Friday, November 4, 2011, at 11:00 am, I am hosting my show, The Advocates on WVOX- 1460 AM, my guest is Michael A. Cohen, author and commentator about American politics and issues. Mr. Cohen last visited The Advocates on October 20, 2010 and we discussed: “Politics, the Tea Party and Governing through Stalemate.”
Michael A. Cohen is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Project and is author of Live From the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the 20th Century and How They Shaped Modern America (Walker Books: 2008). He has also been a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and the World Policy Institute.
Michael’s research has focused on the growing role and influence of non-state actors. He has written on the issue of private military contractors, reforming the foreign assistance bureaucracy (with a particular focus on democracy promotion) and improving aid coordination between private and public actors. Michael is a regular blogger a www.democracyarsenal.org and writes a weekly column for AOLNews. Michael serves on the board of the National Security Network and has taught at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Previously, Michael served in the U.S. Department of State as chief speechwriter for U.S. Representative to the United Nations Bill Richardson and Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat. He has worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Foreign Policy magazine, and as chief speechwriter for Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT). He was a Senior Vice President at the strategic communications firm of Robinson, Lerer and Montgomery and has worked on political campaigns both in the United States and overseas.
A frequent commentator on politics and international affairs his work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, Dissent, World Politics Review, Newsweek, the World Policy Journal, Politico, Foreign Policy, the New York Daily News, Forbes.com, the St. Petersburg Times, Courier de la Planete, Worth Magazine and he offers commentary on national politics and foreign policy at Talkingpointsmemo.com. During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign he was a regular contributor to the New York Times Campaign Stops blog. He has also been featured on ABC News, Good Morning America NOW, Fox News, BBC TV, South African television, Al Jazeera, al Hurra, Press TV, Air America, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, Pacifica Radio and XM Radio’s Potus ‘08
“The GOP's blatantly partisan love for Bibi obscures a dangerous reality: that unwavering support for Israel actually hurts wider U.S. interests in the Middle East. “ 5-4-11
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