Stephen F. Cohen

Contributing Editor

Stephen F. Cohen is a professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics at New York University and Princeton University. A Nation contributing editor, his most recent book, War With Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate, is available in paperback and in an ebook edition. His weekly conversations with the host of The John Batchelor Show, now in their seventh year, are available at www.thenation.com.

The Missing Debate The Missing Debate

Why aren't the presidential candidates talking about Moscow's impact on our national security?

May 1, 2008 / Stephen F. Cohen

Conscience and the War Conscience and the War

After four years of war, complete withdrawal from Iraq is the only way to redeem our nation for the death and destruction it has imposed.

Mar 8, 2007 / Stephen F. Cohen

The Soviet Union, R.I.P.? The Soviet Union, R.I.P.?

The collapse of the Soviet Union was far from inevitable: A historic opportunity to democratize and marketize Russia by more gradual means was lost--and the people paid the price.

Dec 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stephen F. Cohen

The New American Cold War The New American Cold War

The cold war never really ended: Russia's continuing instability and weapons of mass destruction, combined with Washington's triumphalist foreign policies and US/NATO military buil...

Jul 10, 2006 / Stephen F. Cohen

The New American Cold War The New American Cold War

The unfolding conflict over US plans to build missile defense components near post-Soviet Russia, in Poland and the Czech Republic, is the latest proof of the way US-Russian relati...

Jun 21, 2006 / Feature / Stephen F. Cohen

Gorbachev’s Lost Legacy Gorbachev’s Lost Legacy

The most important event of the late twentieth century began twenty years ago this month.

Feb 24, 2005 / Stephen F. Cohen

Letters Letters

UKRAINE'S POLL: 'THE REAL STORY' New York City

Feb 10, 2005 / Stephen F. Cohen, Liza Featherstone, and Our Readers

The Media’s New Cold War The Media’s New Cold War

Ukraine's election was a call to arms.

Jan 13, 2005 / Feature / Stephen F. Cohen

The Struggle for Russia The Struggle for Russia

The arrest last month of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the principal owner of Russia's biggest oil company, Yukos, and the richest of the country's seventeen state-anointed billionaire...

Nov 6, 2003 / Stephen F. Cohen

Are We Safer? Are We Safer?

This article is an expanded version of Stephen F. Cohen's commentary in the May 5 issue.

May 19, 2003 / Stephen F. Cohen

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