John Agnew is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles.

John Agnew specializes in political geography with an emphasis on the geopolitics of the world economy. He teaches courses on Globalization and Critical Geopolitics. Recent publications include Hegemony: The New Shape of Global Power (2005), Globalization and Sovereignty (2009) and, with David Livingstone, The Sage Handbook of Geographical Knowledge (2011).

He is editor-in-chief of Territory, Politics, Governance, a journal published by the Regional Studies Association.