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Alexander Cooley
Exit from Hegemony
Golden Era for US–Central Asia Relations?

Alexander Cooley moderates a Chicago Council on Global Affairs panel on Central Asia's rising strategic role and the growing Central Asian diaspora in the United States, with Amb. Edil Baisalov, Ajar Chekirova, and Elena Son-LaRocco.

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ModerationAlexander CooleyApril 30, 2026Central Asia, World order
From Monroe to Donroe: The New Doctrine in American Foreign Policy

Alexander Cooley joins a Delphi Economic Forum panel, "From Monroe to Donroe: The New Doctrine in American Foreign Policy," with the Wall Street Journal's Gerard Baker, the New York Times' Peter Baker, and Endy Zemenides of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, chaired by the Chicago Council's Leslie Vinjamuri.

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VideoAlexander CooleyApril 24, 2026World order
Why Hungary's Election is a 'Test Case' for the EU

Alexander Cooley speaks with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about Hungary's pivotal election, Viktor Orbán's playbook, and what it means for the EU.

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InterviewAlexander CooleyApril 9, 2026World order, Democracy & illiberalism
The UK's Engagement in Central Asia

Alexander Cooley provides invited expert testimony to the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on the United Kingdom's engagement in Central Asia.

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TestimonyAlexander CooleyMarch 27, 2026Central Asia, Authoritarian influence
Is US Foreign Policy Open for Business?

Alexander Cooley joins NUPI's World Stage podcast to discuss whether U.S. foreign policy is now "open for business."

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PodcastAlexander CooleyMarch 11, 2026World order, Kleptocracy & corruption
Kleptocrat in Chief

Alexander Cooley and Dan Nexon join The Mona Charen Show to discuss the kleptocratic turn in U.S. foreign policy.

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PodcastAlexander CooleyMarch 2, 2026Kleptocracy & corruption
Olympic Officials Want the Games to Be Politically Neutral—Can They Be?

Alexander Cooley speaks with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about the Olympics, the rise of "sportswashing," and sport as a geopolitical norm-setter.

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InterviewAlexander CooleyFebruary 13, 2026Authoritarian influence, Russia
Quoted in Axios on University Foreign Funding Data

Alexander Cooley is quoted in Axios on the release of university foreign-funding data and how a national origin designation can distort the security debate.

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PressAlexander CooleyFebruary 11, 2026Authoritarian influence
How Authoritarianism Went from Defense to Offense

Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis join Mark Blyth on the Rhodes Center Podcast (Brown University) to discuss Dictating the Agenda and how authoritarian states moved from defense to offense.

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PodcastAlexander CooleyFebruary 4, 2026Authoritarian influence, World order
What's Next for US–Russia Relations and the War in Ukraine?

Alexander Cooley speaks with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about what's next for US–Russia relations and the war in Ukraine.

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InterviewAlexander CooleyOctober 24, 2025Russia, Ukraine
Dictating the Agenda reviewed in Lawfare

Moisés Naím reviews Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis's Dictating the Agenda in Lawfare.

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PressAlexander CooleyOctober 15, 2025Authoritarian influence, World order
Order in a World of Disorder

Alexander Cooley moderates a conversation with Alexander Stubb — now President of Finland — at the Athens Security Forum on Ukraine, NATO, and global order.

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ModerationAlexander CooleyNovember 30, 2023World order
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