Alexander A. Cooley is an American political scientist. He is Claire Tow Professor at Barnard College. He served as the 15th director of the Harriman Institute of Columbia University[1] and is currently the Vice Provost for Research, Libraries and Academic Centers at Barnard College.
Alexander Cooley | |
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| Relatives | John K. Cooley (father) |
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| Discipline | Political science |
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Biography edit
Cooley graduated from Swarthmore College and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, studying under Hendrik Spruyt and Mark von Hagen.[2] He taught at Johns Hopkins University before joining the faculty of Barnard College in 2001, eventually serving as chair of the college's political science department.[1] In 2015, he was named director of Columbia's Harriman Institute, serving in the position for six years.[3]
Cooley has written extensively about the politics of the Former-Soviet states, with an emphasis on Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as the liberal international order and democratic backsliding.[4][5][6] His analysis of great power politics in Central Asia was called by National Bureau of Asian Research as "possibly the most cogent critique of post–Cold War orthodoxy published to date."[7]
Bibliography edit
- Logics of Hierarchy: The Organization of Empires, States, and Military Occupations, Cornell University Press, 2005.
- Base Politics: Democratic Change and the U.S. Military Overseas, Cornell University Press, 2008.
- Contracting States: Sovereign Transfers in International Relations, Princeton University Press, 2009.
- Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia, Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Ranking the World: Grading states as a Tool of Global Governance, Cambridge University Press, 2015
- Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia, Yale University Press, 2017.
- Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order, Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Undermining American Hegemony: Goods Substitution in World Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Personal life edit
Cooley's father was journalist John K. Cooley, who served as an editor of The Christian Science Monitor.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Alexander Cooley | Barnard College". barnard.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ a b "Cold Wars and the Academy | Harriman Institute". oralhistory.harriman.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "Political Science Professor Alexander Cooley Named Director of Columbia's Harriman Institute - PONARS Eurasia". PONARS Eurasia. May 6, 2015. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ Kramer, Andrew E.; Troianovski, Anton (2021-08-19). "With Afghan Collapse, Moscow Takes Charge in Central Asia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ Cooley, Alexander; Nexon, Daniel H. (2022-02-15). "The Real Crisis of Global Order". ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "Behold The Age Of Anocracy, When Democracies Slide Into Despotism". Worldcrunch. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "How to Suborn Great Powers". The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). Retrieved 2022-02-24.