Zack Cooper

Zack Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies US strategy in Asia, including alliance dynamics and US-China competition. He also teaches at Princeton University and is currently writing a book that explains how militaries change during power shifts.

Articles by Zack Cooper

An outdoor screen in Beijing shows a news program about Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting US President Joe Biden during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in California on November 16, 2023.

Does America Have an Endgame on China?

Argument

December 15, 2023, 11:03 AM

Filipinos burn mock Chinese flag during an anti-China protest in Makati, Philippines.

America Will Only Win When China’s Regime Fails

Argument

Zack Cooper, Hal Brands

March 11, 2021, 3:07 AM

chess board

The Great Game With China Is 3D Chess

Argument

Hal Brands, Zack Cooper

December 30, 2020, 12:02 PM

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Australia Is Having a Strategic Revolution, and It’s All About China

Argument

Zack Cooper, Charles Edel

July 22, 2020, 10:48 AM

Philippine Navy ships participate in an amphibious landing as part of the annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercises in Zambales province, northwest of Manila, on May 9, 2018. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)

America’s Freedom of Navigation Operations Are Lost at Sea

Argument

Zack Cooper, Gregory B. Poling

January 8, 2019, 12:41 PM

A military band conductor rehearses ahead a ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 1. (Andy Wong/AFP/Getty Images)

Washington Has a Bad Case of China ADHD

Argument

Daniel Kliman, Zack Cooper

October 27, 2017, 1:14 PM

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