Important investigation- national policy bends to the will of billionaires if the Trump clan will make $ from it

Magyar has called on the national president to resign so that the new parliament can elected a new president. (Orban amended the law on the presidency in December to make it impossible for the parliament to impeach the president.) If Sulyok stays, he can act as roadblock for the new govt.

It's been almost fifteen years of wrestling with the implications of Orbanism in Hungary, and practically every year feeling like it only got more radical and more dangerous for the world. Immensely satisfying to see it refuted by Hungarians.

Post Postliberalism…?

Dear Mr. President,

Please stop providing new material for the Revised Edition of Exit from Hegemony. We would like to be able to finish the book.

Thank you for your attention to this matter,

Dr. Daniel Nexon

"Why aren't there experts in the room?" you ask. In our recent @foreignaffairs.com article, @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I connect the dots between Trump's corruption and his administration's decision to dismantle the normal U.S. foreign-policy process.

.@maxbergmann.bsky.social and I joined @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and Daniel Nexon to discuss how transnational corruption shapes foreign policy. We examine how autocratic actors use illicit networks to advance geopolitical goals—and how Putin has long leveraged this playbook. w/@erep.csis.org

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Exciting to see another review of Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social , this time in the Journal of Communication Inquiry. Many thanks to the author and journal for taking the time to think about our arguments!

UK Cyprus base hit by drone 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. Personnel on the bases were informed that a “small drone” ...

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!

The Age of Kleptocracy Geopolitical power, private gain.

@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...

Cover of the March/April 2026 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, titled "The New American Hegemony"

The Table of Contents of the issue, with the second article, "The Age of Kleptocracy: Geopolitical Power, Private Gain" by Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon, with a red box drawn around it.

Look what came in the mail yesterday 👇

Alexander Cooley — Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics YouTube video by Watson School of International and Public Affairs

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

Undermining American Hegemony Cambridge Core - Political Economy - Undermining American Hegemony

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:

Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order - Kindle edition by Cooley, Alexander, Nexon, Daniel. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order.

🧵 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! 🚨

Transnational Kleptocracy and American Authoritarian Consolidation - Lawyers, Guns & Money Last week, Netflix reached a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming business. Some right-wing influencers were livid, because Netflix produces a fair amount of LGBTQ-friendly c...

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.

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🧵 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...

Trump’s Antiliberal Order How America first undercuts America’s advantage.

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.

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

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.”

Annual Lecture: Dictating the Agenda – How Authoritarians are Transforming Global Governance | NUPI Based on their new book "Dictating the Agenda", Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis reveal the important authoritarian changes underway across various global governance domains.

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:

Authoritarian states have powerful reach — even in Ireland The return to authoritarianism worldwide — not least in the US — will have ramifications for internationally-linked universities and corporations here, write Alexander Dukalskis and Alexander Cooley

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...