Op-Eds AND Commentaries
A Post-American Central Asia
By Alexander Cooley on August 23, 2021 for Foreign Affairs.
How can the world hold Belarus accountable?
By Alexander Cooley on May 25, 2021 for Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog.
The Illiberal Tide
By Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon on March 26, 2021 for Foreign Affairs
US Domestic Politics and the Biden Administration’s Global Agenda
By Alexander Cooley on March 24, 2021 for the Valdai Discussion Club
U.S. Lawyers Are Foreign Kleptocrats’ Best Friends
By Alexander Cooley and Casey Michel on March 23, 2021 for Foreign Policy
Understanding Corruption Opportunities and Networks in China’s BRI Projects in Central Asia
Alexander Cooley for University of Toronto’s Belt & Road in Global Perspective blog on on February 12, 2021.
To Re-Establish U.S. Influence, Biden Should…
Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon on January 21, 2021 for The National Interest
The Impact of COVID-19 and Global Perceptions
By Alexander Cooley on January 13, 2021 for Valdai Discussion Club
Securing the neighborhood
By Alexander Cooley on December 28, 2020 for Trends Research & Advisory
Why populists want a multipolar world
by Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon on April 27, 2020 in Foreign Policy
How hegemony Ends
By Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon on June 6, 2020 for Foreign Affairs
Trump announced the U.S. Will Suspend WHO Funding
by Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon on April 14, 2020 in The Washington Post
How Today’s Despots and kleptocrats hide their stolen wealth
by Alexander Cooley and Jason Sharman on Nov 14, 2017 in Washington Post
Globalization only enriched and empowered autocrats.
by Alexander Cooley on Dec 22, 2016 in Foreign Policy
For Karimov, the personal was always political
by Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw on Sep 2, 2016 in Financial Times
The New Great Game in Central Asia
by Alexander Cooley on Aug 7, 2012 in Foreign Affairs