Warren I. Cohen

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Warren I. Cohen, professor emeritus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and senior scholar in the Asia program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, is the author of several books, including...

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Warren I. Cohen on Obama’s Foreign Policy Challenges

BLANK Jul 17, 2009 The daunting problems Bush’s successor has inherited may prove all but insurmountable as he makes his way through a thicket of difficulties -- the nuclear ambitions of authoritarian regimes, the quagmire of Mesopotamia and the persistent bloodletting in Pakistan and Afghanistan, to name only the most prominent. A recent book by David E. Sanger, a longtime foreign affairs correspondent for The New York Times, offers a close-up look at the world Obama confronts. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Warren I. Cohen on China’s ‘Factory Girls’

BLANK Dec 5, 2008 There’s a revolution underway in Chinese culture as young women flock from villages to factory employment in the cities, leaving traditional values behind. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Warren I. Cohen on China’s Charm Offensive

BLANK Aug 15, 2008 The Beijing Olympics are proof that the rule of China's Communist Party has been validated. Yet human rights abuses continue. What's really going on? What kind of country is China becoming? Two new books help provide answers. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Warren Cohen on the Rise (and Fall) of the Neocons

Warren I. Cohen / Truthdig Mar 7, 2008 Just who are the "neocons," where did they come from and how was it they came to wield so profound an influence among the highest circles of America's policy elites? These are some of the questions asked by Jacob Heilbrunn in his new book, "They Knew They Were Right." Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )