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PhD, and MA, security studies, MPA, international relations, Princeton University
BA, public policy, Stanford University
Scholars
Senior Fellow
US strategy in Asia, Alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, US-China strategic competition, Defense strategy during power shifts
Zack Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies US strategy in Asia, including alliance dynamics and US-China competition. He also teaches at Princeton University, serves as chair of the board of the Open Technology Fund, and co-hosts the Net Assessment podcast.
Before joining AEI, Dr. Cooper was the senior fellow for Asian security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He previously worked as codirector of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He also served on staff at the National Security Council and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Dr. Cooper is the author of Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries from Yale University Press. He has also co-authored books, reports, and articles on US strategy and alliances in Asia. His writing has appeared in academic journals and popular press, including International Security, Security Studies, Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, among other outlets. Dr. Cooper graduated from Princeton University with a PhD and an MA in security studies and an MPA in international relations. He received a BA in public policy from Stanford University.
PhD, and MA, security studies, MPA, international relations, Princeton University
BA, public policy, Stanford University
Report
You can real the full Pacific Center for Island Security Outlook here…
BY Zack Cooper ON 3 Apr 26
Podcast
The Stimson Center
What are the goals in the US war in Iran? Is the situation in the Strait of Hormuz manageable, or is the Iranian threat to shipping a challenge that must be confronted? And can it...
BY Zack Cooper + Melanie Marlowe + Chris Preble ON 26 Mar 26
Report
Zack Cooper discusses the operational benefits and opportunities of AUKUS Pillar One, and the needed infrastructure, workforce, and policy challenges.
BY Zack Cooper + Troy Lee‑Brown + Emma Salisbury ON 19 Mar 26
Podcast
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Zack Cooper joins The Impossible State to discuss the US's lack of focus on Asia, and PM Takaichi's upcoming visit.
BY Zack Cooper ON 18 Mar 26
Podcast
Chris, Zack, and Melanie have a discussion about how America’s allies and partners, after decades of relying on the US for security, are derisking from what they view as an increasingly unpredictable and unfriendly power....
BY Zack Cooper + Melanie Marlowe + Christopher Preble ON 12 Mar 26
Podcast
For years, successive US governments have expressed a desire to make Asia their primary strategic interest – but that push for a pivot to Asia seems to have faded. The most recent National Security Strategy...
BY Zack Cooper ON 5 Mar 26
Article
In speech after speech, US officials have emphasized that the only way to prevent China from dominating Asia was for the United States and its allies and partners to make a major investment in the region’s stability. However, US leaders have still not matched their words with action.
BY Zack Cooper ON 17 Feb 26
Article
An interview with Zack Cooper on denial strategies, US-China crisis stability, and advice for young national security professionals.
BY Zack Cooper ON 30 Jan 26
Article
A new study investigates the consequences of a failed Chinese military operation against Taiwan and finds that the costs to China would be massive across four different, but interrelated, areas: its economy, military capabilities, social stability, and international costs.
BY Zack Cooper + Bonnie Glaser ON 20 Jan 26
Op-Ed
Since April, Donald Trump has repeatedly given ground to China. He did it again last week by agreeing to allow export of the advanced H200 chip to Chinese customers.
BY Zack Cooper + Derek Scissors ON 16 Dec 25
Post
The 65th annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizes $900.6 billion in spending on defense for fiscal year 2026. It includes a number of critical provisions on Asia policy. Below are five of the top Asia-related issues, followed by a full list of NDAA sections relevant to Asia watchers.
BY Zack Cooper + Noah Burke + ON 10 Dec 25
Article
TIME
On Oct. 30, President Donald Trump met China’s President Xi Jinping in Busan, a city in South Korea, for about 90 minutes. He trumpeted his meeting with Xi as a “12 out of 10” and ended his...
BY Zack Cooper ON 7 Nov 25
Report
You can real the full Pacific Center for Island Security Outlook here…
BY Zack Cooper ON 3 Apr 26
Report
Zack Cooper discusses the operational benefits and opportunities of AUKUS Pillar One, and the needed infrastructure, workforce, and policy challenges.
BY Zack Cooper + Troy Lee‑Brown + Emma Salisbury ON 19 Mar 26
Report
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
How costly would a conflict over Taiwan be for China’sinternational standing and relationships aroundthe world? Although international condemnationis unlikely on its own to deter Chinese leadersfrom initiating a conflict over Taiwan, the costscould be substantial,...
BY Zack Cooper ON 5 Jan 26
Report
Dreams of a fully united American and European front toward China are over. Although Washington, Brussels, and other European capitals have much in common when it comes to dealing with Beijing, they are now more...
BY Zack Cooper ON 5 Dec 25
Report
The American-led liberal order is breaking down — its core institutions gridlocked, its logic obsolete, and its benefits increasingly captured by adversaries and free-riders. Yet
BY Zack Cooper ON 16 Sep 25
Journal Publication
When President Barack Obama proposed the “rebalance” to Asia, he sought to reorient US foreign policy towards Asia after a decade mired in the Middle East. In a sense, he succeeded.
BY Zack Cooper ON 5 Sep 25
Event
Join AEI’s Kori Schake and Zack Cooper for a conversation with the officials helping advance a free and open Indo-Pacific as the region faces urgent challenges, from North Korea’s provocations to China’s coercion.
BY Zack Cooper + Kori Schake ON 15 Jul 24
Event
Join AEI’s Zack Cooper for a conversation with Amb. Nikki Haley, the former US representative to the United Nations and governor of South Carolina, to address these questions and explore the future of US-China policy. As part of AEI’s “A New China Playbook,” this series seeks to highlight America’s chance to exploit the CCP’s failures and guard against an increasingly vulnerable, yet less predictable, China.
BY Zack Cooper + Robert Doar ON 15 Jun 23
Event
Join AEI’s Paul Lettow for a conversation with Bush administration officials Stephen Hadley and Farah Pandith to discuss Hand-Off and the Bush-Obama transition in the context of modern US presidential transitions more broadly.
BY Zack Cooper ON 18 Apr 23
Event
Join AEI’s Mackenzie Eaglen and Zack Cooper for a conversation with the DOD’s Ely Ratner and Michael Chase about the findings of the Pentagon’s report and implications for its National Defense Strategy.
BY Mackenzie Eaglen + Zack Cooper ON 1 Dec 22
Event
Join AEI’s Hal Brands as he discusses his new book, “The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry Today” (Yale University Press, 2022), with AEI’s Kori Schake and Zack Cooper. The conversation will highlight the themes of the book and identify which lessons from the Cold War can guide the US in the great-power rivalries of today.
BY Hal Brands + Kori Schake + Zack Cooper ON 2 Feb 22
Event
Event Summary On September 1, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Chad Sbragia joined AEI’s Zack Cooper for a discussion on the Department of Defense’s newly released 2020 China Military Power Report. Mr. Sbragia discussed China’s...
BY Zack Cooper ON 26 Aug 20
Podcast
The Stimson Center
What are the goals in the US war in Iran? Is the situation in the Strait of Hormuz manageable, or is the Iranian threat to shipping a challenge that must be confronted? And can it...
BY Zack Cooper + Melanie Marlowe + Chris Preble ON 26 Mar 26
Podcast
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Zack Cooper joins The Impossible State to discuss the US's lack of focus on Asia, and PM Takaichi's upcoming visit.
BY Zack Cooper ON 18 Mar 26
Podcast
Chris, Zack, and Melanie have a discussion about how America’s allies and partners, after decades of relying on the US for security, are derisking from what they view as an increasingly unpredictable and unfriendly power....
BY Zack Cooper + Melanie Marlowe + Christopher Preble ON 12 Mar 26
Podcast
For years, successive US governments have expressed a desire to make Asia their primary strategic interest – but that push for a pivot to Asia seems to have faded. The most recent National Security Strategy...
BY Zack Cooper ON 5 Mar 26
Podcast
The Stimson Center
Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate the wisdom of President Trump's proposal for a Golden Fleet of new American "battleships."
BY Zack Cooper + Melanie Marlowe + Chris Preble ON 26 Feb 26
Podcast
The Stimson Center
The Net Assessment crew discuss Ambassador Blackwill's latest report on US Grand Strategy.
BY Zack Cooper + Melanie Marlowe + Chris Preble ON 12 Feb 26
