RECENT Interviews

Selected interviews and conversations in print, audio, and video.

2026

“Is US Foreign Policy open for Business?” World Stage podcast (Norwegian Institute for International Relations). March 11, 2026. https://www.geopol.no/en/news/podcast-is-u.s.-foreign-policy-now-open-for-business

“Kleptocrat in Chief,” The Mona Charen Show. March 2, 2026. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/kleptocrat-in-chief-w-alexander-cooley

“How Authoritarianism went from Defense to Offense on the World Stage,” The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth (discussion of Dictating the Agenda with Mark Blyth) . February 6, 2026. https://rhodes-center-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/how-authoritarianism-went-from-defense-to-offense-on-the-world-stage

2025

“Dictating the Agenda: the Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics,” New Books Network podcast, December 2025.
Audio Interview (discussion of Dictating the Agenda with Miranda Melcher)
https://newbooksnetwork.com/dictating-the-agenda

“Dann würde die liberale Ordnung schlicht zerbrechen,” Die Zeit, July 14, 2025.
Interview (discussion of Dictating the Agenda with Alexander Kauschanski)
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-07/autoritaere-staaten-china-russland-westen-demokratie-weltpolitik

“Vladimir Poutine a un empire caché, et l'Occident l'a sous-estimé,” L’Express, May 11, 2025.
Interview (Q&A with Alix L’Hospital).
https://www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-debats/alexander-cooley-vladimir-poutine-a-un-empire-cache-loccident-la-sous-estime-I25K4A3SN5AQ3D2A5P7GI4MMX4/?cmp_redirect=true

2024

“The Future of Russia and China in Central Asia,” CNAS, November 13, 2024.
Audio Interview (Q&A with Andrea Kendall-Taylor).
https://www.cnas.org/publications/podcast/the-future-of-russia-and-china-in-central-asia

“The Political Science of the Middle East and The Uprisings of Gaza (S13, Ep 21),” POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast, March 2024.
Audio Interview (discussion of the state of Area Studies with Marc Lynch)
https://pomeps.org/the-political-science-of-the-middle-east-and-the-uprisings-of-gaza-s-13-ep-21