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Eliot A. Cohen
Dean
About
Eliot Cohen is Dean and Robert E. Osgood Professor the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) where he has taught since 1990. He received his BA and PhD degrees from Harvard University and after teaching there and at the Naval War College founded the Strategic Studies program at SAIS. His books include The Big Stick (2017), Conquered into Liberty (2011), and Supreme Command (2002). In addition to public service in the Department of Defense he served as Counselor of the Department of State in 2007-2009. He writes frequently for major newspapers and is a contributing writer at The Atlantic.
Cohen, E. (2017). The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force. New York: Basic Books.
Cohen, E. (2012). Conquered into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battles along the Great Warpath that Made the American Way of War. New York: Free Press.
In the News
Reports of the death of American leadership are greatly exaggerated.
Dean Eliot A. Cohen interviewed in Dallas Morning News, 01/24
Defense secretaries' letter warning Trump was signed by all in only two days.
Dean Eliot A. Cohen and Eric Edelman cited on ABC News, 01/05
Defense secretaries worried about a Trump power grab.
Dean Eliot A. Cohen quoted and Eric Edelman cited in Foreign Policy, 01/04
All former living secretaries support Biden’s claims of Pentagon stonewalling.
Dean Eliot A. Cohen and Eric Edelman cited in U.S. News & World Report, 01/04
The time to question election results has passed, all living former defense secretaries say.
Dean Eliot A. Cohen and Eric Edelman quoted in The Washington Post, 01/03
Ex-Defense secretaries say military must stay out of election battles.
Dean Eliot A. Cohen cited and Eric Edelman quoted in Politico, 01/03