Stephen Cohen

Dr. Cohen was a faculty member at the University of Illinois from 1965 to 1998. In 1992-93 he was Scholar-in-Residence at the Ford Foundation, New Delhi, and from 1985-87 a member of the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State where he advised on matters pertaining to South Asia, security, and proliferation issues. He has appeared on national radio and television, including All Things Considered and Nightline, and is a regular contributor to BBC radio and television.

Dr. Cohen has served on study groups examining Asia sponsored by the Asia Society (1994), the Council on Foreign Relations (1996), and the Asia Foundation (2001); he is currently a member of the National Academy of Science' Committee on International Security and Arms Control and is a member of the board of trustees of the Washington D.C.-based Public Education Center. Dr. Cohen was the co-founder and chair of the Workshop on Security, Technology and Arms Control for younger South Asian and Chinese strategists, held for the past eight years in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and China, and was an original member of the Research Committee of the South Asian strategic organization, the Regional Centre for Security Studies, Colombo.

Dr. Cohen has written, co-authored, or edited nine books. These include India: Emerging Power (2001), The Pakistan Army (revised edition 1998, with editions published in Pakistan and China), The Indian Army (revised edition, 2000), the co-authored Brasstacks and Beyond: Perception and Management of Crisis in South Asia (1995), and India: Emergent Power? Edited books include Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia (1990) and South Asia after the Cold War: International Perspectives (1993). Work in progress includes a book on the future of Pakistan and its implications for American policy, and a co-authored book on the 1990 crisis in South Asia.

Professor Cohen received BA and MA degrees in Political Science from the University of Chicago, and the Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, with a minor field in Indian Studies. He has conducted research in China, Britain, India, Pakistan, the former Soviet Union and Japan, has been a visiting professor in Tokyo, Japan, and Andhra University, India, and the recipient of grants from the Ford Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace and the American Institute of Indian Studies. He has served as a consultant to the RAND Corporation, the Department of State, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Department of Defense, and various foundations.

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