Verbatim Lecture Management » Afghanistan http://verbatimlectures.com Ideas · Issues · Innovation Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:49:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Verbatim Lecture Managementhttp://verbatimlectures.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/blueprint/assets/verbatim_logo_facebook_small.jpghttp://verbatimlectures.com100130Verbatim Lecture Management represents a broad spectrum of authors, journalists, filmmakers and activists. Michael A. Cohen http://verbatimlectures.com/cohen/ http://verbatimlectures.com/cohen/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:08:26 +0000 jason http://verbatimlectures.com/?p=879 Live From the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the 20th Century and How They Shaped Modern America, Cohen, a Senior Fellow at the American Security Program, writes and lectures on wide-ranging political and national security issues, including the war in Afghanistan, the ongoing militarization of American foreign policy.]]> Michael A. Cohen is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Program and author of Live From the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the 20th Century and How They Shaped Modern America.

Michael writes and lectures on political and national security issues, ranging from the war in Afghanistan, the rise of private military contractors and reforming the national security bureaucracy.  He is an expert on counter-insurgency and the growing influence and impact of non-state actors in global affairs.

In addition, Michael writes and speaks frequently on political affairs, with a particular focus on the role of speechwriting in the political process (the subject of his first book).  His January, 2010 Newsweek piece examining the question of whether America is “ungovernable” was picked up by numerous news outlets and is typical of his insightful political analysis.

A regular blogger at democracyarsenal.org where he pens the influential “Afghanistan Mission Creep Watch,” Michael also writes a regular column for AOL News. He is a frequent contributor to Politico, the New York Daily News, Newsweek and a host of foreign policy blogs and periodicals. During the 2008 presidential campaign he was the main contributor to the New York Times “Campaign Stops” blog.

Michael also 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 was also a chief speechwriter for Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and previously was a Senior Research Fellow at New America Foundation. Michael serves on the board of the National Security Network and has taught at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Here is a clip of Michael discussing Blackwater and private contractors on Al Jazeera English’s “Inside Story”.  He first appears at around the 5:00 mark.

Bio

A frequent commentator on politics and international affairs Michael’s work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, the St. Petersburg Times, the World Policy Journal, the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the New York Daily News, Forbes.com, Courier de la Planete, Talkingpointsmemo.com, Politico, Worth Magazine. He has also been featured on ABC News, Fox News, BBC TV and radio, South African television, Al Jazeera, Air America and XM Radio’s “Potus ’08”.  Michael serves on the board of the National Security Network and has taught at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.  Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from American University and a master’s degree from Columbia University.

Michael A. Cohen is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Program and author of Live From the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the 20th Century and How They Shaped Modern America.

Michael writes and lectures prolifically on political and national security issues, ranging from the war in Afghanistan, the ongoing militarization of American foreign policy, the rise of private military contractors and reforming the national security bureaucracy.  He is an expert on counter-insurgency and the growing influence and impact of non-state actors in global affairs.

In addition, Michael writes and speaks frequently on political affairs, with a particular focus on the role of speechwriting in the political process (the subject of his first book).  His January, 2010 Newsweek piece examining the question of whether America is “ungovernable” was picked up by numerous news outlets and is typical of his insightful political analysis.

A regular blogger at democracyarsenal.org where he pens the influential “Afghanistan Mission Creep Watch,” Michael also writes a regular column for AOL News. He is a frequent contributor to Politico, the New York Daily News, Newsweek and a host of foreign policy blogs and periodicals. During the 2008 presidential campaign he was the main contributor to the New York Times “Campaign Stops” blog.

Michael also 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 was also a chief speechwriter for Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and previously was a Senior Research Fellow at New America Foundation. Michael serves on the board of the National Security Network and has taught at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Here is a clip of Michael discussing Blackwater and private contractors on Al Jazeera English’s “Inside Story”.  He first appears at around the 5:00 mark.

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