Eliot Cohen — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Holds the Arleigh Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Serves as professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Was the 9th Dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, starting in 2019.
Served as a counselor in the United States Department of State from 2007 to 2009.
Co-founded the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) in 1997.
Co-hosts the Shield of the Republic podcast, published by The Bulwark.
Received his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University in 1982.

Biography

Eliot Asher Cohen is an American political scientist and academic, currently holding the Arleigh Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and serving as professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He was named the 9th Dean of SAIS in 2019, a role he held after directing the Strategic Studies Program at the institution. Cohen is recognized for his approach to military history as a serious field of study.