Vinod Aggarwal

Vinod K. Aggarwal (born November 26, 1953) is an American professor and holds the Alann P. Bedford Endowed Chair of Asian Studies in the Travers Department of Political Science. He is an Affiliated Professor in the Haas School of Business, and directs the Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC). In addition, he appears regularly on American television.

Early life Born in Seattle, Washington, Aggarwal received his bachelor's degree in both political science and psychology from the University of Michigan in 1975, and his M.A in political science and Ph.D. in international political economy from Stanford University. At UC Berkeley, he is the Alann P. Bedford Endowed Chair of Asian Studies in the Travers Department of Political Science and an Affiliated Professor in the Haas School of Business. He regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on international political economy, international relations, and business and public policy. He also directs the Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC) and is a visiting professor at INSEAD's Asia campus.

Aggarwal has been influential in the fields of U.S. trade policy, corporate strategy, international trade institutions, globalization, international debt rescheduling, international political economy, and international relations. His research expertise includes the international politics of trade, international finance, comparative public policy, rational choice, and bargaining theory. Frequently, he has been sought out in these areas by the private and public sector.

Honors From 2003 to 2004, Aggarwal was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, where he researched the pursuit of multiple modes of trade liberalization on the stability of the world trading system.