Alexander A. Cooley
Assistant Professor
(Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure, effective 1 July 2008)
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Fall
Spring
On leave Fall 2009 - Spring 2010.
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414 Lehman Hall, Barnard College, Columbia University
3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6598
Tel: 212-854-9544; Fax: 212-854-3024;
E-mail: acooley@barnard.edu |
Research Interests
Political transformation of post-Soviet Eurasia
Comparative semi-sovereign relations and client states
Theories of contracting and organization
Politics of United States overseas military bases
Courses
In the News
Quoted in St. Petersburg Times story (April 18, 2008) about U.S. bases overseas.
Interviewed in Georgia Today (February 14, 2008) about the Kosovo effect and its implications for the unresolved conflicts in Georgia.
"Where Was the West All That Time?" International Herald Tribune, March 30, 2005.
Effective January 2004, Professor Cooley is the Review Editor for the journal Review of International Political Economy (RIPE).
"Lessons of Okinawa," with Kimberly Marten. Op/ed New York Times, July 30, 2003.
Reprinted in International Herald Tribune, July 31, 2003.
Education
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1999
Dissertation: "Depending Fortunes: Aid, Oil, and the Formation of the Post-Soviet States."
M.Phil Columbia University, 1998
M.A. Columbia University, 1995
B.A. Swarthmore College, 1994
Selected Publications
- Books
- Articles and Book Chapters
"U.S. Bases and Democratization in Central Asia," Orbis. Vol. 52, No. 1 (Winter 2008), pp. 65-90.
"Base Motives: The Political Economy of Okinawa's Antimilitarism," Armed Forces & Society. Vol. 32, No. 4 (July 2006), pp. 566-583 (Co-authored with Kimberly Marten).
"Globalization and National Security After Empire: The Post-Soviet Space," in Jonathan Kirshner, ed. Globalization and National Security. New York: Routledge, 2006.
"Democratization and the Contested Politics of U.S. Military Bases in Korea: Towards a Comparative Understanding," IRI Review Vol. 10, No. 2 (Autumn 2005), pp. 201-232.
"Base Politics," Foreign Affairs, November/December 2005.
"Thinking rationally about hierarchy and global governance," Review of International
Political Economy 10th Anniversary Special Issue. Vol. 10, No. 4 (November
2003), pp. 672-684.
"Western Conditions and Domestic Choices: The Influence of External Actors on the
Post-Communist Transition," in Nations in Transit 2003: Democratization in East Central Europe and Eurasia. New York: FreedomHouse, 2003.
"The NGO Scramble: Organizational Insecurity and the Political Economy of Transnational Action," International Security, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Summer 2002), pp. 5-39. (with James Ron).
"Booms and Busts: Theorizing Institutional Formation and Change in Oil States," Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 2001), pp. 163-180.
"Imperial Wreckage: Property Rights, Sovereignty, and Security in the Post-Soviet Space," International Security, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Winter 2000/01), pp. 100-127.
"International Aid to the Former Soviet States: Agent of Reform or Guardian of the Status Quo?" Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 47, No. 4 (July/August 2000), pp. 34-44.
- Policy Memos and Op-Eds
"Kosovo's Precedents: The Politics of Sovereign Emergence and its Alternatives," PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo. No. 7 (March 2008).
"The Rise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Western Perspectives." Paper Presented to the Social Research Center, American University In Central Asia (January 16, 2008).
"Manas Matters: The Changing Politics of the U.S. Military Base in Kyrgyzstan," PONARS Policy Memo No. 423 (December 2006).
"Difficult Engagements: Political Lessons from the K2 Experience," PONARS Policy Memo No. 400 (December 2005).
"Where was the West All that Time [Kyrgyzstan's Revolution]," International Herald Tribune, March 30, 2005.
"Depoliticizing Manas: the Domestic Consequences of the U.S. Military Presence in Kyrgyzstan," PONARS Policy Memo
No. 362 (February 2005).
Fellowships and Awards
- Gladys Brooks Foundation "Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching" Award, 2006-07
- Smith Richardson Foundation, International Security Grant, "The Global Defence Posture Review: Will New Bases Create Old Political Dilemmas?," 2007
- Marshall Shulman Prize Cowinner, 2006
- German Marshall Fund of the United States, Transatlantic fellow, 2004-05
- Carnegie Corporation Project Grant, Co-investigator, The New United States
Imperialism? Intervention and Self-Determination (Grant No. B 7142R01),
2003-05 (with Kimberly Zisk Marten)
- Johns Hopkins University Student Council and Alumni Teaching Awards Finalist, 2000-2001
- Harriman Institute National Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1999-2000 (declined)
- Harriman Institute Mosley-Backer Fellow, 1998-99
- Social Science Research Council Dissertation Fellow, 1997-98
- Columbia University President's Fellow, 1995-96 and 1996-97
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