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Stephen Philip Cohen (1936 – October 27, 2019) was an American
political scientist Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...
and professor of security studies. He was a prominent expert on
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, Pakistan and
South Asian South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geography, geographical and culture, ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, ...
security, He was a senior fellow in
foreign policy A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterall ...
studies at the
Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution, often stylized as simply Brookings, is an American research group founded in 1916. Located on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C., the organization conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in ec ...
and an emeritus professor at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ ...
. He authored, co-authored or edited at least 12 books, and named as one of America's 500 most influential people in foreign affairs, and was a fixture on radio and television talk shows.


Education

*B.A., M.A.,
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...
*Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin-Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...


Selected bibliography

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See also

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The Idea of Pakistan ''The Idea of Pakistan'' is a book written by the American political scientist Stephen P. Cohen. First published in 2004, the book attempts to answer the question of "What is Pakistan?" and goes beyond the simplistic labels given to this south ...


References


External links


Brookings Institution profile
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University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni American political scientists Historians of Pakistan University of Chicago alumni University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty 1936 births 2019 deaths American scholars of Pakistan studies Indologists Writers about Pakistan Brookings Institution people {{Polisci-bio-stub