Nov 2006
Princeton University Press
Michael Doyle
University Professor
Personal Details
Focus areas: International relations, international law, humanitarian intervention and the global regime for migration
Michael Doyle specializes in international relations theory, international security, and international organizations.
Doyle previously served as assistant secretary-general and special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2001 to 2003. His responsibilities included strategic planning (Millennium Development Goals), outreach to the international corporate sector (the Global Compact), and relations with Washington.
Doyle has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1992 and is the former chair of the Academic Council of the United Nations System. He has also been a vice president, senior fellow and a member (and chair) of the Board of Directors of the International Peace Institute between 1992 and 2018. In 2001, he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; in 2009, to the American Philosophical Society; and in 2012, to the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He served as chair of the board of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) from 2006–2013. On July 15, 2014, the University of Warwick conferred on him an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) upon Doyle in recognition of his research and publications on Peace Theory.
In 2013, Doyle was appointed director of the Columbia Global Policy Initiative and served as a co-director of its International Migration project until 2018.
In 2015, Doyle helped develop the Model International Mobility Convention which represents a shared framework among over 40 academics. It serves the ambitious goal of creating a holistic, rights-respecting governance regime for all aspects of international migration, filling in the gaps in the existing international legal regime and expanding protections where needed.
Doyle holds a BA from Harvard College (1970), and an MA (1972) and PhD (1977) from Harvard University.
Education
- PhD, Harvard University
- MA, Harvard University
- BA, Harvard College
Affiliations
Research And Publications
In The Media
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May 15 2023
American Academy in Berlin
Haines held up the war in Ukraine as an example of how leaders’ perception and experiences shape national decision making.
Mar 09 2023
Michael Doyle comments on Biden's speech to the United Nations General Assembly "We’re in the foothills of a new Cold War, with a world that is divided along lines of political systems and ideologies."
Sep 20 2022
Cristian Science Monitor
"The vast majority would like nothing more than to be able to return to a Ukraine at peace. They need help," Michael Doyle and Dorothea Koehn MIA '23 co-write.
Apr 27 2022
Newsweek
Michael Doyle discusses the plight of Ukranian refugees and the danger of a new Cold War.
Mar 09 2022
Bloomberg Law