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Alexander A. Cooley is an American political scientist. He is Claire Tow Professor at
Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...
. He served as the 15th director of the
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of
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and is currently the Vice Provost for Research, Libraries and Academic Centers at Barnard College.


Biography

Cooley graduated from
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and received his Ph.D. from
Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
, studying under
Hendrik Spruyt Hendrik Spruyt is a Dutch-American political scientist. He is the Emeritus Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations at Northwestern University. He is known for his research on state formation and sovereignty. Spruyt has advanced a ...
and Mark von Hagen. He taught at
Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...
before joining the faculty of
Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...
in 2001, eventually serving as chair of the college's political science department. In 2015, he was named director of Columbia's Harriman Institute, serving in the position for six years. Cooley has written extensively about the politics of the Former-Soviet states, with an emphasis on
Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...
and the
Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, comprising parts of Southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The Caucasus Mountains, i ...
, as well as the liberal international order and democratic backsliding. His analysis of great power politics in
Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...
was called by
National Bureau of Asian Research The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is an American non-profit research institution based in Seattle, Washington, with a branch office in Washington, D.C. NBR brings together specialists, policymakers, and business leaders to examine e ...
as "possibly the most cogent critique of post–Cold War orthodoxy published to date."


Bibliography

* ''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

Cooley's father was journalist John K. Cooley, who served as an editor of ''
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''.


See Also

* Zombie Election Monitors


References

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