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Alexander Cooley in "L’express"
Alexander Cooley in "L’express"

Alexander Cooley is interviewed by L’express about how the West underestimates Putin’s hidden empire.

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analysis, interview, listenEmma Julia LarsonMay 13, 2025
Russia’s Hidden Empire
Russia’s Hidden Empire

Alexander Cooley writes about how Moscow has rekindled its influence in the post-Soviet space for Foreign Affairs.

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analysis, news, readEmma Julia LarsonApril 17, 2025
DEF X - Responses to Polycrises
DEF X - Responses to Polycrises

Alexander Cooley participates in a panel discussion on polycrises at the 10th Annual Delphi Economic Forum.

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watch, analysis, interviewEmma Julia LarsonApril 17, 2025
The Political Science of the Middle East and The Uprisings of Gaza
The Political Science of the Middle East and The Uprisings of Gaza

Alexander Cooley joins Marc Lynch on the POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast to discuss his review essay, The Uprisings of Gaza: How Geopolitical Crises Have Reshaped Academic Communities from Tahrir to Kyiv.

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news, analysis, interview, listenEmma Julia LarsonMarch 21, 2024
Alexander Cooley in conversation with Alexander Stubb
Alexander Cooley in conversation with Alexander Stubb

In an interview at the Athens Security Forum, Alexander Cooley interviewed Alexander Stubb, Former Prime Minister of Finland, about the importance of the Ukraine War to the Global South, Finland in NATO, and related current events.

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analysis, interview, watchEmma Julia LarsonNovember 30, 2023
The Ukraine Moment in Transatlantic Relations… and Then What?
The Ukraine Moment in Transatlantic Relations… and Then What?

Analysis from Alexander Cooley and Georgina Wright following an October 20, 2022 event organized by Alliance Program, Institute Montaigne, and Columbia Global Centers | Paris.

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news, read, analysisAleks TurekOctober 28, 2022
The Power of Stigma: Shaming Russian Elites Has Helped Weaken Putin
The Power of Stigma: Shaming Russian Elites Has Helped Weaken Putin

Alexander Cooley and Brooke Harrington for Foreign Affairs on October 27th, 2022.

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news, op-eds, readAleks TurekOctober 27, 2022
Cracking Down on Kleptocracy
Cracking Down on Kleptocracy

In this Chatham House interview from August 2022, Alexander Cooley examines the challenges of reigning in kleptocratic networks.

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news, interview, readAleks TurekAugust 4, 2022
Can Kazakhstan Shed Its Kleptocratic Past?
Can Kazakhstan Shed Its Kleptocratic Past?

Alexander Cooley on how fighting graft in Almaty will test western anti-corruption commitments for Foreign Affairs on May 2, 2022.

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news, op-eds, readAleks TurekMay 22, 2022
A False Dawn for Liberalism?
A False Dawn for Liberalism?

Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon discuss why the war in Ukraine may not revive the West in Foreign Affairs on March 29, 2022.

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news, op-eds, readAleks TurekMarch 29, 2022
Alexander Cooley on the Ukrainian Crisis and Its Influence on Global Affairs for Skai TV
Alexander Cooley on the Ukrainian Crisis and Its Influence on Global Affairs for Skai TV

Cooley addresses questions on threats facing Europe and the post-Cold War international order.

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interview, news, quotesAleks TurekMarch 9, 2022
Cooley Quoted in NYT About Unrest in Kazakhstan
Cooley Quoted in NYT About Unrest in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan always tried to maintain a balancing act. This [turning to Russia for help] is all about regime survival. State security needs have been reconfigured to fit the needs of those in power.

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quotes, read, newsAleks TurekJanuary 7, 2022
Cooley and Nexon write for Foreign Affairs on the Rise of Illiberalism
Cooley and Nexon write for Foreign Affairs on the Rise of Illiberalism

Fresh off the press: The Real Crisis of Global Order: Illiberalism on the Rise, an article by Cooley and Nexon in Foreign Affairs.

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readAleks TurekDecember 22, 2021
Cooley joins the Royal Institute of International Affairs
Cooley joins the Royal Institute of International Affairs

Alexander Cooley joins Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs at Chatham House as Adjunct Faculty. Watch out for future event announcements resulting from this appointment.

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newsAleks TurekDecember 9, 2021
The UK's kleptocracy problem: How servicing post-Soviet elites weakens the rule of law
The UK's kleptocracy problem: How servicing post-Soviet elites weakens the rule of law

Based on extensive research on the laundering of money and reputations by elites from the post-Soviet successor states, this paper details how the UK is ill-equipped to assess the risk of corruption from transnational kleptocracy, which has undermined the integrity of important domestic institutions and weakened the rule of law.

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reports and policy papersAleks TurekDecember 8, 2021
Interview About the Global Degradation of Liberal Values
Interview About the Global Degradation of Liberal Values

Alexander Cooley discussed possible U.S. disengagement from the Eastern Mediterranean and the “authoritarian tide” sweeping the West with Ekathimerini, the biggest daily newspaper in Greece. The interview originally featured in the paper’s Sunday edition, in English, on November 14th.


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read, interviewAleks TurekNovember 15, 2021
A Post-American Central Asia
A Post-American Central Asia

An article by Alexander Cooley published in Foreign Affairs on August 23, 2021

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read, op-edsAleks TurekOctober 29, 2021read, media
Repression Without Borders
Repression Without Borders

Alexander Cooley‘s congressional testimony on transnational repression was quoted in, “Repression Without Borders,” an opinion piece from the New York Times editorial board urging the United States and its allies to push back against transnational repression.

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read, quotes, expert testimonyAleks TurekAugust 28, 2021transnational repression
A Post-American Central Asia by Alexander Cooley for Foreign Affairs
A Post-American Central Asia by Alexander Cooley for Foreign Affairs

Alexander Cooley addresses questions on threats facing Europe and the post-Cold War international order.

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news, op-edsAleks TurekAugust 23, 2021
How central Asian countries and Russia are responding to the Taliban takeover
How central Asian countries and Russia are responding to the Taliban takeover

Alexander Cooley speaks with Marco Werman about how Central Asian countries and Russia are responding to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

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analysis, interview, listen, newsEmma Julia LarsonAugust 18, 2021
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