Leadership

 

Leadership

Michael Cohen

Director and Organizational Leader
  
Michael A. Cohen is a Senior Research Fellow at the New America Foundation, where he co-helms the Privatization of Foreign Policy Initiative. He is the author of Live From the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the Twentieth Century and How They Shaped Modern America (Walker& Company, July 2008) and a member of the board of the National Security Network. He is a regular contributor to Politico.com and the Wall Street Journal. Previously, Mr. Cohen 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 also worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Foreign Policy magazine, and as chief speechwriter for Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), and has taught at Columbia University¹s School of International and Public Affairs. He holds a bachelor¹s degree in international relations from American University and a master¹s degree from Columbia University.