Alexander A. Cooley
Associate Professor
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Research Interests
Political transformation of post-Soviet Eurasia
Comparative semi-sovereign relations and client states
Theories of contracting and organization
Politics of United States overseas military bases
Courses
In the News
Featured guest on the Errol Louis Radio Show, July 7, 2009, discussing the
Obama-Medvedev summit in Moscow. Podcast.
Quoted in the July 2, 2009 New York Times discussing Kyrgyzstan's strategy towards Russia
and the United States.
Quoted in a June 24, 2009Agence France-Presse (AFP) story on how new basing agreements in Central Asia might
impact the regional human rights agenda.
"The Price of Access: How the US Lost its Kyrgyzstan Airbase", Op/ed International Herald Tribune, February 10, 2009.
Quoted in Foreign Policy's online blog, the cable, about the US airbase in Kyrgyzstan, February 9, 2009.
Appeared on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" show to discuss the US military base in Kyrgyzstan, February 4, 2009.
Presented a paper on the likely future politics of US military bases in Korea at the international conference "Toward Korea-U.S. Complex Alliance," Seoul, Korea, November 18, 2008.
"A Way Out in the Caucasus," with Borut Grgic. Op/ed Wall Street Journal Europe, November 18, 2008.
"Georgia: Examining Possible Sovereign Futures and the Internationalization Option." Eurasianet Commentary, September 12, 2008
Also see Professor David Chandler's critical response.
Quoted in St. Petersburg Times story (April 18, 2008) about U.S. bases overseas.
Interviewed in Georgia Today (February 14, 2008) about the Kosovo effect and its implications for the unresolved conflicts in Georgia.
"Where Was the West All That Time?" International Herald Tribune, March 30, 2005.
Effective January 2004, Professor Cooley is the Review Editor for the journal Review of International Political Economy (RIPE).
"Lessons of Okinawa," with Kimberly Marten. Op/ed New York Times, July 30, 2003.
Reprinted in International Herald Tribune, July 31, 2003. See also Stars and Stripes, May 11, 2008.
Education
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1999
– Dissertation: "Depending Fortunes: Aid, Oil, and the Formation of the Post-Soviet States."
M.Phil Columbia University, 1998
M.A. Columbia University, 1995
B.A. Swarthmore College, 1994
Selected Publications
- Books
- Articles and Book Chapters
"No Way to Treat Our Friends: Recasting Recent U.S.-Georgia Relations," Washington Quarterly. Vol. 32, No. 1 (January 2009), pp. 21-35. (Co-authored with Lincoln Mitchell).
"Principles in the Pipeline: Managing Transatlantic Values and Interests in Central Asia," International Affairs
(Chatham House). Vol. 84, No. 6 (November 2008), pp. 1174-1188.
"U.S. Bases and Democratization in Central Asia," Orbis. Vol. 52, No. 1 (Winter 2008), pp. 65-90.
"Base Motives: The Political Economy of Okinawa's Antimilitarism," Armed Forces & Society. Vol. 32, No. 4 (July 2006), pp. 566-583 (Co-authored with Kimberly Marten).
"Globalization and National Security After Empire: The Post-Soviet Space," in Jonathan Kirshner, ed. Globalization and National Security. New York: Routledge, 2006.
"Democratization and the Contested Politics of U.S. Military Bases in Korea: Towards a Comparative Understanding," IRI Review Vol. 10, No. 2 (Autumn 2005), pp. 201-232.
"Base Politics," Foreign Affairs, November/December 2005.
"Thinking rationally about hierarchy and global governance," Review of International
Political Economy 10th Anniversary Special Issue. Vol. 10, No. 4 (November
2003), pp. 672-684.
"Western Conditions and Domestic Choices: The Influence of External Actors on the
Post-Communist Transition," in Nations in Transit 2003: Democratization in East Central Europe and Eurasia. New York: FreedomHouse, 2003.
"The NGO Scramble: Organizational Insecurity and the Political Economy of Transnational Action," International Security, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Summer 2002), pp. 5-39. (with James Ron).
"Booms and Busts: Theorizing Institutional Formation and Change in Oil States," Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 2001), pp. 163-180.
"Imperial Wreckage: Property Rights, Sovereignty, and Security in the Post-Soviet Space," International Security, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Winter 2000/01), pp. 100-127.
"International Aid to the Former Soviet States: Agent of Reform or Guardian of the Status Quo?" Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 47, No. 4 (July/August 2000), pp. 34-44.
- Policy Memos and Op-Eds
"Will Sevastopol Survive? The Triangular Politics of Russia's Naval Base in Crimea." PONARS Policy Memo 47, December 2008. Co-authored with Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odessa National University.
"Kosovo's Precedents: The Politics of Sovereign Emergence and its Alternatives," PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo. No. 7 (March 2008).
"The Rise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Western Perspectives." Paper Presented to the Social Research Center, American University In Central Asia (January 16, 2008).
"Manas Matters: The Changing Politics of the U.S. Military Base in Kyrgyzstan," PONARS Policy Memo No. 423 (December 2006).
"Difficult Engagements: Political Lessons from the K2 Experience," PONARS Policy Memo No. 400 (December 2005).
"Where was the West All that Time [Kyrgyzstan's Revolution]," International Herald Tribune, March 30, 2005.
"Depoliticizing Manas: the Domestic Consequences of the U.S. Military Presence in Kyrgyzstan," PONARS Policy Memo
No. 362 (February 2005).
Fellowships and Awards
- Gladys Brooks Foundation "Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching" Award, 2006-07
- Smith Richardson Foundation, International Security Grant, "The Global Defence Posture Review: Will New Bases Create Old Political Dilemmas?," 2007
- Marshall Shulman Prize Cowinner, 2006
- German Marshall Fund of the United States, Transatlantic fellow, 2004-05
- Carnegie Corporation Project Grant, Co-investigator, The New United States
Imperialism? Intervention and Self-Determination (Grant No. B 7142R01),
2003-05 (with Kimberly Zisk Marten)
- Johns Hopkins University Student Council and Alumni Teaching Awards Finalist, 2000-2001
- Harriman Institute National Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1999-2000 (declined)
- Harriman Institute Mosley-Backer Fellow, 1998-99
- Social Science Research Council Dissertation Fellow, 1997-98
- Columbia University President's Fellow, 1995-96 and 1996-97
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