Stephen P. Cohen is Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program, the Brookings Institution, a former professor and State Department official, and the author of numerous books on South Asian military and security matters; his newest book is Arming without Aiming: India’s Military Modernization , with Sunil Das Gupta. He recently undertook a two-week and a five-week research trip to Pakistan and India, respectively, meeting with civilian and military officials in both countries. In 1994 Dr. Cohen was named as one of the five hundred most influential people in shaping American foreign policy by the World Affairs Councils of the United States.
Research areas: Asia