(From 2005–2008, I had the honor of being appointed as a Designated Scholar at Columbia University School of Law under the mentorship of Professor Michael W. Doyle. During this time, I was also a Senior Fellow at the United Nations Institute of Training and Research—UNITAR.)
Professor Michael W. Doyle is a globally respected scholar in international relations, best known for the theory popularly referred to as "Doyle’s Law"—that liberal democracies do not go to war with each other. This theory is central to his widely cited work Liberalism and World Politics, one of the top 20 most cited articles in the 100-year history of the American Political Science Review (University of Warwick).
He currently holds the Harold Brown Chair in International Affairs, Law, and Political Science at Columbia Law School. He previously served as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Professor Doyle began his academic career at the University of Warwick (1975–1976), then served at Princeton University (1977–1984), Johns Hopkins University (1984–1987), and again at Princeton, where he became the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics and International Affairs (1987–2003).