Person in history
Stephen P. Cohen (Middle East scholar)
Stephen P. Cohen, Canadian academic (born 1945)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2017 · January 25
- Known as
- political scientist
Their story
Who they were
Stephen Philip Cohen was a scholar on Middle Eastern affairs. In 1979, he founded the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development and served as president of that institute. The Institute is based at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Early life
Educated at: Harvard University and McGill University.
Why this date
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January 25 2017.
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