Jordan Cohen
Policy Analyst, Cato Institute (website)
twitter: @jbcohen92
email: jcohen [at] cato [dot] org
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 is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University and holds a Masters of Arts in Middle East and Islamic Studies from the same university.
Recent publications:
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 is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University and holds a Masters of Arts in Middle East and Islamic Studies from the same university.
Recent publications:
- "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.*