Jordan Cohen
Policy Analyst, Cato Institute (website)
twitter: @jbcohen92
email: jcohen [at] cato [dot] org

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Jordan Cohen is a policy analyst in defense and foreign policy at the Cato Institute. His research interests include arms sales, alliances, foreign policy entanglements, and Middle East politics.Cohen’s work includes being a coauthor on Cato Institute’s Arms Sales Risk Index. His commentary on foreign affairs has appeared in a number of publications, including NBC News, The Hill, Defense One, Defense News, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Inkstick Media, and the National Interest.
Cohen holds a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science from the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University and a Masters of Arts in Middle East and Islamic Studies from the same university.

Recent publications:

• "Examining One Year of Weapons Transfers to Ukraine," Inkstick, February 23, 2023.
  
• ​"Two Years Later: Biden Has Finally Taken the First Step on Stopping Risky Arms Transfers," CATO Institute, February 23, 2023.
• "The Real Reasons for Taiwan's Arms Backlog - And How to Help Fill it," War on the Rocks, January 13, 2023. *
• “Preventing US weapons from escaping Ukraine is a challenge," The Hill, December 7, 2022.
• "Biden Had It Right… Until He Didn’t," Cato Institute, November 8, 2022.
• "Controling US Arms, Not Aid, to Yemen," Inkstick, November 3, 2022.
• "Controling US Arms, Not Aid, to Yemen," Inkstick, November 3, 2022.
• "State Dept. plan to track weapons for Ukraine should be starting point," Federal Times, November 2, 2022.
• "Menendez Is Taking a Stand against Saudi Arabia, but Does He Have Veto Power?" Cato Institute, October 14, 2022.
• "Congress Should Act to Curb US Gun Sales in Mexico," RealClear Policy, October 10, 2022. 
• "Ukraine arms transfers still tracked after US State Dept. kills report," Federal Times, October 3, 2022.
• "Not Looking Like Leverage: The False Promises of Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia," Cato Institute, September 12, 2022. ​
• "Where Is The Red Carpet? Biden’s Inane Trip To Saudi Arabia," CATO Institute, July 11, 2022.
• "2023 NDAA Amendments on Arms Sales," Cato at Liberty, July 7, 2022.
• ​"Dragging the U.S. into the tarpits: America should not deepen its ties with Saudi Arabia and the UAE," New York Daily News, June 17, 2022.
• "To Arm or Not to Arm Ukrainians?" Inkstick, June 10, 2022.*
• ​"How a U.S. Law Allows for Continuing Commitments to Somalia," CATO June 3, 2022.
• "The US Must Monitor Arms Sales," The American Conservative, March 2 2022.
• "Sending Weapons to Ukraine Could Have Unintended Consequences," Inkstick Media, March 1 2022. 
• "2021 Arms Sales Risk Index," The Cato Institute, January 18 2022.*
• "Biden’s Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Review Could Be A Turning Point," War on the Rocks, November 29 2021
• "Power Profit or Prudence? US Arms Sales since 9/11," Strategic Studies Quarterly, 2020.*

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