Stephen F. Cohen

Cohen, Stephen - Headshot (02.27.13)Stephen F. Cohen is a Professor of Russian Studies and History Emeritus at NYU, and Professor of Politics Emeritus at Princeton University. He is among the most distinguished scholars of Russian history in the United States, and is internationally recognized for his academic works on Russian and Soviet political history since 1917. Cohen is also an expert on Russian-American relations, and has for decades contributed both domestically and abroad in shedding light on the two countries’ political and historical relationship. Cohen’s books have been translated into several languages, and his work Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution still stands as the number one political biography on Bukharin. More recent publications include the books Failed Crusade: America and the Tragedy of Post-Communist Russia, The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, and Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War.

Cohen is contributing editor of The Nation and part of the editorial council of the Moscow based Svobodnaia Mysl’. He is currently working on a full biography about Nikolai Bukharin, to be released in 2014.
sfc1@nyu.edu
Articles by Stephen F. Cohen

Rethinking Putin: A Talk by Professor Stephen Cohen

http://jordanrussiacenter.org/author/scohen/

On Coast 2 Coast last night....

In the first half, historian of Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, Stephen F. Cohen, continued his discussion of current events, including the perception of the presidential impeachment on the world stage, and the prospect of a new Cold War between Russia and the US emerging in the coming decade. The recent American bombing in Baghdad that killed Iran's General

Soleimani is likely to elicit a response from Russia, he surmised, as Russia has been arming Iran for many years. The attempt to impeach President Trump, over what Cohen referred to as "foreign policy" is harmful to our political culture, he remarked, and it's ludicrous to assert that Trump was behaving in a treasonous manner, he added.

Because of NATO expanding their build-up into more countries along the Russian border, and American troops in Syria and Ukraine, the two nuclear superpowers have increased opportunities for conflict, Cohen observed. Perhaps even the possibility of a
future standoff like the Cuban missile crisis. Putin remains a popular leader in Russia, though some have characterized him as an autocrat. Cohen said he's actually thankful that Putin is in the Kremlin, as there are far more dangerous alternatives in Russia, he suggested. The 75th anniversary of the end of WWII is being celebrated in Russia this year, and articles there cite that one of the origins of the war was because Western powers isolated Soviet Russia-- somewhat akin to what is happening today with sanctions by the West, Cohen pointed out.

you can hear it here

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2020/01/02

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