Daniel H. Nexon is a Professor at Georgetown University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service. His academic work focuses on international-relations theory, power politics, empires and hegemony, and international order.
Daniel Nexon's academic work covers a range of subjects, most notably international-relations theory, international order, U.S. foreign policy, and power politics. The primary focus of his scholarship is on "international hierarchy," the dynamics of empires, hegemonic powers, confederations, and other logics of international and transnational governance.
His first book, The Struggle for Power in Early Modern Europe: Religious Conflict, Dynastic Empires, and International Change (Princeton University Press, 2009), won the International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Book Award for 2010. His second book, Exit from Hegemony: The Unravelling of American Global Order (Oxford University Press, 2020), co-authored with Alex Cooley, explores the contentious politics of international order. He is co-editor of Undermining American Hegemon: Goods Substitution in World Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and Harry Potter and International Relations (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006).