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Overview

Eliot A. Cohen is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed to several research areas within the social sciences. Their work focuses primarily on the intersection of sociology, political science, and technology, with a particular emphasis on European and Russian geopolitical military strategies, as well as the impact of digital communication.

Their research spans a number of subfields, including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, and human-computer interaction. This interdisciplinary approach supports investigations into the evolving nature of security, statecraft, and communication in contemporary contexts.

Recent publications by Eliot A. Cohen include:

  • Die Ukraine gewinnt den Krieg... (2022, osteuropa)
  • The Return of Statecraft (2022, Russia in Global Affairs)
  • An Integrated Multimodal System for Identifying Offensive Memes (2024, Preprints.org)

These works reflect a concentration on geopolitical conflict, statecraft, and the analysis of digital content. The 2024 publication on offensive memes highlights an engagement with digital media and the technological dimensions of communication.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eliot A. Cohen include:

  • Jaden Levy
  • Jannat Roy

Such collaborations enrich their research through diverse perspectives and interdisciplinary methods.

Publications appear regularly in venues aligned with their research themes, such as:

  • osteuropa
  • Russia in Global Affairs
  • Preprints.org

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies
  • European Politics and Security
  • Eastern European Communism and Reforms
  • Digital Games and Media
  • Digital Communication and Language
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Eliot A. Cohen's research covers a blend of geopolitical analysis and the study of digital and social phenomena, integrating technology's role within social and political frameworks. Their contributions provide insight into both traditional security concerns and emerging digital challenges in communication and media.

Best Publications

  • The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons

    Scott Douglas Sagan

  • The Spread of Nuclear Weapons - A Debate

    Eliot A. Cohen;Scott D. Sagan;Kenneth N. Waltz

  • Trends In Outside Support For Insurgent Movements

    Daniel Byman;Peter Chalk;Bruce Hoffman;William Rosenau

  • Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence

    Eliot A. Cohen;Mark Juergensmeyer

  • Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War

    Eliot A. Cohen;Robert A. Pape

  • Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers

    Thazha Varkey Paul

  • The First World War

    Eliot A. Cohen;John Keegan

  • A Revolution in Warfare

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • Cultural Norms and National Security: Police and Military in Postwar Japan

    Eliot A. Cohen;Peter J. Katzenstein

  • The postmodern military : armed forces after the Cold War

    Eliot A. Cohen;Charles C. Moskos;John Allen Williams;David R. Segal

  • The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

    Eliot A. Cohen;David Kahn

  • Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy

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  • Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • Gulf War Air Power Survey.

    Thomas A. Keaney;Eliot A. Cohen

  • Guarding the guardians: Civilian control of nuclear weapons in the United States

    Peter Feaver

  • Interpreting China's Grand Strategy: Past, Present, and Future

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  • Gulf War Air Power Survey Summary Report

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II

    Eliot A. Cohen;Gerhard L. Weinberg

  • Toxic terror : assessing terrorist use of chemical and biological weapons

    Eliot A. Cohen;Jonathan B. Tucker

  • Change and Transformation in Military Affairs

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • Moving Mountains: Lessons in Leadership and Logistics from the Gulf War

    Eliot A. Cohen;William G. Pagonis;Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

  • National Imagery and Mapping Agency

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • The Mystique of U.S. Air Power

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • Constraints on America's Conduct of Small Wars

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • Citizens and Soldiers: The Dilemmas of Military Service

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • Revolution in Warfare?: Air Power in the Persian Gulf

    Thomas A. Keaney;Eliot A. Cohen

  • New World Vistas: Air and Space Power for the 21st Century

    Eliot A. Cohen

  • Principles, Imperatives, and Paradoxes of Counterinsurgency

    Eliot Cohen;Conrad Crane;Jan Horvath;John Nagl

  • Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War

    Gregory F. Treverton;Eliot A. Cohen;John Gooch

  • Analysis for Military Decisions

    Eliot A. Cohen;Edward S. Quade

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence Freedman
Lawrence Freedman King's College London
Richard K. Betts
Richard K. Betts Columbia University
T. V. Paul
T. V. Paul McGill University
Scott D. Sagan
Scott D. Sagan Stanford University
Robert Jervis
Robert Jervis Columbia University
Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington Harvard University
Donald MacKenzie
Donald MacKenzie University of Edinburgh
Christopher Andrew
Christopher Andrew King's College London
Gregory M. Herek
Gregory M. Herek University of California, Davis
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh

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