# Julian Cooper

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'''Julian Marc Cooper''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 1945) is a British academic, and specialist on [Russian economic matters](/source/Economy_of_Russia), including Russian defence budget and military expenditure.

Cooper graduated from the [University of Bath](/source/University_of_Bath) with a [BSc](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) degree in economics in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/alumni/news-publications/news/news-archive/news_0021.html |title=Congratulations to alumni recognised in the Queen¿s New Year Honours &#124; University of Bath |publisher=Bath.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727004527/http://www.bath.ac.uk/alumni/news-publications/news/news-archive/news_0021.html |archive-date=27 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He graduated from the Department of Industrial Economics and Business Studies and the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at [Birmingham University](/source/Birmingham_University) with a PhD in 1975 for a thesis on "The development of the Soviet machine tool industry, 1917–1941", supervised by [R. W. Davies](/source/R._W._Davies).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/staff/profiles/cooper-julian.aspx |title=Professor Julian Cooper - Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies - University of Birmingham |publisher=Birmingham.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{citation |chapter=Notes on the Contributors |title=Soviet History, 1917–53: Essays in Honour of R. W. Davies |editor=[Julian Cooper](/source/Julian_Cooper), [Maureen Perrie](/source/Maureen_Perrie), E.A. Rees |location=New York |publisher=[St. Martin's Press](/source/St._Martin's_Press) |year=1995 |page=viii |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-23939-9 |isbn=978-1-349-23941-2 }}</ref>

Cooper was director of the Centre for Russian, and East European Studies at [Birmingham University](/source/Birmingham_University) from 1990 to 2001, and from 2007 to 2008. He is currently professor emeritus at Birmingham University. Cooper was co-director of the Centre for East European Language-Based Area Studies from 2006 to 2011. He is an associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia programme at the [Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs](/source/Chatham_House).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/directory/70691 |title=Professor Julian Cooper OBE |publisher=Chathamhouse.org |date=2014-08-13 |accessdate=2015-04-01 |archive-date=15 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215030546/http://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/directory/70691 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceelbas.ac.uk/ceelbas-news/news/julian_cooper_obe |title=Former CEELBAS Co-Director Professor Julian Cooper awarded OBE in New Year's Honours |publisher=Ceelbas.ac.uk |date=2012-01-05 |accessdate=2015-04-01 |archive-date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214223037/http://www.ceelbas.ac.uk/ceelbas-news/news/julian_cooper_obe |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Cooper has advised successive British governments, the British [Foreign and Commonwealth Office](/source/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office), and US governmental agencies on [Russia](/source/Russia)n economic matters. He has also advised international organizations such as [NATO](/source/NATO), the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission), the [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development](/source/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development), the [International Labour Organization](/source/International_Labour_Organization), the [Stockholm International Peace Research Institute](/source/Stockholm_International_Peace_Research_Institute).<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/news/2012/01/julian-cooper-obe.aspx |title=CREES Professor Julian Cooper receives OBE in New Year's Honours list |publisher=Birmingham.ac.uk |date=2012-02-13 |accessdate=2015-04-01 |archive-date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214224512/http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/russian-east-european-studies/news/2012/01/julian-cooper-obe.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Professor Cooper was appointed an [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (OBE) for services to Soviet and Russian economic studies in the [2012 New Year Honours](/source/2012_New_Year_Honours) in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/30_12_11overseasmilitary2012.pdf |title=New Year Honours 2012: Departmental List: Diplomatic Service and Overseas List: Order of St Michael and St George |publisher=News.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2015-04-01}}</ref>

== Works ==
''Securitising Russia: The Domestic Politics of Vladimir Putin'' (2013), with Edwin Bacon and [Bettina Renz](/source/Bettina_Renz)

''The Soviet Defence Industry: Conversion and Reform'' (Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1991)

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