Sophie Meunier

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Sophie Meunier (born c. 1967 in Paris, France [1] ) is a senior research scholar in Public and International Affairs at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs (formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson School). She is the Director of Princeton's Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society and the Co-director of the European Union Program at Princeton, which she founded with Andrew Moravcsik. [2] She also served as Acting Director [3] of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton (2023-2024). She was elected Chair of the European Union Studies Association, [4] the world's premier scholarly association for the study of the European Union and the process of European integration [5] (2023-2024). A Franco-American political scientist, she is an expert in European integration, the politics of European trade and investment policy, [6] and the politics of anti-Americanism. [7] [8] Meunier is a faculty fellow in Yeh College at Princeton University.

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Her first book, The French Challenge: Adapting to Globalization (Brookings Institution Press, 2001), co-written with Philip H. Gordon, won the 2002 France-Ameriques Book Award. [9] [10] 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". [11] 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". [12]

She has published many articles in academic journals, as well as in magazines and newspapers such as Foreign Affairs , [13] [14] Foreign Policy , [15] Le Monde , Le Figaro , and The Huffington Post . [16]

Meunier has been actively involved in promoting the study of the European Union in the United States. She has been secretary of the European Union Studies Association and vice-chair (2021-2023), before being Chair of EUSA (2023-2024). She is a former 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. [17] She was the co-chair of the 2010 Conference Program Committee 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 was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the French government in 2011 [18] and currently resides in Princeton, New Jersey.

Research contributions

Meunier's theoretical and empirical research studies the politics of globalization, notably the interactions between European integration and globalization and their impact on international institutions and domestic politics. She has analyzed both how economic globalization challenges politics in the European Union and how European countries have reacted to, adapted to, and in turn shaped globalization. Her most well-known contributions are the following:

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  1. ↑ "Hating Uncle Sam". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. ↑ "Home Page | European Union Program at Princeton".
  3. ↑ "Sophie Meunier to Serve as LISD Acting Director for the 2023-2024 Academic Year". Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  4. ↑ "EUSA | Information and Ideas on the European Union". www.eustudies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  5. ↑ "EUSA | Information and Ideas on the European Union". www.eustudies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  6. 1 2 Meunier, Sophie (2017). "Integration by Stealth: How the European Union Gained Competence over Foreign Direct Investment". JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. 55 (3): 593–610. doi:10.1111/jcms.12528. hdl: 1814/34161 . ISSN   1468-5965. S2CID   154478553.
  7. ↑ "Hating Uncle Sam". 21 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Sophie Meunier".
  9. 1 2 "Home". france-ameriques.org.
  10. 1 2 Le Monde des Livres, 13 September 2002
  11. ↑ The French Challenge, Brookings Institution Press, 2001, Back cover
  12. ↑ Meunier, Sophie (28 January 2007). Trading Voices: The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0691130507.
  13. ↑ Meunier, Sophie (28 January 2009). "The French Exception".{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  14. ↑ Matthijs, Matthias; Meunier, Sophie (2023-08-22). "Europe's Geoeconomic Revolution". Foreign Affairs. Vol. 102, no. 5. ISSN   0015-7120 . Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  15. ↑ https://foreignpolicy.com/users/login.php?story_id=2590&URL=https://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=2590%5B%5D
  16. ↑ "French Fried? The G20 Will Soon Find Out How "American" Sarkozy Really is". HuffPost . 10 January 2011.
  17. ↑ "Home". councilforeuropeanstudies.org.
  18. 1 2 "Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs | WWS's Sophie Meunier Recognized by French Government". Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
  19. 1 2 Chan, Zenobia T.; Meunier, Sophie (2021-07-13). "Behind the screen: Understanding national support for a foreign investment screening mechanism in the European Union". The Review of International Organizations. 17 (3): 513–541. doi:10.1007/s11558-021-09436-y. ISSN   1559-744X. PMC   8275636 . PMID   35719695.
  20. ↑ Meunier, Sophie (2007-01-28). Trading Voices. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-13050-7.
  21. ↑ Gordon, Philip H.; Meunier-Aitsahalia, Sophie (2001-11-01). The French Challenge: Adapting to Globalization. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN   0815702612.
  22. ↑ Meunier, Sophie (2009-01-28). "The French Exception". Foreign Affairs. ISSN   0015-7120 . Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  23. ↑ Alter, Karen J.; Meunier, Sophie (March 2009). "The Politics of International Regime Complexity". Perspectives on Politics. 7 (1): 13–24. doi:10.1017/S1537592709090033. ISSN   1537-5927. S2CID   56245410.
  24. ↑ Jones, Erik; Kelemen, R. Daniel; Meunier, Sophie (2016-06-01). "Failing Forward? The Euro Crisis and the Incomplete Nature of European Integration". Comparative Political Studies. 49 (7): 1010–1034. doi:10.1177/0010414015617966. ISSN   0010-4140. S2CID   155286038.
  25. ↑ Jones, Erik; Kelemen, R. Daniel; Meunier, Sophie (2021-07-30). "Failing forward? Crises and patterns of European integration". Journal of European Public Policy. 28 (10): 1519–1536. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1954068 . hdl: 1814/74033 . ISSN   1350-1763.
  26. ↑ Meunier, Sophie (2014-03-01). "A Faustian bargain or just a good bargain? Chinese foreign direct investment and politics in Europe". Asia Europe Journal. 12 (1): 143–158. doi:10.1007/s10308-014-0382-x. ISSN   1612-1031. S2CID   154951145.
  27. ↑ Meunier, Sophie (2014-04-16). "'Beggars can't be Choosers': The European Crisis and Chinese Direct Investment in the European Union". Journal of European Integration. 36 (3): 283–302. doi:10.1080/07036337.2014.885754. ISSN   0703-6337. S2CID   154594351.
  28. ↑ Bauerle Danzman, Sarah; Meunier, Sophie (2021-08-28). "The Big Screen: Mapping the Diffusion of Foreign Investment Screening Mechanisms". Rochester, NY. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3913248. S2CID   238191944. SSRN   3913248.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  29. ↑ Bauerle Danzman, Sarah; Meunier, Sophie (2024-03-03). "The EU's Geoeconomic Turn: From Policy Laggard to Institutional Innovator". JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. doi: 10.1111/jcms.13599 . ISSN   0021-9886.
  30. ↑ Gordon, Philip H.; Gordon, Philip H.; Meunier, Sophie (2001). The French Challenge: Adapting to Globalization. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN   0815702612.
  31. ↑ "Europe and the Management of Globalization".
  32. ↑ Cole, Alistair; Meunier, Sophie; Tiberj, Vincent (2013-05-29). Developments in French Politics 5. ASIN   0230349625.
  33. ↑ Hall, Peter A.; Jacoby, Wade; Levy, Jonah; Meunier, Sophie, eds. (2014). The Politics of Representation in the Global Age: Identification, Mobilization, and Adjudication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139794961. ISBN   978-1-107-03776-2. S2CID   153022515.
  34. ↑ "Speaking With a Single Voice: The EU as an effective actor in global governance?". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  35. ↑ Drake, Helen; Cole, Alistair; Meunier, Sophie; Tiberj, Vincent, eds. (2020-11-28). Developments in French Politics 6. Macmillan Education UK. ISBN   978-1352011296.
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