp. 127-134.
- 鈥淨uand l鈥橢urope dominait le monde鈥, in Dominique Vidal, Philippe Rekacewitz et Lionel Richard (eds), Histoire critique du XXe si猫cle, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 10-12.
- 鈥淐omment la plan猫te devint une ville鈥, Atlas, Histoire critique du XXe si猫cle, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 28-30.
- 鈥淒e l鈥檋茅g茅monie occidentale au polycentrisme鈥, in Dominique Vidal (ed), Atlas 2010, Armand Colin-Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 10-12.
- 鈥淕rande puissance militaire, premier d茅biteur mondial鈥, in Atlas 2010, Armand Colin/Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 62-64.
- 鈥淟e grand retour de l鈥橭rient鈥, in Atlas 2010, Armand Colin/Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 196-198.
- 鈥淩evisiting American Empire鈥, Soundings, London, Vol. 37, No. 1. (December 2007), pp. 66-79. (republished in French by Mouvements, January 2009).
- 鈥淟鈥橝sie dans l鈥櫭ヽonomie politique mondiale contemporaine鈥, in Cartographiare il presente, Department of Historical Studies, University de Bologna, 2007 (on line publication).
- 鈥淭he Blinding March of Neoliberalism鈥, Review Essay of David Harvey's A Brief History of Neoliberalism" Logos, A Journal of Modern Society and Culture, Issue 5.2 (Spring/Summer, 2006).
- 鈥淕olfe Arabo-Persique: laboratoire de la r茅volution strat茅gique am茅ricaine鈥, Cahiers de l鈥橭rient, Paris, Autumn, 2004.
- 鈥淭he Cycle of American Empire鈥, Global Dialogue, Cyprus, Vol. 5, No. 1-2, Winter/Spring, 2003.
Selection of specialized press articles
- 鈥淒es cit茅s-Etats 脿 la ville globale鈥, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, April 2010.
- 鈥淟鈥橭ccident, fiction supreme鈥, Alternatives internationales, n掳 24, Paris, May 2005.
- 鈥淐laude L茅vi-Strauss, la r茅volution du regard鈥, Alternatives internationales, n掳 20, Paris, January 2005.
- 鈥淩etour de l鈥橝sie sur la sc猫ne mondiale鈥, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, October 2004.
- 鈥淟es dynamiques du d茅sordre mondial鈥, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, September 2002.
- 鈥淟a tentation imp茅riale de l鈥檃dministration am茅ricaine鈥, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, July 2001.
- 鈥淯ne ville globalis茅e: Shanghai, vitrine du capitalisme chinois鈥, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, August 2000.
- 鈥淗as Globalisation Really Made States Redundant? The States We Are Still In鈥, Le Monde diplomatique, English edition, London, April 2000. (With Dr. Noelle Burgi)
- 鈥淟a nationalit茅 des firmes: l'identit茅 des entreprises globales鈥, 狈辞谤诲-厂耻诲-贰虫辫辞谤迟听 n掳 390, Paris, 7 January 2000.
- 鈥淔ruits amers d鈥檜n 鈥榤iracle鈥: Quand l鈥橝sie orientale vacille鈥, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, July 1998.
- 鈥淟鈥檌ncontr么lable contagion de la crise financi猫re asiatique: un tournant dans l鈥檋istoire de la globalization鈥, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, January 1998.
- 鈥淧our une mise en ordre du syst猫me financier international鈥, Esprit, No 12, December 1997, p. 162-167. (with Prof. Jean-Paul Mar茅chal)
Conferences & Lectures
Conferences with peer review
- "Cores and Peripheries: How the management of the Eurozone crisis generated enduring structural dependencies and inequalities", paper presented at the Congress of the European Sociological Association: (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidiarities, Subjectivities, Athens, Greece, 29 August 鈥 01 Sept 2017. With No毛lle Manuela Burgi and Eleni Kyramargiou.聽
- "The Relevance of Dependency Theory to the Eurozone divide", paper presented at the 67th Political Studies Association Annual International Conference on 鈥淣ew Security Threats in Southern Europe鈥滸lasgow, UK, 10-12 April 2017
- "The Historical Significance of East Asia's Reemergence", lecture at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, March 21, 2017.
- "Cuba between the US and China", seminar, Institut des Hautes 茅tudes de l鈥橝m茅rique latine (IHEAL), Paris, 24 February, 2017
- "Troubled waters: Trump, the US, China and the evolving struggle for hegemony in East Asia and the Pacific", lecture at the seminar of Asia Centre, Paris, 18 January, 2017
- "Sources et implications de la r茅茅mergence de l'Asie de l'Est", lecture at the Centre d'histoire internationale et d'茅tudes politiques de la mondialisation, Universit茅 de Lausanne, 15 March, 2016.聽
- "Les guerres am茅ricaines au Moyen Orient", presented at the international conference Intervenir au Moyen-Orient?, French Senate, Palais du Luxembourg/iReMMO, 12 January 2016
- 鈥淔rom the New International Economic Order to the G20: the Changing Agenda of Postcolonial Countries鈥, International Political Science Association (IPSA), World聽 Congress, Madrid, July 13 2012.
- 鈥淪ystemic Change Over Long Periods: East Asia鈥檚 Re-emergence and the Two Waves of Globalization鈥, Congress of the Association fran莽aise de science politique (AFSP), panel Penser le changement international, Strasbourg, 31 August 2011.
- 鈥淭he Elusive Global Promise of European Unification鈥, keynote speech, international conference, Europe in the Emerging World Order. Searching for a New Paradigm, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade, Serbia, 24 March 2010.聽
- 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Imperial Wars: A Historical Trajectory鈥, international conference Imperial Wars, Dipartimento Discipline Storiche, Universit茅 de Bologne, 19-20 November 2009.
- 鈥淚mperial Cosmologies: The Ideational Dimension of American Expansionism鈥, Third Critical Studies Conference, Kolkata Research Group, Kolkata, India, 10-11 September 2009.
- 鈥淐hina, the USA and Global Warming: A Planetary Prisoners鈥 Dilemma鈥 (with J-P. Mar茅chal). International Conference: China and Global Climate Change: Reconciling International Fairness and Protection of the Atmospheric Commons, Center for Asia Pacific Studies, Lingnan University (Hong Kong), 18-19 June 2009.
- 鈥淕lobalization: a Historical Sociological Perspective鈥, international conference The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Questions and Responses, William Paterson University, N.J., 23 April 2009.
- 鈥淗yperpuissance am茅ricaine et biens publics globaux鈥, international conference R茅guler la mondialisation ?, Coll猫ge d鈥櫭﹖udes internationales, University of Paris-Sud 11, 13-14 May 2004.
- 鈥淪hifting Patterns of US Global Governance in the post-Cold War鈥, international conference Global Regulation, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, UK, 29-31 May, 2003.
- 鈥淧ouvoir, richesse et souverainet茅 dans la mondialisation contemporaine鈥, international conference Etat et soci茅t茅 face 脿 la mondialisation: la Cor茅e et la France, Korean Political Science Association (KPSA) and the Association Cor茅enne d'茅tudes politiques fran莽aises (ACEPF), Seoul, South Korea, 2001.
Invited speaker
- East Asia's reemergence and power diffusion in the global political economy, paper presented at the research seminar of the Centre de Recherches sur l'Am茅rique du Nord (CRAN), Universit茅 Paris-3, 8 April 2013.
- C.Wright Mills, the Power Elite, and War, talk at the research seminar of the Centre de recherches anglophones (CREA), Universit茅 Paris-Ouest Nanterre, 26 March 2013.
- The United States in world affairs: a historical perspective, 脡cole de guerre, Paris, 17 december 2013.
- Round table discussion on the US presidential elections and the Middle East,聽 Institut de recherches et d'茅tudes M茅diterran茅e Moyen-Orient (iReMMo), Paris 13 November 2013.
- Les r茅volutions arabes dans une perspective historique, atelier de recherches doctorales, University Paris 8, April 2011.
- 鈥淓merging World Regions and the Reconfiguration of the World Political Economy鈥, Forum for Creative Policy Alternatives, William Paterson University, N.J., 16 November 2010.
- 鈥淧ower, Profit and Prestige鈥, book presentation and debate with Prof. Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London 7 December 2010.
- 鈥淧ower, Profit and Prestige鈥, book presentation and debate with Prof. Richard Beardsworth, Working Paper Series, American University of Paris, 27 October 2010.
- 鈥淧ower, Profit and Prestige鈥, book presentation and debate with Prof. Michael Cox, London School of Economics (LSE), London, 6 September 2010.
- 鈥淧ower, Profit and Prestige鈥, discussion of my book with Prof. Oscar Guardiola Rivera, Edinburgh International Book Festival, 27 August 2010.
- 鈥淩ethinking Globalisation: Towards a Polycentric World System鈥, doctoral research seminar, Institute of Sociology, University of Belgrade 鈥 Ateliers de recherches internationales (ARI), CERI-Sciences Po, 23 March 2010.
- Elections am茅ricaines, mode d鈥檈mploi, debate at the Biblioth猫que nationale de France (BNF) with Pap Ndiaye (EHESS) et Nicole Bacharan (IEP), 21 October 2008.
- The Rise of Liberal Imperialism, discussion with Prof. Jennifer Pitts (University of Chicago), Paris branch of the University of Chicago, 25 September 2008.
- La nouvelle donne des relations internationales depuis la chute du Mur, discussion of post-cold war with Prof. Robert Frank (University Paris 1), BDIC, University of Nanterre, 2 June 2008.
- L鈥橝sie dans l鈥櫭ヽonomie politique mondiale contemporaine, six conferences, Department of Historical Studies, University of Bologna, Italy 23-25 May 2007.
- The United States and East Asia: Mapping the Future of the World System, conference cycle, William Paterson University, New Jersey, 6-9 December 2007.
- 鈥淪ur l鈥檈urocentrisme et la modernit茅鈥, international conference La naissance du monde moderne: Aux origines de la puissance europ茅enne, UNESCO, Paris, 2006.
- 鈥淟鈥櫭塼at lib茅ral, la colonialit茅 et la guerre鈥, research seminars around the special issue of the journal A Contrario on 鈥淕lobal Regulation鈥, (A Contrario, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2004), University of Lausanne and Geneva, 26 et 27 April 2005.
- 鈥淟鈥檌maginaire imp茅rial am茅ricain鈥, international conference L'empire am茅ricain?, organized by Michel Wieviorka/Entretiens d'Auxerre, 22 November 2003.
- 鈥淐ycles h茅g茅moniques et crises syst茅miques: une approche th茅orique鈥, research seminar of the CEPREMAP, Paris, 13 October 2003.
Affiliations
- International Political Science Association (IPSA)
- International Studies Association (ISA)
- French Association of Political Sciences (AFSP)
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institut de recherches et d'茅tudes M茅diterrann茅e Moyen Orient( (IreMMo)
Research Areas
* Editorial Board, Monde Chinois-nouvelle Asie
* International Advisory Board, Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory (University of Belgrade) and Center for Advanced Studies (University of Rijeka)
* Political theory聽
* Emerging economies聽
* Asian political economy聽
* US International Politics聽
* Globalization聽
* Hegemonies, empires and late modern colonial history