Ian Hurd is Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. He is a leading scholar of international law and international relations and has won awards for his research and teaching, including the Chadwick Alger Prize for After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the UN Security Council and the Barry Farrell Award at Northwestern University for teaching excellence. He is the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations as well as The UN Security Council and the Politics of International Authority.