Herman Jay Cohen
Herman Jay Cohen | |
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O. Rudolph Aggrey | |
Succeeded by | Larry Gordon Piper |
Personal details | |
Born | February 10, 1932 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | City College of New York[2] |
Awards | Légion d’Honneur Order of Leopold II, Belgium [3] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Herman Jay "Hank" Cohen (born February 10, 1932) is an American diplomat who served as
United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
from 1989 to 1993.
Career
Herman Jay Cohen, born in
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1989-1993.[2]
After leaving government, Cohen served as a senior advisor to the Global Coalition for Africa before becoming a professorial lecturer at
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies for twelve years. Currently he is president and CEO of Cohen and Woods International. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Hyperdynamics Oil and Gas and as a consultant for ContourGlobal.[4]
Bibliography
- The Mind of the African Strongman. New Academia. 2015. ISBN 978-0-986-43530-0.
- Intervening in Africa: Conflict Resolution in a Troubled Continent. Palgrave Macmillan. 2000. ISBN 978-0-312-23221-4.
- US Policy Toward Africa: Eight Decades of Realpolitik. Lynne Rienner. 2020. ISBN 9781626378704.
See also
References
- ^ "Herman Jay Cohen - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved Mar 20, 2021.
- ^ a b http://www.adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Cohen,%20Herman%20J.toc.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "THE MIND OF THE AFRICAN STRONGMAN: Conversations with Dictators, Statesmen, and Father Figures - New Academia Publishing". Archived from the original on 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
- ^ "About". Hank Cohen's Africa Blog. Retrieved 2017-07-12.