Name
RAUSTIALA, Kal
Position and Affiliated Institution
Promise Distinguished Professor of International and Comparative Law
Degree
Ph.D. in Political Science
J.D.
Education and Academic Employment
| Education | |
| 1984-1988 | A.B., Political science and public policy, Duke University |
| 1990-1996 | Ph.D., Faculty of Political Science, University of California |
| 1996-1999 | J.D., Harvard Law School |
| Academic Employment | |
| 1994-1995 | Research Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington DC |
| 1995-1996 | Assistant Professor of Politics, Brandeis University |
| 2000-Present | Promise Distinguished Professor, UCLA Law School and UCLA International Institute |
Research Topic
China and the Future of Global Governance
Fields of Research Interest
International Law, International Relations, Intellectual Property
Academic Publications
- Who Rules the Waves Rules the World: Global Sea Power and the Law of the Sea, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (January 2026)
- THE ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSABLE MAN: RALPH BUNCHE, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE FIGHT TO END EMPIRE (Oxford University Press, 2023) Silver Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign Relations
- GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN A WORLD OF CHANGE (Michael Barnett, Jon Pevehouse, and Kal Raustiala, eds, Cambridge University Press, 2021)
- THE KNOCKOFF ECONOMY: HOW IMITATION SPARKS INNOVATION (with Christopher Sprigman), Oxford University Press (2012) Translated into Korean (Hanbit, 2013); Japanese (Misuzu Shobo, 2015); Simplified Chinese (W.E. Time Digitech, 2015); Complex Chinese (Flaneur Taipei, 2017)
- DOES THE CONSTITUTION FOLLOW THE FLAG? THE EVOLUTION OF TERRITORIALITY IN AMERICAN LAW (Oxford University Press, 2009)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Society of International Law
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Pacific Council on International Policy
