Michael W. Doyle

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This is an article about the university professor. For the politician from Pennsylvania, see Michael F. Doyle

Michael W. Doyle (born 1948) is an international relations scholar whose most influential work is Empires, an analysis of imperialism. In this work, he differentiates between different forms of empire and also provides case studies of historical empires, including the Roman Empire, British Empire, Ottoman Empire, and Egyptian empire. He also wrote "Ways of War and Peace" in 1997. Most scholars agree that Doyle belongs to the Idealist group of the political spectrum.

Doyle is currently the Harold Brown Professor of U.S. Foreign and Security Policy at Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs, where he holds joint appointments in law and political science.

He attended Harvard University, receiving a BA, MA, and PhD in Political Science.

He is married to Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania.

Contents

[edit] Kant's Perpetual Peace

In Michael Doyle's "Liberalism and World Politics" [1], Doyle builds on Immanuel Kant's views on various issues, especially noted are his views on liberal internationalism. Doyle discusses the two legacies of modern liberalism: The pacification of foreign relations among liberal states (see below) and international imprudence.

[edit] Doyle's Law

One of the conclusions of his work inspired by Kant is informally known as "Doyle's law" [2]. It states that liberal democracies are less likely to war with each other - as backed by empirical evidence. However, this "law" has been formulated in Cold War times when the number of democracies was quite limited. Although simple in appearance, this concept is an important tool in analyzing international interactions and trying to predict their evolution.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Michael W. Doyle, "Liberalism and World Politics," The American Political Science Review, Vol. 80, No. 4 (Dec. 1986), 1151-1169.
  2. ^ Michale Doyle, "Kant, Liberal Legacies and Foreign Policy", Philosophy and Public Affairs, I and II, 1983 (12), p.205-235 and 323-353.

[edit] Selected Publications

[edit] External links

Interview with Michael W. Doyle by Theory Talks (16-04-2008)

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