Areas
of
specialization
Conventional & unconventional forms of international diplomacy;
National perspectives on global governance and rising powers, middle powers, small states;
Canadian & comparative foreign policy;
International political economy
Background
BA (Waterloo); MA (Waterloo); D. Phil (Oxford)
Andrew F. Cooper is Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and an Associate Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research. He teaches in the areas of the Theory and Practice of Diplomacy, National Perspectives on Global Governance, International Political Economy, and Comparative and Canadian Foreign Policy. Holding a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil) from Oxford University, he has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard University, The Australian National University, and Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
He was Canada-US Fulbright Research Chair at University of Southern California in 2009, Fulbright Scholar in the Western Hemisphere Program at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC in 2000 and the Leger Fellow, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1993-1994. The author/co-author of 8 books, and editor/co-editor of 20 collections, his scholarly publications have appeared in International Organization, World Development, International Studies Review, International Interactions, Political Science Quarterly, International Affairs, Global Policy Journal, Washington Quarterly, Journal of Democracy, Global Governance and New Political Economy.
His work has been profiled via ABC Good Morning America, The Independent, Canada Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Q, Variety Magazine, Times of India, China Daily, and the Washington Diplomat and he has been a member of the Global Applied Research Network (GARNET), Network of Excellence and the Warwick Commission on the Future of the Multilateral Trade Regime. He has led training sessions on foreign policy/trade issues/governance in Canada, South Africa and the World Trade Organization(WTO) in Geneva.
He has served as a member of the editorial board of the International Studies Association (ISA) Journal of Foreign Policy Analysis, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, and the Canadian Journal of Political Science.
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council
The
"Thickening"
of
Regional
Institutions
in
the
Americas,
Asia-Pacific
and
the
Middle
East:
A
Comparative
Analysis
This
project
will
analyze
regionalism
in
three
key
understudied
regions the
Americas,
Asia-Pacific,
and
the
Middle
East,
in
order
to
evaluate
whether
the
institutional
expansion
of
regional
organizations
promotes
increased
cooperation
across
regions
(as
the
European
Union
example
suggests)
or
exacerbates
conflict
through
greater
fragmentation
of
regional
relations
The BRICS - A very short introduction
In
the
wake
of
the
post-Cold
War
era,
the
aftermath
of
9/11,
the
2008
global
financial
crisis,
and
the
emergence
of
the
G20
at
the
leaders
level,
few
commentators
expected
a
reshaping
of
the
global
system
towards
multipolarity,
and
away
from
the
United
States.
And
yet,
the
BRICS
-
encompassing
Brazil,
Russia,
India,
China
and
South
Africa
-
has
emerged
as
a
challenge
to
the
international
status
quo.
But
what
is
its
capacity
as
a
transformative
force?
And
can
it
provide
a
significant
counter-narrative
to
the
Western
dominated
global
order?
In
this Very
Short
Introduction Andrew
Cooper
explores
the
emergence
of
the
BRICS
as
a
concept.
Drawing
on
historical
precedent,
Cooper
provides
a
contemporary
analysis
of
the
BRICS'
practice
and
influence
as
as
a
forum
and
a
lobby
group
in
advancing
a
distinctive
but
amorphous
agenda
amongst
global
politics.
Additional links & information
Cooper Andrew. ‘A critical evaluation of rationalist IR in the analysis of informal institutions’. International Politics. Accepted: 11 March 2022.
Cooper, Andrew. “Recalibrating The G20 in the Aftermath of Saudi Arabia's Summit: Testing a Secretariat!” International Development Blog, 3 Dec. 2020.
Cooper, Andrew. “China, India and the Pattern of G20/BRICS Engagement: Differentiated Ambivalence between 'Rising' Power Status and Solidarity with the Global South.” Taylor & Francis, 24 Sept. 2020.
Cooper, A. “Recalibrating the Classic Models of Mediation: Former Leaders and Hybrid Personality-Network Driven Initiatives in the Venezuela Crisis”,Revista de ciencia política, Vol 40 no.1, April 2020.
Axel Berger, Andrew F Cooper & Sven Grimm. "A decade of G20 summitry: Assessing the benefits, limitations and future of global club governance in turbulent times". Pages 493-504, South African Journal of International Affairs, Volume 26, Issue 4, December 2019.
Cooper, A. "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10220461.2019.1699855". Pages 505-520 , South African Journal of International Affairs, Volume 26, Issue 4, December 2019.
Cooper, A. "The Populist Challenge and the Domestic Turn in Diplomacy". Blog post. Hague Journal of Diplomacy. Nov 7, 2019.
Cooper, A and Cornut, J. 2018. “The changing practices of frontline diplomacy: New directions for inquiry", Review of International Studies.
Cooper, A. 2018. “U.S. public diplomacy and sports stars: mobilizing African-American athletes as goodwill ambassadors from the cold war to an uncertain future”, Place Branding and Public Diplomacy .
For a full list of publications see Dr. Cooper's Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Contact
Email:
acooper@uwaterloo.ca
Office:
Hagey
Hall
305
Phone:
x46568