Philip Golub
Professor
- Department: History and Politics
- Graduate Program(s): International Affairs, International Affairs, Conflict Resolution and Civil Society Development, Diplomacy and International Law

Philip Golub is Professor of Political Science, Political Philosophyand International Relations at the American University of Paris (勛圖tv). 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 勛圖tv, 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 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 asdozens of book chapters on various issue areas of world politics. He is also a prolific author and commentator in the press and audiovisualmedia.
Education/Degrees
- DPhil, University of Sussex (UK)
- MPhil, Universit矇 Paris IV-Sorbonne (France)
Publications
Recent publications
- "120 ans dansl'orbite am矇ricaine", Histoire Collections, num矇ro special sur Cuba, Paris,forthcoming.
- "La Gr癡ce dans la nouvelle division socio-spatiale et symbolique de lEurope" (with No禱lle Burgi, CESSP), in Marta Alvarez, and Lise Canto (eds), ECCEGLOCUS. Raconter les espaces de la crise,Orbis Tertius Editions. Forthcoming.
- "Asian collision course", Le monde diplomatique(English Edition), London, March 2017.
- "La mondialisation du XIXe si癡cle. De De la City New York:Le basculement",郭'晨勳莽喧棗勳娶梗泭釵棗梭梭梗釵喧勳棗紳莽, Paris, June-July2016.
- "China Rewrites the Global Rules",Le monde diplomatique(English Edition), London, February 2016.
Monographs
- East Asia's reemergence and global systemic change, Polity Press, Cambridge (UK) (forthcoming 2014).
- Une autre histoire de la puissance am矇ricaine, Le Seuil, Paris, 2011.
- Power, Profit and Prestige: A History of American Imperial Expansion, Pluto Press, London 2010.
Book chapters
- Golub, Philip. Au sortir de la seconde guerre mondiale, in Fin du leadership am矇ricain, (Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal, eds), Etat du monde 2020, ditions la d矇couverte, Paris, 2019. Pp 41-49.
- Golub, Philip. 竄 Les h矇g矇monies dans le syst癡me capitaliste moderne 罈, in Manuel indocile des sciences sociales(Philippe Boursiet and Willy Pelletier, ed), ditions la d矇couverte, Paris, 2019. Pp. 602-612)
- Golub, Philip. 竄 La Gr癡ce dans la nouvelle division socio-spatiale et symbolique de lEurope 罈, in Espaces de la crise, crise de lespace (Marta Alvarez et al, ed), ditions Orbis Tertius, 2019. Pp. 35-60 (with Noelle Burgi, CNRS)
- Golub, Philip. 竄 Pourquoi le tournant dans le syst癡me international 罈, in actes du colloque La Paix, Civilisation, Mondialisation, mancipation, Fondation Gabriel P矇ri, Paris, 2019. Pp. 29-35.
- Article in double blind peer-reviewed journal
- Golub, Philip. Global value chains and the environmental costs of the industrialization of China 罈, in Civilisation cologique, du slogan la r矇alit矇, Monde Chinois nouvelle Asie, N簞 56, 2018.
Edited book chapters
- Soft Power, Soft Concepts, and Imperial Conceits", inVaincre sans convaincre: la diplomatie publique chinoise et ses limites", Monde Chinoisnouvelle Asie, 60 (2019)
- 竄Le d矇sengagement am矇ricain罈, inLe Moyen-Orient et le monde罈, Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds), tat du monde 2021, ditions La D矇couverte, Paris.
- Au sortir de la seconde guerre mondiale罈, in Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds),Fin du leadership am矇ricain?, tat du monde 2020, ditions La D矇couverte, Paris
- "La Gr癡ce dans la nouvelle division socio-spatiale et symbolique de lEurope" (with No禱lle Burgi, CESSP), in Marta Alvarez, and Lise Canto (eds),Raconter les espaces de la crise,Orbis Tertius Editions, 2019.
- The American Hegemonic Cycle and System Wide Crisis, in Michel Boyer (ed),La th矇orie de la regulation au fil du temps: Suivre l矇volution dun paradigme au gr矇 des transformations des capitalismes contemporains罈, ditions des maisons des sciences de lhomme associ矇s, Nanterre-Saclay-Saint Denis, 2018.
- Cha簾nes de production transnationales et les co羶ts environnementaux de lindustrialisation de la Chine罈, in Jean Paul Mar矇chal (ed),La Chine face au mur de lenvironnement, ditions du CNRS, Paris 2018.
- 竄Le d矇sengagement am矇ricain罈, inLe Moyen-Orient et le monde罈, Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds), tat du monde 2021, ditions La D矇couverte, Paris, 2020.
- Au sortir de la seconde guerre mondiale罈, in Bertrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds),Fin du leadership am矇ricain?, tat du monde 2020, ditions La D矇couverte, Paris, 2019.
- "La Gr癡ce dans la nouvelle division socio-spatiale et symbolique de lEurope" (with No禱lle Burgi, CESSP), in Marta Alvarez, and Lise Canto (eds),Raconter les espaces de la crise,Orbis Tertius Editions, 2019.
- The American Hegemonic Cycle and System Wide Crisis, in Michel Boyer (ed),La th矇orie de la regulation au fil du temps: Suivre l矇volution dun paradigme au gr矇 des transformations des capitalismes contemporains罈, ditions des maisons des sciences de lhomme associ矇s, Nanterre-Saclay-Saint Denis, 2018.
- Cha簾nes de production transnationales et les co羶ts environnementaux de lindustrialisation de la Chine罈, in Jean Paul Mar矇chal (ed),La Chine face au mur de lenvironnement, ditions du CNRS, Paris 2018.
- "", in Betrand Badie and Dominique Vidal (eds), Etat du monde 2014, ditions La D矇couverte, Paris, 2014. (Forthcoming, September 2013)
- Les Etats-Unis au Moyen-Orient: un g矇ant impuissant ?, in Bertrand Badie et Dominique Vidal (eds), Etat du monde 2012, Nouveaux Acteurs Nouvelle Donne, ditions La D矇couverte, Paris, 2011, pp. 187-192.
- The Elusive Global Promise of European Unification: Transnational Theory and National Discontents, 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.
- Overcoming the Planetary Prisoners Dilemma: Cosmopolitan Ethos and Pluralist Cooperation, in Paul Harris (ed), Ethics and Global Environmental Policy: Cosmopolitan Conceptions of Climate Change, Edward Elgar, London, 2011. (with Jean-Paul Mar矇chal)
- Global Public Goods, in Keith Hart, Jean-Louis Laville, Antonio David Cattani (eds), The Human Economy, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2010.
- Biens publics mondiaux, in Jean-Louis Laville et Antonio-David Cattani (eds), Dictionnaire de lautre 矇conomie, Gallimard, col. Folio, Paris, 2006 (with Jean-Paul Mar矇chal).
- LEurope dans la nouvelle configuration des relations internationales, in Pascal Boniface (ed), Quelle politique europ矇enne pour la France ?, Dalloz, Paris, 2005.
- From Globalization to Militarism: The American Hegemonic Cycle and System-wide Crisis, in Kees Van der Pijl, Libby Assassi, Duncan Wigan (ed), Global Regulation: Managing Crises after the Imperial Turn, Palgrave-MacMillan, London, 2004.
- Limaginaire imp矇rial am矇ricain, in Michel Wieviorka (ed), LEmpire am矇ricain?, Balland, Paris, 2004.
- The US hegemonic cycle, in Kenneth Brown (ed), LIrak de la crise au chaos, Ibis Press, Paris, 2004.
- Le nouvel Etat imperial, in Henry Leli癡vre (ed), Le terrorisme en questions, Editions Complexe, Brussels, 2003.
- Quel mod癡le pour l'Asie?, in Henry Leli癡vre (ed) Cor矇e, Chine, Japon : Cette Asie qui d矇range, Editions Complexe, Brussels, 2000.
- Washington, capitale de lOccident ?, in Lucio Carraciolo and Michel Korinman (ed), Les Fractures de lOccident. l矇ments de g矇opolitique, La D矇couverte, Paris, 1994.
- Un monde d矇centr矇, in No禱lle Burgi (ed), Fractures de lEtat-nation, Kim矇, 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)
- Fonti stroriche dellimmaginazione geopolitica statunitense, Filosofia Politica, Vol II N簞12, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011, pp. 71-84.
- Americas Imperial Wars: A Historical Survey, in Guerri Imperiali, Filosofia Politica, Vol II N簞11, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011, pp. 335-353.
- La fin de la Pax Americana ?, Revue internationale et strat矇gique, Vol. 4, No. 72, Winter 2008-2009, Paris, pp. 141-149.
- Cosmopolitisme et imp矇rialisme, Revue internationale et strat矇gique, Vol.3, No. 67, Autumn 2007, Paris, pp. 105-112.
- Hyperpuissance am矇ricaine et bien publics globaux, 勞矇棗矇釵棗紳棗鳥勳梗, Paris, N簞 30, Summer 2004 (with Jean-Paul Mar矇chal).
- Imperial Politics, Imperial Will and the Crisis of U.S. Hegemony, Review of International Political Economy, Vol 11, No. 4, October 2004, Routledge, London. pp. 763-786.
- De la mondialisation au militarisme: la crise de lh矇g矇monie am矇ricaine, in La r矇gulation globale du capitalisme (Jean Christophe Graz and Ronen Palan, eds), A Contrario, Lausanne, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2004, pp. 9-33.
- The American Hegemonic Cycle and System-Wide Crisis, Point th矇orique, Lettre de la r矇gulation, No. 46, October 2003.
- Del neo-wilsonianismo al militarismo : los patrones movedizos de la politica norteamericana, Revista Venezolana de Econom穩a y Ciencias Sociales, Vol. 9, No. 1, January-April, 2003, pp. 13-28.
- Le r矇chauffement climatique:la coop矇ration ou le chaos, with B矇atrice Quenault and J.P. Mar矇chal, 勞矇棗矇釵棗紳棗鳥勳梗, n簞 16, Winter, 2000-2001.
Other journals and book chapters
- Les Etats-Unis face aux revolutions d矇mocratiques arabes in Printemps Arabes: comprendre les revolutions en marche, Mouvements, Paris, N簞66, Summer 2011, pp. 127-134.
- Quand lEurope dominait le monde, in Dominique Vidal, Philippe Rekacewitz et Lionel Richard (eds), Histoire critique du XXe si癡cle, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 10-12.
- Comment la plan癡te devint une ville, Atlas, Histoire critique du XXe si癡cle, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 28-30.
- De lh矇g矇monie occidentale au polycentrisme, in Dominique Vidal (ed), Atlas 2010, Armand Colin-Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 10-12.
- Grande puissance militaire, premier d矇biteur mondial, in Atlas 2010, Armand Colin/Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 62-64.
- Le grand retour de lOrient, in Atlas 2010, Armand Colin/Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, 2010, pp. 196-198.
- Revisiting American Empire, Soundings, London, Vol. 37, No. 1. (December 2007), pp. 66-79. (republished in French by Mouvements, January 2009).
- LAsie dans l矇conomie politique mondiale contemporaine, in Cartographiare il presente, Department of Historical Studies, University de Bologna, 2007 (on line publication).
- The Blinding March of Neoliberalism, 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).
- Golfe Arabo-Persique: laboratoire de la r矇volution strat矇gique am矇ricaine, Cahiers de lOrient, Paris, Autumn, 2004.
- The Cycle of American Empire, Global Dialogue, Cyprus, Vol. 5, No. 1-2, Winter/Spring, 2003.
Selection of specialized press articles
- Des cit矇s-Etats la ville globale, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, April 2010.
- LOccident, fiction supreme, Alternatives internationales, n簞 24, Paris, May 2005.
- Claude L矇vi-Strauss, la r矇volution du regard, Alternatives internationales, n簞 20, Paris, January 2005.
- Retour de lAsie sur la sc癡ne mondiale, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, October 2004.
- Les dynamiques du d矇sordre mondial, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, September 2002.
- La tentation imp矇riale de ladministration am矇ricaine, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, July 2001.
- Une ville globalis矇e: Shanghai, vitrine du capitalisme chinois, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, August 2000.
- Has Globalisation Really Made States Redundant? The States We Are Still In, Le Monde diplomatique, English edition, London, April 2000. (With Dr. Noelle Burgi)
- La nationalit矇 des firmes: l'identit矇 des entreprises globales, 捧棗娶餃-釦喝餃-楚單梯棗娶喧泭 n簞 390, Paris, 7 January 2000.
- Fruits amers dun miracle: Quand lAsie orientale vacille, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, July 1998.
- Lincontr繫lable contagion de la crise financi癡re asiatique: un tournant dans lhistoire de la globalization, Le Monde diplomatique, Paris, January 1998.
- Pour une mise en ordre du syst癡me financier international, Esprit, No 12, December 1997, p. 162-167. (with Prof. Jean-Paul Mar矇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 01 Sept 2017. With No禱lle Manuela Burgi and Eleni Kyramargiou.
- "The Relevance of Dependency Theory to the Eurozone divide", paper presented at the 67th Political Studies Association Annual International Conference on New Security Threats in Southern EuropeGlasgow, 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 矇tudes de lAm矇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矇矇mergence de l'Asie de l'Est", lecture at the Centre d'histoire internationale et d'矇tudes politiques de la mondialisation, Universit矇 de Lausanne, 15 March, 2016.
- "Les guerres am矇ricaines au Moyen Orient", presented at the international conference Intervenir au Moyen-Orient?, French Senate, Palais du Luxembourg/iReMMO, 12 January 2016
- From the New International Economic Order to the G20: the Changing Agenda of Postcolonial Countries, International Political Science Association (IPSA), World Congress, Madrid, July 13 2012.
- Systemic Change Over Long Periods: East Asias Re-emergence and the Two Waves of Globalization, Congress of the Association fran癟aise de science politique (AFSP), panel Penser le changement international, Strasbourg, 31 August 2011.
- The Elusive Global Promise of European Unification, 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.
- Americas Imperial Wars: A Historical Trajectory, international conference Imperial Wars, Dipartimento Discipline Storiche, Universit矇 de Bologne, 19-20 November 2009.
- Imperial Cosmologies: The Ideational Dimension of American Expansionism, Third Critical Studies Conference, Kolkata Research Group, Kolkata, India, 10-11 September 2009.
- China, the USA and Global Warming: A Planetary Prisoners Dilemma (with J-P. Mar矇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.
- Globalization: a Historical Sociological Perspective, international conference The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Questions and Responses, William Paterson University, N.J., 23 April 2009.
- Hyperpuissance am矇ricaine et biens publics globaux, international conference R矇guler la mondialisation ?, Coll癡ge d矇tudes internationales, University of Paris-Sud 11, 13-14 May 2004.
- Shifting Patterns of US Global Governance in the post-Cold War, international conference Global Regulation, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, UK, 29-31 May, 2003.
- Pouvoir, richesse et souverainet矇 dans la mondialisation contemporaine, international conference Etat et soci矇t矇 face la mondialisation: la Cor矇e et la France, Korean Political Science Association (KPSA) and the Association Cor矇enne d'矇tudes politiques fran癟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矇rique du Nord (CRAN), Universit矇 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矇 Paris-Ouest Nanterre, 26 March 2013.
- The United States in world affairs: a historical perspective, cole de guerre, Paris, 17 december 2013.
- Round table discussion on the US presidential elections and the Middle East, Institut de recherches et d'矇tudes M矇diterran矇e Moyen-Orient (iReMMo), Paris 13 November 2013.
- Les r矇volutions arabes dans une perspective historique, atelier de recherches doctorales, University Paris 8, April 2011.
- Emerging World Regions and the Reconfiguration of the World Political Economy, Forum for Creative Policy Alternatives, William Paterson University, N.J., 16 November 2010.
- Power, Profit and Prestige, book presentation and debate with Prof. Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London 7 December 2010.
- Power, Profit and Prestige, book presentation and debate with Prof. Richard Beardsworth, Working Paper Series, American University of Paris, 27 October 2010.
- Power, Profit and Prestige, book presentation and debate with Prof. Michael Cox, London School of Economics (LSE), London, 6 September 2010.
- Power, Profit and Prestige, discussion of my book with Prof. Oscar Guardiola Rivera, Edinburgh International Book Festival, 27 August 2010.
- Rethinking Globalisation: Towards a Polycentric World System, doctoral research seminar, Institute of Sociology, University of Belgrade Ateliers de recherches internationales (ARI), CERI-Sciences Po, 23 March 2010.
- Elections am矇ricaines, mode demploi, debate at the Biblioth癡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.
- LAsie dans l矇conomie 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.
- Sur leurocentrisme et la modernit矇, international conference La naissance du monde moderne: Aux origines de la puissance europ矇enne, UNESCO, Paris, 2006.
- Ltat lib矇ral, la colonialit矇 et la guerre, research seminars around the special issue of the journal A Contrario on Global Regulation, (A Contrario, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2004), University of Lausanne and Geneva, 26 et 27 April 2005.
- Limaginaire imp矇rial am矇ricain, international conference L'empire am矇ricain?, organized by Michel Wieviorka/Entretiens d'Auxerre, 22 November 2003.
- Cycles h矇g矇moniques et crises syst矇miques: une approche th矇orique, 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'矇tudes M矇diterrann矇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
* Emerging economies
* Asian political economy
* US International Politics
* Globalization
* Hegemonies, empires and late modern colonial history