Alexander Cooley

Alexander Cooley is the Director of Columbia University’s Harriman Institute and the Claire Tow Professor of Political Science at Barnard College.

Articles by Alexander Cooley

A statue of the goddess of justice sits at a French courthouse.

U.S. Lawyers Are Foreign Kleptocrats’ Best Friends

Argument |

Alexander Cooley, Casey Michel

March 23, 2021, 10:34 AM

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban leaves following a meeting during the second day of a special European Council summit in Brussels on Feb. 21.

Why Populists Want a Multipolar World

Argument |

Alexander Cooley, Daniel Nexon

April 25, 2020, 8:00 AM

Photo by IBRAGIM CHKADUA/AFP/Getty Images

Learning from Crimea

Argument |

Lincoln Mitchell, Alexander Cooley

June 16, 2014, 8:52 PM

TOFIK BABAYEV/AFP/Getty Images

Vote of the Living Dead

Argument |

Christopher Walker, Alexander Cooley

October 31, 2013, 4:16 PM

Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP/GettyImages

The League of Authoritarian Gentlemen

Argument |

Alexander Cooley

January 30, 2013, 5:08 PM

Load more by Alexander Cooley | Return to staff list