The United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus has been hit by a drone, the Cyprus Mail learned in the early hours of Monday morning. cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/s...

As always, good thread from @profsaunders.bsky.social. @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social talk about how Trump admin hollowed out these processes, why it did so, and what some of the costs are in our recent @foreignaffairs.com article. Spoiler: a combo of far-right ideology and self-dealing.

What an engaging interview- Mark brings out the best in his speakers and engages with the nuances and uncomfortable implications of their arguments.

Many thanks to Alireza Nouri for taking the time to speak with us and to @onglynette.bsky.social for facilitating. @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I enjoyed the conversation!

@cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and @dhnexon.bsky.social argue that the Trump administration’s foreign policy is “fundamentally kleptocratic.”

For the definitive account of how “the West” was employed to legitimate American security guarantees to Europe, see @profptj.bsky.social’s book, Civilizing the Enemy. But you can read an earlier, article-length treatment (specifically about NATO) here: www.kittenboo.com/blog/wp-cont...

Look what came in the mail yesterday 👇

Check out my co-author @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social presenting our book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social

So if the major dynamic of "multipolar orders" is — as @skumsrud.bsky.social, @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social, and I argue (with contributors) — a game structured by the politics of "goods substitution," than Trump 2.0 is playing a losing strategy.

Thrilling & flattering to have leading scholars Aurel Croissant, Julia Bader, John J. Chin, Jessica C. Teets & Emilie M. Hafner-Burton read & comment on Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social for @nbr.org See the roundtable here:

🧵 If you want to understand how Trump is committing geopolitical suicide, you might check out EXIST FROM HEGEMONY, Oxford University Press 2020 — in which, I am regularly told, @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I got "everything right" 👇. 🚨 Bonus: Kindle Edition is currently $9.99 on Amazon! 🚨

I had *planned* on writing a post today about the ongoing sane-washing of the U.S. National Security Strategy, but I decided instead to put up a more detailed version of my skeets about the entanglement of Trump corruption, overseas autocratic wealth, and U.S. media consolidation.

Check out this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion in which @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics. newbooksnetwork.com/dictating-th...

🧵 Obligatory self-promotion. @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social devote a chapter to the transnational far-right in Exit from Hegemony. We contextualize it within broader dynamics of int'l power transitions, hegemonic decline, and transformation in international order. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

NB: as @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I argued back in January, if you're a "China hawk" and you think Russia is a more important ally than Europe, then you've got the geopolitical acumen of a candy wrapper.

Confirmation of key thesis in @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and @alexdukalskis.bsky.social's book "Dictating the Agenda:" channels for global cultural and market liberal influence now being weaponized by authoritarian states against liberal society institutions www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Many thanks to @moisesnaim.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of Dictating the Agenda by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social “This is an excellent book…. one of the most penetrating and original accounts yet of how authoritarian regimes are reshaping the global order.”

Looking forward to giving along w/ @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social the @nupinytt.bsky.social & Norwegian Centre for Geopolitics annual lecture in Oslo Wednesday. “Dictating the Agenda – How Authoritarians are Transforming Global Governance” Details & live stream:

In the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social I map out the global authoritarian resurgence and what it means for Ireland

🧵 Fascism is an ideology. The government is fascist. But it's an unconsolidated competitive authoritarian regime, not a totalitarian one. @justinscasey.bsky.social and I discuss this, and the heterogeneity of interwar fascism, here 👇

If you're in Dublin next week come join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at the Institute of International & European Affairs (IIEA) on Thursday where we'll talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics Details: www.iiea.com/images/uploa...

And here’s a write-up:

We are all students of democracy. Grateful for the exchange with students during my keynote and Q&A on The Age of Democratic Security. Thank you to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social World Leaders Forum, Acting President Claire Shipman, & Prof. @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social.

Author copies for Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today! If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.

And I talk about it towards then of @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and my essay on the crisis of liberal order. (sorry, I know I've posted this stuff before).

If you prefer to listen to your books, the audio book version of Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social was released today. Get it wherever you get your audio books - Audible, Amazon, Apple, Storytel, your library, etc.

Was great for me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social to talk with @leslievinjamuri.bsky.social on the the Chicago Council on Global Affairs @global-affairs.bsky.social podcast about Ukraine & our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics. Have a listen here:

Princeton University Press Stumbles Into a Xinjiang Tour Debacle thediplomat.com/2025/07/prin...

Was great for me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social to talk with @zeit.de about our new book and the resurgence of authoritarianism in global politics.

New 5 Questions piece on the Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance project page! On the super interesting new book by @alexdukalskis.bsky.social & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social ucigcc.org/research/fut... @ucigcc.bsky.social

Nice review in Kirkus Reviews of my new book w/ @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social (out next month) Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics "A dispassionate argument proposing that the lights are going out." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

“The post-Soviet region is not turning out to be a decolonizing space; it rather has emerged as a laboratory for new forms of integration and regional networking,” writes Alexander Cooley.

Justice for Veterans: U.S. Acknowledges Cancer Cases Tied to Service at Uzbekistan’s K2 Base timesca.com/justice-for-... #JusticeForVeterans #VeteransAffairs #K2Base #VeteransHealth #CancerAwareness #MilitaryService #VeteranAdvocacy #Uzbekistan #US #Eurasia #CentralAsia