Helen V. Milner has written extensively on issues related to international and comparative political economy, the connections between domestic politics and foreign policy, and the impact of globalization on domestic politics. More recently, she has researched issues related to globalization and development, including the “digital divide” and global diffusion of the internet, the relationship between globalization and democracy, and the political economy of foreign aid.
Professional positions
- 2004–present: B.C. Forbes Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
- 1986–2004: Assistant (1986–1989), associate (1989–1995), and full (1995–2004) professor of political science and James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations (2001–2004), Columbia University
Notable publications
- Milner, Helen V., and Dustin Tingley. 2015. Sailing the Water’s Edge: The Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Mansfield, Edward D., and Helen V. Milner. 2012. Votes, Vetoes, and the Political Economy of International Trade Agreements. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Milner, Helen V. 1997. Interests, Institutions, and Information: Domestic Politics and International Relations. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Keohane, Robert O., and Helen V. Milner, eds. 1996. Internationalization and Domestic Politics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Degrees
- PhD, government, Harvard University
- MA, government, Harvard University
- AB, international relations, Stanford University
