Interviews

Selected interviews and conversations in print, audio, and video.

“Dictating the Agenda: the Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics,” New Books Network podcast, December 2025.
Audio Interview (discussion of Dictating the Agenda with Miranda Melcher)
https://newbooksnetwork.com/dictating-the-agenda

“Dann würde die liberale Ordnung schlicht zerbrechen,” Die Zeit, July 14, 2025.
Interview (discussion of Dictating the Agenda with Alexander Kauschanski)
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-07/autoritaere-staaten-china-russland-westen-demokratie-weltpolitik

“Vladimir Poutine a un empire caché, et l'Occident l'a sous-estimé,” L’Express, May 11, 2025.
Interview (Q&A with Alix L’Hospital).
https://www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-debats/alexander-cooley-vladimir-poutine-a-un-empire-cache-loccident-la-sous-estime-I25K4A3SN5AQ3D2A5P7GI4MMX4/?cmp_redirect=true

“The Future of Russia and China in Central Asia,” CNAS, November 13, 2024.
Audio Interview (Q&A with Andrea Kendall-Taylor).
https://www.cnas.org/publications/podcast/the-future-of-russia-and-china-in-central-asia

“The Political Science of the Middle East and The Uprisings of Gaza (S13, Ep 21),” POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast, March 2024.
Audio Interview (discussion of the state of Area Studies with Marc Lynch)
https://pomeps.org/the-political-science-of-the-middle-east-and-the-uprisings-of-gaza-s-13-ep-21

“Cracking down on Kleptocracy,” Chatham House, August, 4, 2022.
Interview (Q&A with Dr. Leslie Vinjamuri).
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2022/08/cracking-down-kleptocracy

“The Russo-Ukraine War,” Kathemerini, June 6, 2022.
Interview (Q&A with Vasilis Nedos).
https://www.kathimerini.gr/opinion/interviews/561893911/o-kathigitis-alexanter-koylei-stin-k-o-polemos-tha-dokimasei-ti-synochi-tis-dysis/