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Rank Has Its Privileges: How International Ratings Dumb Down Global Governance

(Foreign Affairs) (Co-author: Jack Snyder) When the Berlin-based group Transparency International released its annual ranking of international corruption levels in December 2014, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded with a blistering…

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Putin’s Potemkin Intervention: The Weakness of Moscow’s Syrian Adventure

(Foreign Affairs) (Co-author: Daniel H. Nexon) When it comes to foreign policy, U.S. President Obama’s critics have long accused him of being weak, indecisive, and naive. “Restoring resolve” to the…

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As Cooley documented: China/Russia have experimented with tools meant to shield their regimes from external criticism

(Deutsche Welle) China is investing in a parallel international institutional order. As Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Washington, the US and Europe need to rethink their approach, argues guest commentator Thorsten…

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New Memo: New Silk Route or Classic Developmental Cul-de-Sac? The Prospects/Challenges of China’s OBOR

In September 2013, at a speech at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping announced plans to promote a “Silk Road Economic Belt” across neighboring Eurasian states. Over the…

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New Silk Route or Classic Developmental Cul-de-Sac? The Prospects and Challenges of China’s OBOR Initiative

In September 2013, at a speech at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping announced plans to promote a “Silk Road Economic Belt” across neighboring Eurasian states. Over the…

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Interview with new Harriman Institute Director Alexander Cooley

(CGI) Dr. Alexander Cooley recently took up the directorship of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. An expert on Central Asian and the author of several books, Dr. Cooley discussed with…

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Cooley: Russia has been uncomfortable with institutionalising China’s growing regional economic dominance

(Newsweek) This month, as Newsweek goes to print, an international organisation all but unknown in the West is set to announce that its membership will soon include countries representing half…

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Cooley: AIIB signifies the start of a new chapter in the evolution of international development

(Devex) The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank seems on track to begin full operations early next year. This week, 50 of the bank’s founding members signed the articles of agreement formally establishing the world’s…

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Cooley: Russia is Reluctant to Empower China in Central Asia

(CNBC) Beijing and Moscow are competing for influence and profits in Central Asia, invoking a centuries-old battle for the energy-rich area, but political pundits are at odds as to who's…

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Political Science Professor Alexander Cooley Named Director of Columbia’s Harriman Institute

Professor Alexander Cooley, chair of the political science department and a leading authority on Central Asia, has been named the new director of Columbia University's Harriman Institute, one of the world’s…

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Rank Has Its Privileges: How International Ratings Dumb Down Global Governance

Putin’s Potemkin Intervention: The Weakness of Moscow’s Syrian Adventure

As Cooley documented: China/Russia have experimented with tools meant to shield their regimes from external criticism

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New Silk Route or Classic Developmental Cul-de-Sac? The Prospects and Challenges of China’s OBOR Initiative

Interview with new Harriman Institute Director Alexander Cooley

Cooley: Russia has been uncomfortable with institutionalising China’s growing regional economic dominance

Cooley: AIIB signifies the start of a new chapter in the evolution of international development

Cooley: Russia is Reluctant to Empower China in Central Asia

Political Science Professor Alexander Cooley Named Director of Columbia’s Harriman Institute