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Stephen P. Cohen (Middle East scholar)

Stephen P. Cohen, Canadian academic (b. 1945)
Stephen Philip Cohen (May 28, 1945 – January 25, 2017) 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.

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