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Avner Cohen

Avner Cohen is a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a global fellow with the Wilson Center. He is the author of Israel and the Bomb and The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain With the Bomb.

Articles by Avner Cohen

Palestinian demonstrators burn portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the slogan in Arabic "Down with the Deal of the Century" during a protest in Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp on Jan. 31.

The Trump-Netanyahu Alliance Is Endangering Americans and Israelis

Argument

Avner Cohen, Jason Blazakis

February 3, 2020, 3:48 PM

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Blast From the Past

Feature

William Burr, Avner Cohen, Lars-Erik De Geer, Victor Gilinsky, Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Henry Sokolski, Leonard Weiss, Christopher Wright

September 22, 2019, 12:53 AM

President John F. Kennedy and Israel Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion get together for a talk at the Waldorf Towers. (Photo By: Walter Kelleher/NY Daily News via Getty Images)

How the Israelis Hoodwinked JFK on Going Nuclear

Report

Avner Cohen, William Burr

April 26, 2016, 9:00 AM

Don’t Like That Israel Has the Bomb? Blame Nixon.

Dept Of Secrets

Avner Cohen, William Burr

September 12, 2014, 9:01 PM

No More Exemptions

Argument

Avner Cohen, Shane Mason

November 22, 2013, 4:22 PM

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Which Countries Walk the Walk on Migrant Rights?

The EU Is Letting Hungary and Poland Erode Democracy

North Korea’s Shell Game Is Not a Game-Changer, Pentagon Says

What Does Victory Look Like in Ukraine?

Avner Cohen