Karen J Alter

Karen J. Alter is Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, where she specializes in the international politics of international organizations and international law. Alter is author of Establishing the Supremacy of European Law: The Making of an International Rule of Law in Europe (Oxford University Press, 2001), and numerous articles and book chapters on the European Union's legal system. Alter's current research investigates how international politics is changed...See more

Karen J. Alter is Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, where she specializes in the international politics of international organizations and international law. Alter is author of Establishing the Supremacy of European Law: The Making of an International Rule of Law in Europe (Oxford University Press, 2001), and numerous articles and book chapters on the European Union's legal system. Alter's current research investigates how international politics is changed when international courts are created. Her most recent publications include "Resolving or Exacerbating Disputes? The WTO's New Dispute Resolution System." (International Affairs, 2003) and "Do International Courts Enhance Compliance with International Law? ( Review of Asian and Pacific Studies, 2003). Alter was a German Marshall Fund research fellow, and a visiting scholar at the European Union Center, Harvard University, and a Emile Noel Fellow at Harvard Law School in 2000-2001. She will be a Howard Foundation Fellow and a visiting scholar at the American Bar Foundation in 2004. Alter is on the editorial board of European Union Politics, and the executive committee of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA). See less