COMMENTARIES

“Even in Retreat, America Will Remain Globally Consequential” Chicago Council on Global Affairs, December 16, 2025. Analysis for Predictions and reflection on America at 250.
https://globalaffairs.org/commentary/analysis/even-retreat-america-will-remain-globally-consequential

“What’s Next for US-Russia Relations and the War in Ukraine?” Chicago Council on Global Affairs, October 24, 2025. Interview (Q&A).
https://globalaffairs.org/commentary/analysis/whats-next-us-russia-relations-and-war-ukraine

“Authoritarian States have Powerful Reach – Even in Ireland,” Irish Examiner October 9, 2025. Opinion.
Co-authored with Alexander Dukalskis.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41720946.html

“A Multipolar Balancing Act” Chicago Council on Global Affairs, September 22, 2025. The UN is Turning 80. https://globalaffairs.org/commentary/analysis/un-turning-80-it-still-relevant

“Global Corruption Would be Impossible Without Help from the West,” Promarket, September 15, 2025.
https://www.promarket.org/2025/09/15/global-corruption-would-be-impossible-without-help-from-the-west/

“Russia’s Hidden Empire: How Moscow has Rekindled its Influence in the Post-Soviet Space” Foreign Affairs, April 16, 2025.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/central-asia/russias-hidden-empire

“Trump’s Antiliberal Order: How America first undercuts America’s Advantage,” Foreign Affairs, January/February 2025.
Co-authored with Daniel Nexon.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/trumps-antiliberal-order-cooley-nexon

“The Power of Stigma: Shaming Elites has Helped Weaken Putin,” Foreign Affairs, October 27, 2022.
Co-authroed with Brooke Harrington.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/power-stigma-shaming-russia-elites-weaken-putin

“Can Kazakhstan Shed its Kleptocratic Past?” Foreign Affairs, May 2, 2022.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2022-05-02/can-kazakhstan-shed-its-kleptocratic-past

“A False Dawn for Liberalism? Why the War in Ukraine may not revive the West,” Foreign Affairs, March 29, 2022.
Co-authored with Daniel Nexon.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2022-03-29/false-dawn-liberalism

“Kazakhstan Called for Assistance. Why did Russia Dispatch Troops so Quickly?” Washington Post, January 9, 2022.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/09/kazakhstan-called-assistance-why-did-russia-dispatch-troops-so-quickly/

“Exiled Journalists need Support, Not Autocrat-Fueled Skepticism,” Just Security, December 15, 2021.
Co-authored with Tatyana Margolin.
https://www.justsecurity.org/79562/exiled-journalists-need-support-not-autocrat-fueled-skepticism/

“A Post-American Central Asia: How the Region is Adapting to the U.S. Defeat in Afghansitan,” Foreign Affairs, August 23, 2021.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/afghanistan/2021-08-23/post-american-central-asia

“How can the World Hold Belarus Accountable?” Washington Post, May 25, 2021.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/how-can-world-hold-belarus-accountable-state-sponsored-hijacking/

“The Illiberal Tide,” Foreign Affairs, March 26, 2021.
Co-authored with Daniel Nexon.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/illiberal-tide

“To Re-Establish U.S. Influence, Biden Should Play Rope-a-Dope, Not Compete Globally,” National Interest, January 31, 2021.
Co-authored with Daniel Nexon.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/re-establish-us-influence-biden-should-play-rope-dope-not-compete-globally-177380

“How Hegemony Ends” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2020.
Co-authored with Daniel Nexon.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-hegemony-ends

“Why Populists Want a Multipolar World” Foreign Policy, April 25, 2020.
Co-authored with Daniel Nexon.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/25/populists-multipolar-world-russia-china/