Vinod Aggarwal

Vinod K. Aggarwal (born November 26, 1953) is Professor of Political Science, Affiliated Professor in the Haas School of Business, and directs the Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC) at the University of California at Berkeley.[1] He is a Visiting Professor at INSEAD's Asia campus,[2] a blogger for the Harvard Business Review,[3] and has contributed to the New York Times.[4] He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Business and Politics.[5] Aggarwal is a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international political economy.

Vinod K. Aggarwal
Born	26.Nov. 1953
Nationality	United States
Institution	University of California, Berkeley
Field	International political economy
Alma mater	Stanford University (PhD) Stanford University (M.A.) University of Michigan (B.A.)
Contributions	Nested Institutional Design International Trade Regimes

In 2006, Aggarwal described Washington's selective trade policies as undermining the creation of an Asia-Pacific zone.[6] He forecast that the mounting U.S. trade deficit with China might render any specific regional free trade deal between the United States and China as "dead on arrival in Congress for the foreseeable future."[6] Later, during the 2009 global recession of world markets, Aggarwal was a prominent critic of the Fortress Asia theory which speculated that East Asian countries such as China and Japan would align to become a protectionist trade bloc averse to Western imports.[7]

Biography

Born in New Delhi, India, Aggarwal received his bachelor's degree in both Political Science and Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1975, and his M.A in Political Science and Ph.D in International Political Economy from Stanford University.[8] Prior to joining the faculty at UC Berkeley, he was a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution, an American think-tank based in Washington, D.C.[8]

Aggarwal has been influential in the fields of U.S. trade policy, corporate strategy, international trade institutions, globalization, international debt rescheduling, international political economy, and international relations. His research expertise includes the international politics of trade, international finance, comparative public policy, rational choice, and bargaining theory. Frequently, he has been sought out in these areas by the private and public sector.[9]

In earlier years, he worked with a number of Fortune 500 corporations such as Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, and Qualcomm, as well as other companies including Herman Miller, Italcementi, ARCO, and Nestle. Aggarwal was named Chief Economist for the global growth consulting firm Frost and Sullivan.[10] In the public sector, Aggarwal has consulted with the U.S. Department of Commerce, World Trade Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Group of Thirty (G30), IFAD, the International Labour Organization, ASEAN, and the World Bank. He does very nice kirtan and is a devotee of the lord.

In November 2008, he addressed the APEC CEO Summit in Lima, Peru. That same year, Aggarwal was an Abe Fellow with the Japan Foundation for 2008-2009. He is a fellow with the Center for Globalisation Research at the University of London, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a founding member of the United States Asia Pacific Council. Circa 2003-2004, Aggarwal was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in which he researched the pursuit of multiple modes of trade liberalization on the stability of the world trading system.[11] He regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on international political economy, international relations, and business and public policy. Aggarwal was the recipient of the Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award from the Haas School of Business for PhD teaching in 1997. In 2003 he was first runner-up[12] for the Cheit Award for MBA teaching and won in 2005 first place.[13]

Publications

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Authored books[14] 1997: Une nouvelle approche des phenomenes sociaux: Les horloges sociales (with Pierre Allan and Daniel Lachat) 1997: Le Renseignement strategique d'enterprise (with Pierre Allan and Daniel Lachat) 1996: Debt Games: Strategic Interactions in Debt Restructuring 1987: International Debt Threat: Bargaining Among Creditors and Debtors in the 1980s 1985: Liberal Protectionism: The International Politics of Organized Textile Trade Articles and chapters[14] Do WTO rules preclude industrial policy? Evidence from the global economic crisis (with Simon J. Evenett), "Business and Politics," Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 481–509. A Fragmenting Global Economy: A Weakened WTO, Mega FTAs, and Murky Protectionism (with Simon J. Evenett), "Swiss Political Science Review," Vol. 19, No. 4, December 2013, pp. 550–557. Initially appeared as a CEPR discussion paper, December 2013. The ASEAN Economic Community 2015: Implications for Supply Chain Management (with Bora Park), "Supply Chain Asia," September–October 2013, pp. 20–21. U.S. Free Trade Agreements and Linkages, "International Negotiation, Vol. 18, 2013, pp. 89-110. Industrial Policy Choice during the Crisis Era (with Simon J. Evenett), "Oxford Review of Economic Policy," Vol. 28, Number 2, 2012, pp. 261–283. The Financial Crisis, 'New' Industrial Policy, and the Bite of Multilateral Trade Rules (with Simon J. Evenett), Asian Economic Policy Review, Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2010, pp. 221–244. Look West: The Evolution of U.S. Trade Policy Towards Asia Globalizations, Vol. 7, No. 4, 2010, pp. 455–473. I Don't Get No Respect: The Travails of IPE International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 3, 2010, pp. 895–897. Beyond Bogor: Reflections on APEC's Future (with Peter Volberding), Japan Spotlight, September–October 2010, pp. 10–13. The Perils of Consensus (with Jonathan Chow), Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 17, No.2, May 2010, pp. 262–290. Reluctance to Lead: U.S. Trade Policy in Flux Business and Politics, Vol. 11, No. 3, August 2009, pp. 1–21.

Edited compilations[14] Responding to China’s Rise: US and EU Strategies (with Sara Newland) (New York: Springer, 2014). Linking Trade and Security: Evolving Institutions and Strategies in Asia, Europe, and the United States (with Kristi Govella) (New York: Springer, 2012). Responding to a Resurgent Russia: Russian Policy and Responses from the EU and US (with Kristi Govella) (New York: Springer, 2011). Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific: The Role of Ideas, Interests, and Domestic Institutions (with Seungjoo Lee) (New York: Springer, 2010). Northeast Asia Ripe for Integration? (The Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific) (with Min Gyo Koo, Seungjoo Lee, and Chung-in Moon), (Berkeley: Springer, 2008) Asia's New Institutional Architecture: Evolving Structures for Managing Trade, Financial, and Security Relations (with Min Gyo Koo), (Berkeley: Springer, 2007) Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific (with Shujiro Urata) (New York: Routledge, 2006) European Union Trade Strategies: Between Regionalism and Globalism (with Edward Fogarty), (New York: Routledge, 2005) The Strategic Dynamics of Latin American Trade (with Ralph Espachand and Joseph Tulchin), (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2004) Winning in Asia, U.S. Style: Market and Nonmarket Strategies for Success (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) Sovereign Debt: Origins, Crises and Restructuring (with Brigitte Granville) (London:RIIA, 2003). Winning in Asia, Japanese Style: Market and Nonmarket Strategies for Success (with Shujiro Urata) (New York: Palgrave, 2002). Translated into Japanese and published by Waseda University Press, 2004. Winning in Asia, European Style: Market and Nonmarket Strategies for Success (New York: Palgrave, 2001). Asia Pacific Crossroads: Regime Creation and the Future of APEC (with Charles Morrison) (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998). Institutional Designs for a Complex World: Bargaining, Linkages and Nesting (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998).

References

1. Berkeley Department of Political Science – Faculty – Vinod K. Aggarwal. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
2. INSEAD – Faculty & Research – Vinod Aggarwal
3. Harvard Business Review (HBR) – Vinod K. Aggarwal
4. Berkeley APEC Study Center – Website – Aggarwal's Biography. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
5. Berkeley Electronic Press – "Business and Politics" Journal
6. APEC Hopes to 'Give A Push' to Trade Talks NYTimes. 2006-10-12.
7. Fortress Asia: Is a Powerful New Trade Bloc Forming? | TIME.com 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2015-08-16.]
8. Asian Development Bank Institute - Vinod K. Aggarwal. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
9. Reuters Insider - Interview with Vinod K. Aggarwal
10. Reuters.com: Frost & Sullivan Appoints Dr. Vinod Aggarwal as Chief Economist. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
11. Woodrow Wilson International Center - Vinod K. Aggarwal. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
12. Haas NewsWire: Vinod Aggarwal Given Cheit Award Honorable Mention. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
13. Haas School of Business - Faculty Directory - Vinod K. Aggarwal. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
14. Professor Vinod K. Aggarwal - Curriculum Vitae. Retrieved March 28, 2011.

External links

• Berkeley Faculty Biography - Vinod Aggarwal
• Aggarwal's Business Educators Member Profile