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Building Blocs: What Does a Fragmenting World Mean for American Power?
Building Blocs: What Does a Fragmenting World Mean for American Power?

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).

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ModerationAlexander CooleyJune 18, 2026
Trump's immigration crackdown vs. staging a global event

Alexander 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.

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VideoAlexander CooleyJune 9, 2026Democracy & illiberalism
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Is a Pitch for Global Politics

Alexander 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).

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InterviewAlexander CooleyJune 8, 2026Authoritarian influence, Kleptocracy & corruption
 Golden Era for US–Central Asia Relations?
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
The Power Shift: Rethinking the University–Government–Big Tech Relationship
The Power Shift: Rethinking the University–Government–Big Tech Relationship

Alexander 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.

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ModerationAlexander CooleyDecember 2, 2025
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
World Leaders Forum: Secretary General Alain Berset of the Council of Europe
World Leaders Forum: Secretary General Alain Berset of the Council of Europe

Alexander 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.

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ModerationAlexander CooleySeptember 25, 2025
Order in a World of Disorder
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
World Leaders Forum: President Klaus Iohannis of Romania
World Leaders Forum: President Klaus Iohannis of Romania

Alexander Cooley moderates a Columbia World Leaders Forum session with Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania, following his address to the Forum.

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ModerationAlexander CooleySeptember 22, 2023
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