James Sperling
James Sperling is a Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute and Professor of International Politics at the University of Akron. He held appointments at Davidson College and the James Madison College and Michigan State University. His publications have explored various facets of German foreign economic and security policy during the post-war period as well as the new security agenda, global security multilateralism, and regional security governance in the contemporary international system. His current research project investigates the role of the EU in the global commons.