alexander cooley

Dictators Without Borders

'A penetrating look into the unrecognised and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Cen...

Base Politics

Contracting States

Increasingly today nation-states are entering into agreements that involve the sharing or surrend...

Great Games, Local Rules

The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the...

Logics of Hierarchy

Political science has had trouble generating models that unify the study of the formation and con...

Ranking the World

Over the last decade, international rankings have emerged as a critical tool used by internationa...

Ranking the World

Over the last decade, international rankings have emerged as a critical tool used by internationa...

Exit from Hegemony

We live in a period of great uncertainty about the fate of America's global leadership. Many beli...

Exit from Hegemony

We live in a period of great uncertainty about the fate of America's global leadership. Many beli...

Ranking the World

This book examines the origins of the rise of international rankings, assessing their impact on g...

Contracting States

Increasingly today nation-states are entering into agreements that involve the sharing or surrend...

Great Games, Local Rules

Russia, the U.S., and China all see Central Asia as strategically important and have devoted exte...