Human Nature and World Affairs: An Introduction to Classical Liberalism and International Relations Theory

About Edwin van de Haar

Dr Edwin van de Haar is an independent scholar who specialises in liberal international political theory. In his academic work he is fascinated by the different views on international relations within liberal political thought and his aim and motivation for research and writing are to shed light on these differences and to foster an intra-liberal conversation on international affairs. Dr Van de Haar is the author of Classical Liberalism and International Relations Theory: Hume Smith Mises and Hayek (Palgrave Macmillan 2009) Beloved Yet Unknown: The Political Philosophy of Liberalism (Aspekt 2011 in Dutch) and Degrees of Freedom: Liberal Political Philosophy and Ideology (Routledge 2015). He contributed to a number of edited books among them The Oxford Handbook of Adam Smith (2013) Just and Unjust Military Intervention: European Thinkers from Vitoria to Mill (2013) and The Liberal International Theory Tradition in Europe (2021). His articles on international issues and on liberal thinkers most notably Hume Smith Mises Hayek and Rand have been widely published including in The Review of International Studies International Relations International Politics Economic Affairs and Contemporary Southeast Asia. He regularly contributes to (Dutch) public debate. Dr Van de Haar has been a visiting fellow and lecturer in political theory at John Tomasi's Political Theory Project at Brown University a lecturer in international relations (IR) and political economy at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University and a lecturer in international relations at the European Studies Program at Ateneo de Manila University. He received his PhD in International Political Theory from Maastricht University in 2008 and also holds masters degrees in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and in political science from Leiden University. Dr Van de Haar is a Dutch national and lives in The Hague. He is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. For more information visit www.edwinvandehaar.com.