Alexander Cooley moderates a Chicago Council on Global Affairs panel, part of the America at 250 Global Forum, on how different world regions are reshaping global order as American power fragments, with Middle East scholar Lisa Anderson (Columbia SIPA) and Latin America economist Francisco Rodríguez (Center for Economic and Policy Research).
Read MoreAlexander Cooley joins France 24's Mark Owen to discuss how the Trump administration's hard-line immigration enforcement collides with the practical demands of staging a global sporting event, after a Somali World Cup referee was barred from entering the United States.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley and Alex Dukalskis join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to discuss the geopolitics of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, FIFA's ties to authoritarian host states, and what to watch beyond the pitch (June 8, 2026).
Read MoreAlexander 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.
Read MoreAlexander 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.
Read MoreAlexander 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.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley provides invited expert testimony to the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on the United Kingdom's engagement in Central Asia.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley joins NUPI's World Stage podcast to discuss whether U.S. foreign policy is now "open for business."
Read MoreAlexander Cooley and Dan Nexon join The Mona Charen Show to discuss the kleptocratic turn in U.S. foreign policy.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley speaks with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about the Olympics, the rise of "sportswashing," and sport as a geopolitical norm-setter.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley is quoted in Axios on the release of university foreign-funding data and how a national origin designation can distort the security debate.
Read MoreAlexander 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.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley moderates a Columbia University panel on how research universities are navigating the competing pulls of government and Big Tech, and what it will take to preserve academic independence, with Provost Angela Olinto, Andrew Jack of the Financial Times, and Michael Belinsky of Schmidt Sciences.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley speaks with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about what's next for US–Russia relations and the war in Ukraine.
Read MoreMoisés Naím reviews Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis's Dictating the Agenda in Lawfare.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley moderates a Columbia World Leaders Forum conversation with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe and former President of Switzerland, on his "democratic security" doctrine and the global backsliding of democracy.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley moderates a conversation with Alexander Stubb — now President of Finland — at the Athens Security Forum on Ukraine, NATO, and global order.
Read MoreAlexander Cooley moderates a Columbia World Leaders Forum session with Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania, following his address to the Forum.
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