Nicholas Mulder

Nicholas Mulder is an assistant professor of history at Cornell University. He is a specialist in political and economic history. The author of The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War, Mulder is currently at work on his second book, The Age of Confiscation, concerning how the expropriation of property has made the modern world since the late 18th century. He has written about international politics and economics in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, n+1, Foreign Policy, and The Nation, among others, and has contributed to academic works as well. A native of the Netherlands, Mulder received his PhD in European and international history from Columbia University.