Cooley

By Alexander Cooley 01-30-2013
(Foreign Policy) For years now, the United States and its allies in Europe and Asia have been talking about the importance of common efforts to promote human rights and democratic values around the world. If the liberal...
By Alexander Cooley 12-21-2012
(News.Az) Interview with Alexander Cooley. What can you say about Russia's refusal to operate Gabala radar? Russia was not prepared to agree to Azerbaijan's demands for a much increased rent for...
By PONARS Eurasia 12-12-2012
(New York Times) Excerpt: "Alexander Cooley a political science professor at Barnard College who is an expert on the former Soviet republics, said that Russia had not previously encountered hard bargaining over...
10-24-2012
(RFE/RL) In his new book on Central Asia, "Great Games, Local Rules," U.S.-based author Alexander Cooley paints a picture of the intense competition between China, Russia, and the United States for influence in the...
By Alexander Cooley 08-24-2012
(New York Times) Since 9/11, America’s priority in Central Asia has been to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. But as the United States and NATO pull out, there is a new danger: that the West could become entangled in...