Ronen A. Cohen (Hebrew: רונן א. כהן) is an Israeli scholar of Middle Eastern studies. He is an associate professor at Ariel University, and heads both its Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies (MECAS) center and Department of Middle Eastern and Political Science Studies.[3]
Ronen Cohen | |
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| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Bar-Ilan University[1] |
| Thesis | The Development of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization and Its Struggle Against the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1997–1987 (2004) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Ariel University[2] |
| Main interests | Iranian studies |
| Website | https://www.ariel.ac.il/wp/mecarc/ronen-a-cohen/ |
Cohen's main field of research is contemporary history and politics of Iran[2] and he has written numerous works on the subject including monographs on Iranian organizations the Hojjatieh, the Forqan and the Mojahedin-e Khalq.
Views
editCohen maintains that Ruhollah Khomeini was immensely influenced by Musa al-Sadr, deriving "most of his methods and vision" from his pupil. He credits Iranian Revolution to Sadr, not Khomeini, stating "Khomeini conducted the music, but the music was composed by al-Sadr."[4]
In a June 2013 interview with The Jerusalem Post, Cohen categorically dismissed that the next Iranian president, to-be-elected in 2013 presidential election, may follow a nuclear policy different from his predecessor and said "the president is a clerk, a pawn of the supreme leader".[3]
Writing an opinion piece for Israel Hayom in 2018, Cohen remarked that regime change is inevitable in Iran: "it is just a matter of time before the revolution implodes and blows up in everyone's face".[5]
Published works
edit- Books as author
- The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987–1997: Their Survival after the Islamic Revolution and Resistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sussex Academic Press. 2009.[1][2]
- The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present. Palgrave Macmillan US. 2013.
- Revolution Under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran. Palgrave Macmillan US. 2015.[6]
- Upheavals in the Middle East: The Theory and Practice of a Revolution. Lexington Books. 2016.[7]
- The Mostadha'fin's Confusing Journey from Shariati's Revolutionary Utopianism to Khomeini's Dystopian Reality, 1976–1982. Peter Lang. 2019.
- Book chapters
- "Self-Criticism and Confronting Anti-Semitism: The Moderate Voices of Recognition in the Islamic World". Post-Holocaust Studies in a Modern Context. IGI Global. 2019.
- Books as editor
- Identities in Crisis in Iran: Politics, Culture and Religion. Lexington Books. 2015.
- Selected papers
- Cohen, Ronen A.; Lewin, Eyal (2019). "The Social Component of Resilience in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Utilizing Wartime Strategies to Solve Current Problems". Armed Forces & Society. 46 (4): 595–617. doi:10.1177/0095327X19830750. S2CID 150707258.
- Cohen, Ronen A. (2018). "Iran's Shortsighted Policies in Iraq: Between Inflaming and Containing of Radical Sunni Islam: 2003–2015". Digest of Middle East Studies. 27 (1): 34–52. doi:10.1111/dome.12122.
- Cohen, Ronen A. (2018). "The Mojahedin-e Khalq versus the Islamic Republic of Iran: from war to propaganda and the war on propaganda and diplomacy". Middle Eastern Studies. 54 (6): 1000–1014. doi:10.1080/00263206.2018.1478813. S2CID 149542445.
- Cohen, Ronen A. (2014). "The "Babak Khorramdin Organisation": A Mysterious Opposition Group in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Iran and the Caucasus. 18 (2): 167–180. doi:10.1163/1573384X-20140207.
- Cohen, Ronen A. (2013). "The Triple Exclusion of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization - Their Activities for Human Rights in Iran as a Voice in the Wilderness". Middle Eastern Studies. 49 (6): 941–957. doi:10.1080/00263206.2013.836494. S2CID 143557545.
- Cohen, Ronen A. (2008). "The Mojahedin: a Terror Organization or Liberation Fighters?". Digest of Middle East Studies. 17 (2): 17–31. doi:10.1111/j.1949-3606.2008.tb00235.x.
References
edit- ^ a b Rafati, Naysan (2010). "Reviewed Work: The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987–1997: Their Survival after the Islamic Revolution and Resistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran by Ronen A. Cohen". Journal of Islamic Studies. 43 (10): 736–739. JSTOR 27919949.
- ^ a b c Frantzman, Seth J. (2010). "Reviewed Work: The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987–1997". Digest of Middle East Studies. 19 (1): 736–739. doi:10.1111/j.1949-3606.2010.00024.x.
- ^ a b Ben Solomon, Ariel (13 June 2013), "Analysis: Iran election won't impact nuclear policy", The Jerusalem Post, retrieved 25 April 2021
- ^ Mūsā al-Ṣadr – redeemer, revolutionary, and father of the Shī'a awakening in the Middle East, International Political Science Association
- ^ Ronen, Cohen (31 December 2018), "To protest or not to protest", Israel Hayom, retrieved 25 April 2021
- ^ Lob, Eric (2016). "Reviewed Work: Ronen A. Cohen, Revolution under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 48 (3): 599–601. doi:10.1017/S0020743816000611. S2CID 164160251.
- ^ Bevers, Michael (2015). "Reviewed Work: Upheavals in the Middle East: The Theories and Practice of a Revolution by Cohen Ronen A.". Journal of Islamic Studies. 26 (3): 343–345. doi:10.1093/jis/etv035. JSTOR 26200408.