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Eliot A. Cohen, Ph.D.

Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies, Director of the Strategic Studies Program, Director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies

Based in Washington, D.C.
Rome 708

Background and Education

Served as counselor of the U.S. Department of State; former professor at Harvard University and the U.S. Naval War College; served on the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. secretary of Defense and directed the U.S. Air Force's Gulf War Air Power Survey; member of the Defense Policy Board and other governmental and private advisory committees; Ph.D., political science, Harvard University
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Conquered Into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battles Along the Great Warpath That Made the American Way of War (2011); Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen and Wartime Leadership (2002), which won the first Huntington Prize, administered by the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University; War Over Kosovo, co-editor (2001); Knives, Tanks & Missiles: Israel's Security Revolution, co-author (1998); Revolution in Warfare? Air Power in the Gulf, co-author (1995); Gulf War Air Power Survey, editor (1993); Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in 20th Century Warfare, co-author (1990); Citizens and Soldiers: The Dilemmas of Military Service (1985); Commandos and Politicians: Elite Military Units in Modern Democracies (1978); numerous articles

  1. March 19, 2013 | Wall Street Journal

    Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies Program, wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal titled, “American Withdrawal and Global Disorder.”  Read more

  2. February 7, 2013 | Washington Post

    Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies Program, was mentioned in a Washington Post article titled, “Vets See Promise in Hagel and His Short VA Tenure.”  Read more

  3. January 24, 2013 | NPR

    Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies Program, was mentioned on NPR’s “Morning Edition” in a segment titled, “'Insurgents’ Hoped to Change Military From Within.” Listen here

  4. January 16, 2013 | Foreign Policy

    Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies Program, was mentioned in a Foreign Policy blog post titled, “Eliot Cohen: Rotating Commanders Is Wrong; Also, the First Step in Solving a Problem Is Recognizing You Have One.” Read more

  5. November 18, 2012 | The New York Times

    Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies Program, was quoted in a New York Times article titled, “Even With a ‘Light Footprint,’ It’s Hard to Sidestep the Middle East.” Read more
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