Allison Carnegie is Director of the Politics and Global Economy (PaGE) Lab at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. She received a joint PhD in Political Science and Economics from Yale University in 2014. Her research interests include international relations, international organizations, and international political economy. She is the author of Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave (Princeton University Press, 2026) with Richard Clark, Secrets in Global Governance: Disclosure Dilemmas and the Challenge of International Cooperation (Cambridge University Press, 2020) with Austin Carson and Power Plays: How International Institutions Reshape Coercive Diplomacy (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Her work has been published in a variety of outlets including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Economics & Politics, Foreign Affairs, International Organization, Journal of Politics, and Political Analysis. She held a research fellowship at Princeton University and has received awards including the International Political Economy Society’s David A. Lake Award, the Bill and Melinda Gates GDN Award, and International Organization’s Robert O Keohane award.

 

 

Books

Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark. 2026. Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave. Princeton University Press. Cambridge Studies in International Relations Series.
Allison Carnegie and Austin Carson. 2020. Secrets in Global Governance: Disclosure Dilemmas and the Challenge of International Cooperation. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge Studies in International Relations Series.
Allison Carnegie. 2015. Power Plays: How International Institutions Reshape Coercive Diplomacy. Cambridge University Press.

Principal Articles

Allison Carnegie, Aleksandra Gracheva, Adam Lichtenheld, and Dipali Mukhopadhyay, “Balancing Act: Sanctions, Terrorism, and Regime Stability,” International Studies Quarterly (May 2026).
Allison Carnegie, Richard Clark, and Lisa Fan, “Multilateral Messaging: Centralization, Social media, and Public Support for IOs,” Review of International Organizations (2026).
Allison Carnegie, Richard Clark, and Noah Zucker, “Global Governance under Populism: The Challenge of Information Suppression,” World Politics (October 2024).
Allison Carnegie, Richard Clark, and Ayse Kaya, “Private Participation: How Populists Engage with International Organizations,” Journal of Politics (July 2024).
Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark, “Reforming Global Governance: Power, Alliance, and Institutional Performance,” World Politics 75(3): 523-565 (July 2023).
Allison Carnegie, Joshua Kertzer, and Keren Yarhi-Milo, “Democratic Peace and Covert Military Force: An Experimental Test,” The Journal of Conflict Resolution 67(2-3), 235-265 (February 2023).
Allison Carnegie and Austin Carson, “Scared to Share: Why Fighting Pandemics Requires Secrecy not Transparency,” Global Perspectives 4(1): 57639 (January 2023).
Allison Carnegie, Kimberly Howe, Adam Lichtenheld, and Dipali Mukhopadhyay,  “Winning Hearts and Minds for Rebel Rulers: Foreign Aid and Military Contestation in Syria,” British Journal of Political Science, 52, no. 3 (July 2022).
Allison Carnegie and Nikhar Gaikwad, “Public Opinion on Geopolitics and Trade:  Theory and Evidence,” World Politics 74, no. 2 (April 2022).
Allison Carnegie, Kimberly Howe, Adam Lichtenheld, and Dipali Mukhopadhyay, “The effects of foreign aid on rebel governance: Evidence from a large-scale US aid program in Syria,” Economics & Politics 34, no. 1 (March 2022).    
Allison Carnegie, “Secrecy in International Relations and Foreign Policy,” Annual Review of Political Science, 24, no. 1 (May 2021).
Allison Carnegie and Austin Carson, “UN Peacekeeping After the Pandemic: An Increased Role for Intelligence,” Survival 63, no. 2 (April-May 2021).
Allison Carnegie and Cyrus Samii, “International Institutions and Political Liberalization: Evidence from the World Bank Loans Program,” British Journal of Political Science (October 2019).
Allison Carnegie and Austin Carson, “Reckless Rhetoric? Compliance Pessimism and International Order in the Age of Trump,” Journal of Politics Special Issue 81, no. 2 (April 2019).
Allison Carnegie and Austin Carson, “The Disclosure Dilemma: Nuclear Intelligence and International Organizations,” American Journal of Political Science 63, no. 2 (April 2019).
Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Allison Carnegie, and Nikhar Gaikwad, “Economic Crises and Trade Policy Competition,” British Journal of Political Science 48, no. 3 (July 2018).
Allison Carnegie and Austin Carson, “The Spotlight’s Harsh Glare: Rethinking Publicity and International Order,” International Organization 72, no. 3 (Summer 2018).
Allison Carnegie and Nikolay Marinov, “The Effects of Foreign Aid on Rights and Governance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,” American Journal of Political Science 61, no. 2 (July 2017).
Allison Carnegie, “States Held Hostage: Political Hold-up Problems and the Effects of International Institutions,” American Political Science Review 108, no. 1 (February 2014).
Peter Aronow and Allison Carnegie, “Beyond LATE: Estimation of the Average Treatment Effect with an Instrumental Variable,” Political Analysis 21, no. 4 (Autumn 2013).
Allison Carnegie, Donald P. Green, Andrew Healy, Neil Malhotra, Melissa R. Michelson, and Ali Adam Valenzuela, “The Effect of Prepaid Postage on Election Turnout: A Cautionary Tale for Election Administrators,” Election Law Journal 11, no. 3 (September 2012).
Allison Carnegie, Donald P. Green, and Allison J. Sovey, “Instrumental Variables Estimation in Political Science: A Reader’s Guide,” American Journal of Political Science 55, no. 1 (January 2011).

Book Chapters

Allison Carnegie, Donald P. Green, and Joel Middleton, “Political Communication: Insights from Field Experiments,” in Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Kate Kenski, eds., Oxford Handbook of Political Communication (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
Allison Carnegie, Alan S. Gerber, and Donald P. Green, “Evaluating Public Health Law Using Randomized Experiments,” in Scott Burris and Alex Wagenaar, eds., Public Health Law Research: Theory and Methods (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2012).

Other Articles, Testimony and Reports

Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark, “Populism, Alliance Resilience, and the Future of Global Order,” H-Diplo/ISSF, H-Diplo-Jervis Forum Policy Series: “Chaos Unleashed: The Second Trump Administration and the Future of the Liberal International Order,” May 7, 2026.
Allison Carnegie, “Review of ‘Exit from International Organizations,” The Review of International Organizations, 2025.
Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark, “How Populists are Reshaping Global Institutions,” Good Authority, April 9, 2026.
Allison Carnegie, “When Trade Wars Become Shooting Wars.”, Foreign Affairs, May 14, 2025.
Allison Carnegie, Richard Clark, and Noah Zucker, “Opinion: Trump’s War on Science Imperils Global Development and Cooperation,” Devex, March 12, 2025.
Allison Carnegie, “The Role of Rivals in International Organizations: A Review Essay,” Political Science Quarterly, 2024.
Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark, “Multilateralism can Survive Trump,” Foreign Affairs, 2024.
Allison Carnegie, Richard Clark, and Ayse Kaya, “How Hostile Actors Cooperate with International Organizations,” JOP Blog, 2024.
Allison Carnegie, Richard Clark, and Noah Zucker, “Populism Rising: A Threat to Global Scientific Cooperation,” The Storied Teller, 2024.
Robert Trager et al., “International Institutions for Advanced AI,” White Paper, 2023.
Robert Trager et al., “International Governance of Civilian AI: A Jurisdictional Certification Approach,” White Paper, 2023.
Allison Carnegie, Richard Clark, and Ayse Kaya, “Private Participation: How Populists Engage with International Organizations,” International Political Economy Society, 8 March 2022.
Allison Carnegie and Austin Carson, “Holding Syria Accountable for Chemical Attacks will be Tough Without Sharing Intelligence,” The Washington Post, July 30, 2020.
Allison Carnegie and Austin Carson, “The Trump Administration is Revealing U.S. Intelligence Operations. Is it Revealing too Much?” The Washington Post, June 20, 2019.
Allison Carnegie and Austin Carson, “Our Experience with the AJPS Transparency and Verification Process for Qualitative Research,” AJPS Blog, April 2019.
Allison Carnegie, “Trump’s Trade War Escalates,” Foreign Affairs, June 25, 2018.
Allison Carnegie, “Restricting Trade may be Popular, but it has Serious Trade-offs,” The Washington Post, May 23, 2016.
Allison Carnegie and Tara Slough, “The Promises and Pitfalls of Dyadic Data,” International Studies Quarterly Dyads Symposium, April 20, 2016.
Allison Carnegie, “Here’s What will Happen if Iran Joins the WTO,” The Washington Post, October 24, 2015.
Will Portman, Peter Aronow, and Allison Carnegie, “Adaptively Deploying and Evaluating Aid: An Integrated Approach,” GDN and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Next Horizons Essay Contest, 2014.