Alexander A. Cooley

Alexander A. Cooley

Director, Harriman Institute; Claire Tow Professor of Political Science

Barnard College; Columbia University

Central Asian Studies

1214 IAB

212-854-6213

ac210@columbia.edu

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Twitter: @CooleyOnEurasia

International relations of Eurasia, Central Asian politics, sovereignty, governance

Announcements

Harriman Alumna Ani Kokobobo Compares Alabama's New Abortion Law with Communist Albania's Extreme Abortion Ban (Monkey Cage)

Friday, May 17, 2019

Harriman Alumna Ani Kokobobo (Associate Professor of Slavic Languages, University of Kansas) writes for the Monkey Cage about "How Alabama's new abortion law echoes Communist Albania's extreme abortion ban."

Kimberly Marten Discusses U.S. Relations and the Putin-Pompeo Meeting on WNYC's The Takeaway

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Kimberly Marten discussed Secretary Pompeo’s trip to Sochi and where U.S.-Russia relations stand following Tuesday's meetings on WNYC's The Takeway.

Toby Gati for the Harriman's Oral History Project

Monday, May 13, 2019

"Unless we understand the way Russia calculates risk, we will not know how to respond. Unless we understand how they assess the way we calculate risk, we run real risks of sending the wrong signals to each other," Toby Trister Gati for the Harriman's oral history project.

Student Spotlight: Colleen Wood (GSAS)

Monday, May 13, 2019

"Ideally, the things I write and think about can be brought into the real world." Read more about the 2019 NSF fellow.

Revealing the Offshore World: How Researchers Investigate Shell Companies, International Wealth Managers and Transnational Informal Economies

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm (CEST)

Please join the Harriman Institute, SOAS University of London, and The University of Chicago for a panel discussion at the Columbia Global Centers in Paris, France. Participants include Kimberly Hoang (University of Chicago), Brooke Harrington (Dartmouth College), Jason Sharman (Cambridge University), Kristin Surak (SOAS University of London), moderated by Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute). REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

Jack Snyder Interviewed in NY Times on Why Ethnic Majorities Lash Out Over False Fears

Monday, May 13, 2019

Jack Snyder (Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations) was interviewed for a piece in the New York Times on how dominant majorities may mistakenly believe they are imperiled m

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