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Steven Cohen

Steven Cohen is a former reporter-researcher at the New Republic. He is currently a master’s student at NYU’s Institute of Journalism and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

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April 17, 2020
Steven Cohen
How Drugs Made American Warfare
From alcohol to amphetamines, a new book shows intimate links between the policing of substances and the waging of war.
June 18, 2018
Steven Cohen
Why Colombia Keeps Electing Presidents Tied to Murderers
To understand the Iván Duque Márquez victory this weekend, you need to understand the man behind him: former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez.
December 15, 2017
Steven Cohen
FIFA’s Dirty Wars
A corruption trial in Brooklyn reveals the deep connections between the old dictatorships of Latin America and soccer’s global governing body.
October 3, 2017
Steven Cohen
How Hurricane Maria Could Change Puerto Rico’s Political Future
The storm has caused untold devastation. But it might also be an impetus for long-overdue change.
January 20, 2017
Steven Cohen
Was El Chapo’s Extradition a Gift to Donald Trump?
Theories abound about the suspicious timing of the drug lord’s extradition. But the real story is the information El Chapo might spill.
October 3, 2016
Steven Cohen
Why Colombia Said No to Peace
In the hardscrabble town of Puerto Asís, residents are split on a historic accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
September 28, 2016
Steven Cohen
Colombia’s Night Before the Dawn
As the country prepares for a plebiscite on the peace process, both hope and anxiety abound.
September 9, 2016
Steven Cohen
What Narcos Still Gets Wrong About the War on Drugs
The Netflix series prides itself on telling hard truths. But it really doesn't have a clue.
August 4, 2016
Steven Cohen
Brazil’s Long History of Faking Progress
The ruling class's preference for optics over substance is part of a pattern that stretches back centuries.
June 27, 2016
Steven Cohen
How Game of Thrones Changed George R.R. Martin’s World
By streamlining his sprawling epic in Season 6, the show put a new spin on Martin’s themes of violence and chaos.
June 17, 2016
Steven Cohen
The War Game That Came in From the Cold
Hector Rene embeds with the U.S. Army to photograph Anakonda-16, a massive, ten-day military exercise in Poland.
April 8, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Covert Roots of the Panama Papers
Panama has long been a haven for money launderers—including the CIA.
April 1, 2016
Steven Cohen
For Colombia, After Peace Is When the Trouble Begins
As the country takes another step toward resolving its rebel insurgencies, its other problems are coming to the fore.
March 25, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Ugly Cynicism of Obama’s Declassification Diplomacy
The president used his trip to Argentina to declassify documents related to the country's dirty war. Why did he wait so long?
March 22, 2016
Steven Cohen
Why Bernie’s Foreign Policy Is More Important Than Ever
Sanders has a new responsibility to drive the politics of national security in a better direction.
March 21, 2016
Steven Cohen
When Castro Came to Harlem
The Cuban leader’s last visit to the U.S. before the 1961 diplomatic fallout can tell us a lot about our present historic moment.
March 9, 2016
Steven Cohen
Bernie Sanders Is Not a One-Issue Candidate
Whether he knows it or not, the Vermont senator has laid the groundwork for a vital reimagining of American foreign policy.
February 29, 2016
Steven Cohen
Can Ted Cruz Survive Super Tuesday?
Mathematically, the firebrand senator may be done. But that doesn't mean his campaign will end.
February 18, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Immigration Debate We’re Not Having
Central American turmoil and the drug war are fueling our immigration problems—but you’d never know it from listening to the Democrats or Republicans.
February 3, 2016
Steven Cohen
Steve King Is the Happiest Man in Iowa
How the Iowa fire-breather helped drag the Republican Party into nativism.

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