Tamar Gutner is a Professor of International Relations at American University’s School of International Service (SIS). She is an expert on the performance and effectiveness of international organizations, particularly international financial institutions, and their roles in global and regional governance. Dr. Gutner is the author of The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: China’s Multilateral Experiment (2025), International Organizations in World Politics (2023 and 2016) and Banking on the Environment: Multilateral Development Banks and Their Environmental Performance in Central and Eastern Europe (2002). Her scholarly articles have appeared in journals such as World Development, International Organization, Review of International Organizations, Review of International Political Economy, and Global Environmental Politics.
Dr. Gutner previously served as a Council on Foreign Relations fellow at the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office, and her research has been funded by fellowships and grants from The Brookings Institution, MacArthur Foundation, International Studies Association, and American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council. She is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee.
Dr. Gutner holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University.
