Alexander Cooley

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Alexander Cooley is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Cooley has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Development. Recurrent topics in Alexander Cooley's work include Russia and Soviet political economy (17 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (13 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (13 papers). Alexander Cooley is often cited by papers focused on Russia and Soviet political economy (17 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (13 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (13 papers). Alexander Cooley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Alexander Cooley's co-authors include James Ron, Daniel H. Nexon, Jack Snyder, Hendrik Spruyt, John Heathershaw, J. C. Sharman, Lincoln A. Mitchell, Robert Legvold, Aseem Prakash and Clifford Bob and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, Foreign Affairs and Political Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Cooley

63 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

The NGO Scramble: Organizational Insecurity and the Polit... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Cooley United States 19 1.3k 1.2k 594 280 222 69 2.2k
Jan Aart Scholte United Kingdom 23 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 584 1.0× 508 1.8× 187 0.8× 68 2.4k
Daniel H. Nexon United States 23 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 448 0.8× 104 0.4× 143 0.6× 39 2.2k
Andrew Hurrell United Kingdom 23 1.0k 0.7× 1.8k 1.4× 910 1.5× 188 0.7× 227 1.0× 58 2.5k
James Ron United States 20 1.7k 1.3× 839 0.7× 574 1.0× 207 0.7× 99 0.4× 51 2.3k
Andrew F. Cooper Canada 27 915 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 934 1.6× 193 0.7× 214 1.0× 155 2.2k
J. C. Sharman Australia 26 985 0.7× 915 0.7× 226 0.4× 426 1.5× 444 2.0× 76 2.1k
Ruth Berins Collier United States 18 1.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 253 0.4× 213 0.8× 310 1.4× 41 2.6k
Andreas Schedler Mexico 25 3.0k 2.3× 3.0k 2.5× 416 0.7× 258 0.9× 306 1.4× 99 4.6k
Mary Kaldor United Kingdom 24 1.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 235 0.4× 90 0.3× 212 1.0× 124 2.3k
Cameron G. Thies United States 25 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 447 0.8× 104 0.4× 271 1.2× 99 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Cooley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cooley, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Transnational uncivil society networks: kleptocracy’s global fightback against liberal activism. European Journal of International Relations. 30(2). 382–407.
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Cooley, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Foreign Donations in the Higher Education Sector of the United States and the United Kingdom: Pathways for Reputation Laundering. OpenCommons - UConn (University of Connecticut). 14(5). 43–79. 2 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Estimating Alliance Costs: An Exchange. Security Studies. 31(3). 510–532. 1 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2021). On the brink and at the world’s edge: Western approaches to Central Asia’s international politics, 1991–2021. Central Asian Survey. 40(4). 555–575. 5 indexed citations
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Heathershaw, John, Catherine Owen, & Alexander Cooley. (2019). Centred discourse, decentred practice: the relational production of Russian and Chinese ‘rising’ power in Central Asia. Third World Quarterly. 40(8). 1440–1458. 8 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander & Jack Snyder. (2015). Ranking the World. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 95 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander & Jack Snyder. (2015). Rank has its privileges. Foreign Affairs. 94(6). 15. 1 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2015). New Silk Route or Classic Developmental Cul-de-Sac? The Prospects and Challenges of China’s OBOR Initiative. PonarsEuarasia - Policy Memos. 4 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2015). Russia and China in Central Asia. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 2 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander, Daniel H. Nexon, Benjamin de Carvalho, & Halvard Leira. (2015). Undermining Hegemony? Building a Framework for Goods Substitution. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 3 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2012). Manas Matters: The Changing Politics of the U.S. Military Base in Kyrgyzstan. PonarsEuarasia - Policy Memos. 1 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2012). The New Great Game in Central Asia. Foreign Affairs. 1 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2012). The Stagnation of the SCO: Competing Agendas and Divergent Interests in Central Asia. PonarsEuarasia - Policy Memos. 3 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2012). Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia. Blood. 138(16). 1382–1384. 7 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2012). The Kyrgyz Crisis and the Political Logic of Central Asia's Weak Regional Security Organizations. PonarsEuarasia - Policy Memos. 2 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah, Allison Marston Danner, Aseem Prakash, et al.. (2010). Who Governs the Globe?. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 255 indexed citations
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Prakash, Aseem, Anthony Gill, Elizabeth A. Bloodgood, et al.. (2010). Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 82 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2009). Cooperation Gets Shanghaied. Foreign Affairs. 4 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander & Kimberly Marten. (2006). Base Motives. Armed Forces & Society. 32(4). 566–583. 14 indexed citations
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Cooley, Alexander. (2005). Democratization and the Contested Politics of U.S. Military Bases in Korea. 10(2). 201–231. 1 indexed citations

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