b. 1957
Andrew Moravcsik is a prominent American political scientist and international relations theorist, best known for developing liberal intergovernmentalism as a framework for explaining European integration. His work reframes international institutions as expressions of state preferences rather than supranational autonomy, and he has written extensively on the democratic legitimacy of the European Union and multilateral governance.
Developed liberal intergovernmentalism, a leading theory of European integration
Authored The Choice for Europe (1998), a landmark study of EU institutional development
Advanced the liberal theory of international relations, emphasizing domestic preference formation
Defended the democratic legitimacy of international institutions against 'democratic deficit' critiques
Professor at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, shaping a generation of IR scholars